ESPE Abstracts

Background: Adherence to follow-up visits in children and adolescents with obesity is a key factor for successful therapeutic outcomes in these patients.Objective: To analyze the adherence to scheduled visits and drop-out rate and the anthropometric, metabolic and behavioral outcomes as a result of an intervention program in a large cohort of children and adolescents with obesity.Patients a...

Background: The Low dose dexamethasone suppression test (LDDST) is an important investigation for suspected Cushing’s Syndrome (CS). The traditional definition of normal suppression of serum cortisol to ≤50 nmol/l during the LDDST (0.5 mg 6 hrly × 48 h) comes from a time when biochemical autoanalysers did not routinely detect very low values. Previous studies reported 5.1–8.3% of patients with Cushing’s Disease (CD) suppressed to <50 nmol/l at 48 ...

Background: Maternal overweight/obesity during pregnancy and excessive gestational weight gain (GWtG) have been recognized as important early-life risk factors for childhood obesity. We aimed to examine whether maternal BMI at 20 weeks of gestation and excessive GWtG were associated with alterations in body composition and metabolism in childhood in the offspring of primiparous mothers who participated in a randomised controlled trial of exercise regimen during pregnancy.<...

Background: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a good biological model of chronic malnutrition. Although some reports according to the gastrointestinal disturbances in response to starvation have been published so far, the exocrine function of pancreas in patients with AN has not been studied thoroughly, yet. There is also no data on the effect of hormonal changes in AN on it. Therefore, the aim of this study is: 1) Evaluation of pancreatic exocrine function in patients with anorexia ne...

Background: Transient hyperinsulinemic hypoglycaemia (THH) is associated with risk factors such as prematurity, maternal diabetes mellitus, perinatal hypoxia, small for gestational age (SGA) and syndromes like Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome (BWS).Objective: To present the features of a large cohort of patients with THH managed at a Quaternary referral centre.Method: Patients who had neonatal onset HH that resolved before the 2nd birth...

Introduction: Lockdown measures following the COVID-19 pandemic are shown to have greatly affected lifestyle behaviours and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of children. The impact on children with severe obesity has not yet been described. Aim of this study was to investigate the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on eating behaviours, physical activity (PA), screen time, and HRQoL of children (including adolescents) with severe obesity....

Background: Noonan Syndrome (NS) can overlap clinically and biochemically with growth hormone insensitivity [GHI; short stature (SS), low IGF-I and normal/elevated GH levels]. Mutations in multiple genes regulating RAS/MAPK pathway have been identified in NS including LZTR1 variants. Function of LZTR1 is poorly understood and its role in growth retardation is unknown.Objectives: To functionally characte...

Introduction: Early-onset severe obesity (before five years of age) without intellectual deficit, dysmorphisms, or malformations raises the hypothesis of monogenic obesity. The leptin receptor (Lepr) pathway is essential for food intake regulation, energy expenditure, and body weight. Mutations in leptin and the Lepr have been shown to cause early-onset severe obesity in mice and humans.Objective: To report the clinical ...

Introduction: A transgender individual’s voice may contribute to the negative psychosocial outcomes. Some studies have shown that an incongruence between one’s voice and internal gender identity can be a potential source of ongoing psychological distress and could impact on their social interactions, employment outcomes, and invite verbal or physical harassment. This study was aimed to examine whether early puberal blockage (PB) impacts on self per...

The diagnosis of early thelarche is common in Pediatric Endocrinology consultations, with many cases lacking an organic cause. It can either spontaneously resolve, remain stable, or progress to precocious puberty. Early exposure to endocrine-disrupting environmental pollutants (EDs) with estrogenic and/or anti-androgenic effects during pregnancy or childhood may affect the timing of thelarche onset and/or puberty in girls. Further research is needed to better understand the in...