ESPE Abstracts

Background: GH deficiency may not persist into adulthood. Thus, it is recommended to reassess it after reaching adult height. However, according to stimulation tests, they have poor specificity, reproducibility, and poor standardization of hormonal measurement, and they are expensive and involve risks.Objective and hypotheses: Establish if IGF1 would be a better reassessing method than stimulation tests in adult GH defic...

Background: Obesity rates in children and adolescents have increased dramatically across the globe, and the lifelong impact of obesity is more severe when onset begins at ≤20 years of age. However, the experiences, challenges and needs of adolescents living with obesity (ALwO), their caregivers, and the healthcare providers (HCPs) who treat them are poorly understood. ACTION Teens, the first study of its kind, aims to improve the lives of ALwO by generat...