About the event:
Elisabeth Wenz is the moderator of the symposium and professor of psychiatry with a focus on eating disorders at the University of Gothenburg, as well as senior consultant at Sahlgrenska University Hospital.
Samuele Cortese is professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at University of Southampton and adjunct professor at New York University, and will be the keynote speaker. His research focuses on neurodevelopmental conditions, particularly ADHD, and spans epidemiology, neurobiology, and treatment. He has contributed to a deeper understanding of how these conditions need to be handled and integrated into obesity treatment for it to be effective, in a patient group that healthcare has often struggled to support adequately. The aim is to better tailor treatment to individual needs. Samuele Cortese has published extensively and is an internationally recognized researcher in the field.
At the symposium, he will present current knowledge on the links between obesity and neuropsychiatric conditions, and discuss how this knowledge can be translated into clinical practice in collaboration with patients, in his lecture “Shared decision-making in ADHD and obesity management”.
As an introduction, Jovanna Dahlgren, professor of pediatric endocrinology at the Institute of Clinical Sciences, will give an overview of childhood obesity and the challenges in current treatment.
Following the keynote lecture, Kajsa Järvholm, associate professor of psychology at Lund University, will present recent research on how ADHD affects outcomes after obesity surgery (surgical treatment for severe obesity) in adolescents.
In the subsequent panel discussion, the speakers will be joined by Elisabeth Fernell, professor at the University of Gothenburg and senior consultant in pediatric neurology and habilitation. The discussion will focus on how current research on neurodevelopmental conditions, such as ADHD and autism, can be applied in practice to develop more individualized treatment for children and adolescents with obesity.
Halfway through the symposium, there will be a break with fruit, coffee, and tea.
