Wolfgang Ahrens Wolfgang Ahrens
Department of Epidemiological Methods and Etiologic Research, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS Bremen, Germany
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Risk factors: lessons from the European IDEFICS study

 

Mouna Akrout Mouna Akrout
Assistant professor, University Manar II at the ESSTST   Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de la Santé, Tunis 1995-2014
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History and meaning of the Body Mass Index. Interest of otheranthropometric measurements

 

Jean-Philippe Antignac Jean-Philippe Antignac
Dr. Jean-Philippe Antignac is engineer and PhD graduated in analytical chemistry, and a scientist belonging to the National Institute of Agronomic Research (INRA).
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Adipose Tissue Pollutants And Obesity

 

Julien Aucouturier Julien Aucouturier
Julien Aucouturier is assistant professor at the Faculty of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, at Lille 2 University (France).
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Cardiorespiratory fitness evaluation in obese youth

Physical activity intervention in overweight/obese children and adolescents: endurance and/or resistance training?

 

Isabelle Bailleul-Forestier Isabelle Bailleul-Forestier
Pr Isabelle Bailleul-Forestier, DDS, PhD, is a professor and head of the department of Pediatric Dentistry at Dental Faculty, Toulouse University, France.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Characteristics Of Oral Health In Early Onset Obesity

 

Barouki, Robert Robert Barouki
Robert Barouki is a biochemist and molecular biologist whose main research focus during the last fifteen years has been understanding the mechanisms of toxicity of environmental pollutants such as dioxin.
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Adipose tissue Pollutants and Obesity

 

Linda Birnbaum Linda Birnbaum
Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and
National Toxicology Program
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Adipose Tissue Pollutants And Obesity

 

Emma Boyland Emma Boyland
Dr Emma Boyland is a Lecturer in Appetite and Obesity at the University of Liverpool.
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Meaning And Assessment Of Satiety In Childhood

 

Caroline Braet Caroline Braet
Caroline Braet, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Developmental, Personality, and Social Psychology at Ghent University in Belgium.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

To Binge Or Not To Binge?
Psychological Assessment Of The Obese Child And Adolescents: Principles
Psychological Treatment Of Childhood Obesity: Main Principles And Pitfalls
School And Obesity

 

João Breda João Breda
João Breda is a PhD in Nutritional Sciences from Porto University. He graduated in Nutritional Sciences also at Porto University.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Prevention Across Europe

 

Marie Françoise Rolland-Cachera Marie Françoise Rolland-Cachera
MF Rolland-Cachera is a doctor in nutrition. Her main field of research is the epidemiology of childhood obesity, body composition, nutritional determinants of obesity, treatment and prevention.
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History and meaning of the Body Mass Index. Interest of otheranthropometric measurements
Role of nutrients in promoting adiposity development

 

Greet Cardon Greet Cardon
Greet Cardon is Full Professor at the Department of Movement and Sport Sciences at Ghent University in the field of physical activity and health.
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The environment and physical activity

 

Margherita Caroli Margherita Caroli
Head of Nutrition Unit, Department of Prevention ASL Brindisi, Italy
Assistant Professor, Centre of Paediatric Nutrition and Dietetics, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Weaning Practices And Later Obesity

 

Saverio Cinti Saverio Cinti
Saverio Cinti is medical doctor and full professor of anatomy in School of Medicine at University of Ancona since 1986.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

The Adipose Organ: Implications For Prevention And Treatment Of Obesity

 

Karine Clément Karine Clément
Prof Karine Clément is full professor of Nutrition, Division of Cardiometabolism, Pitié-Salpêtrière university hospital, Paris 6 Pierre et Marie Curie university, Paris.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Adipose Tissue Pollutants And Obesity

 

Emmanuel Cohen Emmanuel Cohen
Postdoctoral Research Fellow UMI 3189 “Environnement, Santé, Sociétés”
Faculté de médecine, secteur nord, 51 bd Pierre Dramard. F 13344 Marseille cedex 15
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Taste and Obesity

 

Samuele Cortese Samuele Cortese
Dr. Cortese’s main interests include the neurobiology of ADHD and the implementation of evidence based medicine in child psychiatry.
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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder And Childhood Obesity

 

Gianpaolo De Filippo Gianpaolo De Filippo
Pediatric Endocrinology & Adolescent Medicine Unit,
Bicêtre Hospital, Paris 11 University, France
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Insulin Resistance And The Risk Of Diabetes

Drug Treatment Of Child And Adolescent Obesity

 

Benedicte Deforche Benedicte Deforch
Benedicte Deforche is Full Professor of Health Promotion at Ghent University.
She has a PhD in Physical Education and Movement Sciences.
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The environment and physical activity

 

Mercedes de Onis Mercedes de Onis
Dr Mercedes de Onis is the Coordinator of the Growth Assessment and Surveillance Unit of the Department of Nutrition at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

World Health Organization reference curves

 

Susanne Ring-Dimitriou Susanne Ring-Dimitriou
Obesity Academy Austria
Department of Sports Science and Kinesiology, Paris Lodron University, Salzburg, Austria
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Psychological Indications, Contraindications, And Follow-up To Bariatric Surgery

 

Beatrice Dubern Beatrice Dubern
Dr Beatrice Dubern, MD, PhD is assistant professor in the department of pediatric nutrition and gastroenterology at Trousseau hospital in Paris, France.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Leptin Deficiency
MC4R And MC3R Mutations

 

Claude Emond Claude Emond
Dr. Claude Emond is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the University of Montreal, Canada, and Associate Professor at the ISE at the UQAM.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Adipose Tissue Pollutants And Obesity

 

xxxx Éva Erhardt
Éva Erhardt was born and educated in Pécs, studied Medicine at the University of Pécs. After her graduation she was trained in Paediatrics and then Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Thyroid Function And Child And Adolescent Obesity

 

Marie-Laure Frelut Marie-Laure Frelut
Marie-Laure Frelut is a Pediatrician. She became involved in the field of childhood obesity in the 1990s when she had to run an inpatient unit for severely obese adolescents.
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Preface
Nutritional Deficiencies Of The Obese Child And Adolescent

Short Stature And Obesity: A Broad Range Of Diagnosis

Drug Treatment Of Child And Adolescent Obesity

 

“Professor Amandine Garde
Amandine Garde is Professor of Law at the University of Liverpool.
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Law, Healthy Diets and Obesity Prevention

 

Elisabeth Ardelt-Gattinger Elisabeth Ardelt-Gattinger
Department of Psychology, Paris Lodron University, Salzburg, Austria
Obesity Academy Austria
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Psychological Indications, Contraindications, And Follow-up To Bariatric Surgery

 

Erich Gattinger Erich Gattinger
Department of Psychology, Paris Lodron University, Salzburg, Austria
Obesity Academy Austria
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Psychological Indications, Contraindications, And Follow-up To Bariatric Surgery

 

Lien Goossens Lien Goossens
Lien Goossens graduated in July 2004 as a Clinical Psychologist at Ghent University (Ghent, Belgium).
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

To Binge Or Not To Binge?

 

Sara D’Haese Sara D’Haese
Sara D’Haese is a Ph.D. student, supervised by Prof. Dr. Greet Cardon and Prof. Dr. Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, at Ghent University at the Department of Movement and Sport Sciences.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

The environment and physical activity

 

Professor Jason Halford Jason Halford
Professor Jason Halford is Head of the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Liverpool, former Chair of the UK Association for the Study of Obesity – ASO (www.aso.org.uk), and Treasurer of the European Association of Obesity (EASO).
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Meaning And Assessment Of Satiety In Childhood

 

Dr Joanne Harrold Joanne Harrold
Dr Joanne Harrold is a Senior Lecturer in Appetite and Obesity in the Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Liverpool.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Meaning And Assessment Of Satiety In Childhood

 

Jenna Hollis Jenna Hollis
Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, Foresterhill Campus,
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB252ZD UK

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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Prenatal Experience And Childhood Obesity

 

Claude Marcel Hladik Claude Marcel Hladik
Emeritus Research Director at the CNRS
UMR 7206 Eco-Anthropologie et Ethnobiologie
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Taste and Obesity

 

Sylvie Issanchou, PhD Sylvie Issanchou
Sylvie Issanchou, PhD is a Research Director at INRA, in the Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation, in Dijon, France.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Sensitive Periods And Factors In The Early Formation Of Food Preferences

 

Jo Jewell Jo Jewell
Jo Jewell is currently working as a Nutrition Policy Consultant within the Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and the Lifecourse at the WHO Regional Office for Europe.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Prevention Across Europe

 

Claudine Junien Claudine Junien
INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France claudine.junien@jouy.inra.fr
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Epigenetics In Transgenerational Responses To Environmental Impacts: Facts And Gaps

 

Min Ji Kim Min Ji Kim
Min Ji Kim studied, during her PhD, the adipose tissue dysfunctions in obesity and antiretroviral therapy-induced lipodystrophies at the University of Paris 6 and at INSERM.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Adipose Tissue Pollutants And Obesity

 

Susanna Kugelberg Susanna Kugelberg
Susanna Kugelberg is a Technical Officer, working within the Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and the Lifecourse at the WHO Regional Office for Europe.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Prevention Across Europe

 

Michele La Merrill Michele La Merrill
Michele La Merrill conducts integrated toxicological and epidemiological studies to understand susceptibility to environmental diseases.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Adipose Tissue Pollutants And Obesity

 

 Julie Latomme Julie Latomme
Julie Latomme graduated in July 2014 as an Experimental Psychologist at Ghent University (Ghent, Belgium).
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Psychological Treatment Of Childhood Obesity: Main Principles And Pitfalls

 

Stefano Lazzer Stefano Lazzer
Stefano Lazzer received a Bachelor in Sport Sciences at the University of Padova (Italy) in 1996, and a Master in Sport Sciences at the University of Grenoble (France) in 1998.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Metabolic and mechanical cost of sedentary and physical activities in obese children and adolescents

 

Bruno Le Bizec Bruno Le Bizec
Prof. Dr. Bruno Le Bizec, is graduated from Nantes University as a Doctor in Analytical Chemistry (PhD, 1995).
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Adipose Tissue Pollutants And Obesity

 

Wendy Van Lippevelde Wendy Van Lippevelde
Zakstraat 9, 9300 Aalst East-Flanders, Belgium
Mobile phone: +32 (0) 486 155580 / Email: Wendy.VanLippevelde@ugent.be
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

School And Obesity

 

Tim Lobstein Tim Lobstein
Dr Tim Lobstein is the Head of Policy at the World Obesity Federation (the body now replacing the International Association for the Study of Obesity, and the International Obesity TaskForce).
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Prevalence And Trends Across The World

 

Mathieu Marty Mathieu Marty
Dr Mathieu Marty, DDS, Msc, is an assistant professor in the department of paediatric dentistry at Toulouse University Hospital.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Characteristics Of Oral Health In Early Onset Obesity

 

Lea Maes Lea Maes
Lea Maes is doctor in the medical sciences (public health). She is full professor in the Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Ghent, Belgium.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

School And Obesity

 

Artur Mazur, MD, PhD Artur Mazur
Medical Faculty University of Rzeszów
35-205 Rzeszów ul. Warszawska 26a POLAND
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Obesity and Media

 

Ellen Moens Ellen Moens
Ellen Moens graduated in July 1999 as a Clinical Psychologist at Ghent University (Ghent, Belgium).
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Psychological Treatment Of Childhood Obesity: Main Principles And Pitfalls

 

Véronique Nègre Véronique Nègre
Dr Véronique Nègre, RéPPOP en Franche Comté et CHU Nice – France
veronique-negre@wanadoo.fr
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Dietary approach

 

Sophie Nicklaus, PhD Sophie Nicklaus
Sophie Nicklaus, PhD is a Research Director at INRA, in the Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation, in Dijon, France.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Sensitive Periods And Factors In The Early Formation Of Food Preferences

 

Emmanuelle Noirrit-Esclassan Emmanuelle Noirrit-Esclassan
Dr Emmanuelle Noirrit-Esclassan, DDS, PhD is senior lecturer in the department of pediatric dentistry at Children’s hospital in Toulouse, France.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Characteristics Of Oral Health In Early Onset Obesity

 

Valerio Nobili Valerio Nobili
“Bambino Gesù” Children Hospital, P.zzle Sant’Onofrio, 4, 00165 Rome Italy
Phone: 0039 06/68592807 / Fax: 06/68592807
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease In Children

 

Grace O’Malley Grace O’Malley
Dr. Grace O’Malley, Research Lecturer at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland; Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in Paediatrics, Temple Street Children’s University Hospital
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Orthopaedic Complications
Metabolic And Mechanical Cost Of Sedentary And Physical Activities In Obese Children And Adolescents
Physical Activity And Play In Children Who Are Obese

 

Professor Donal O’Shea Donal O’ Shea
Endocrinology & Diabetes Mellitus Department St. Vincent’s University Hospital
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Early immune disorders induced by childhood obesity.

 

Patrick Pasquet Patrick Pasquet
Research Director at the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France)
UMR 7206 Eco-Anthropologie et Ethnobiologie CP 135

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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Taste and Obesity

 

Sandrine Péneau Sandrine Péneau
Sandrine Peneau is Associate Professor of Nutrition at the Paris 13 University and a Research Associate at the Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team EREN since 2009.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

History and meaning of the Body Mass Index. Interest of otheranthropometric measurements

 

Luc Pénicaud PhD Luc Pénicaud
Dr. Pénicaud is Research Director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) since 1989.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Brain-White Adipose Tissue Relationship: Early Features

 

Iris Pigeot Iris Pigeot
Department of Biometry and Data Management, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS Bremen, Germany
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Risk factors: lessons from the European IDEFICS study

 

Siân Robinson Siân Robinson
MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton
Southampton SO16 6YD UK
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Prenatal Experience And Childhood Obesity

 

Silvia Scaglioni Silvia Scaglioni
Via A. Sangiorgio, 1 20145 Milan
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Role of nutrients in promoting adiposity development

 

Valerio Serse Valerio Serse
Valerio is a doctoral student in economics at the Center for Operation Research and Econometrics of the Université catholique de Louvain.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Tackling Child And Adolescent Obesity: An Economical Challenge

 

Vassiliki Sinopoulou Vassiliki Sinopoulou
Vassiliki Sinopoulou is a PhD student in the Appetite and Obesity research group in the Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Liverpool.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Meaning And Assessment Of Satiety In Childhood

 

Piotr Socha Piotr Socha
Piotr Socha is a Head of the Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Disorders Ward in The Children’s Memorial Health Institute in Warsaw.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Metabolic Programming, Breastfeeding And Later Risk Of Obesity

 

Grzegorz W Telega, MD Grzegorz Telega
Children’s Hospital Of Wisconsin Since 2000
Program director, Liver Transplant Hepatology, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Intestinal Microbiome In Obesity

 

Prof. Ewa Malecka-Tendera, MD, PhD Ewa Malecka-Tendera
Department of Paediatrics, Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes
Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Tall Stature And Obesity
Cardiovascular Complications Of Obesity

 

David Thivel David Thivel
David Thivel is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Sports Sciences at Blaise Pascal University (Clermont-Ferrand, France).
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Physical Activity And Play In Children Who Are Obese
Cardiorespiratory Fitness Evaluation In Obese Youth
Physical Activity Intervention In Overweight/Obese Children And Adolescents: Endurance And/Or Resistance Training?

 

Andrea Vania Andrea Vania
Paediatrician since 1986 (graduated in 1982), Full Researcher and Aggregate Professor at the Dept. of Paediatrics and Paediatric Neuropsychiatry of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine of “Sapienza” Rome University.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Weaning Practices And Later Obesity

 

Sandra Verbeken Sandra Verbeken
Sandra Verbeken graduated in July 2006 as a Clinical Psychologist at Ghent University (Ghent, Belgium).
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Psychological Assessment Of The Obese Child And Adolescents: Principles

 

blank-profile-photo Michel Vermorel
Michel Vermorel is engineer in Agronomics (National Agronomy Institute, 1962 Paris) and has a MSc degree in Nutrition Physiology (University of Paris la Sorbonne, 1963).
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Metabolic and mechanical cost of sedentary and physical activities in obese children and adolescents

 

Elpis-Athina Vlachopapadopoulou Elpis-Athina Vlachopapadopoulou
Dr Vlachopapadopoulou is a member of the Endocrine Society since 1994, of the European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology since 1997 and of the European Society of Endocrinology since 2006.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Childhood obesity: Implications In Pubertal Process

 

Daniel Weghuber, MD Daniel Weghuber
Daniel Weghuber, MD, is an alumni of Vienna Medical School. He is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Paracelsus Medical School (PMU) in Salzburg, Austria.
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Orthopaedic Complications

Psychological Indications, Contraindications, And Follow-up To Bariatric Surgery

 

Igor Radziewicz-Winnicki Igor Radziewicz-Winnicki
Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Poland
Lecturer at the School of Health Sciences of the Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Obesity and Media

 

Dr Agnieszka Zachurzok, MD, PhD Agnieszka Zachurzok
Department of Paediatrics, Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes
Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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Article(s) published in the ECOG eBook:

Cardiovascular Complications Of Obesity