ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Obesity is associated with an increased risk of developing several metabolic disorders, such as type 2 diabetes. The Children’s Lifestyle Medicine Centre at the Jeroen Bosch Hospital is a national reference center for the personalized treatment of children (aged 5-18 years) with severe obesity. As part of this personalized program, patients undergo an extensive oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), in which both glucose and insulin levels are...

Childhood obesity is a chronic disease with detrimental effects on health and wellbeing. Treatment was traditionally focused on reducing caloric intake and increasing energy expenditure. However, considering the global increase in prevalence in obesity, especially in the paediatric age range, this approach is insufficient and transition to new initiatives is needed. Obesity is a complex disease resulting from the interaction of multiple underlying factors, including personal c...

Introduction: Health related Quality of Life (QoL) outcome is used as an argument when continuation or stopping growth hormone (GH) treatment is considered in patients with idiopathic isolated growth hormone deficiency (IIGHD) who tested GH sufficient in mid-puberty (inclusion moment for this study).Aim: To assess potential differences in QoL between patients with IIGHD who discontinued treatment and those who continued ...