ESPE Abstracts

Lockdown and school closure related to COVID-19 pandemic increased sedentary time and greater consumption of ultra-processed foods, an environment that may exacerbate the childhood obesity epidemic. In Brazil, public schools remained closed for more than 40 weeks. In Brazil, prior to the current pandemic, 15.9% of children under 5 yr.-old, 29.3% of those between 5 and 9 yr.-old and 30.8% of adolescents were overweight. Aims: To verify the impact of school closure on the weight...

Case Report: Patient 1: a 3.6-yr-old girl presented with very severe hypertriglyceridemia (serum triglyceride level >1000mg/dL) in random sampling in the first year of life. She presented with recurring episodes of abdominal pain, and splenomegaly. There is no history of consanguineous marriage. Maternal and paternal family had history of coronary events at an early age. A genetic panel showed homozygous variant chr8:19.953.365 C>T (p.Ala162Val) in the l...