*Please mention the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14) if using this research*

Several areas of the brain, including regions that play a critical role in learning and memory and in the control of emotions, are larger in adolescents who are living with obesity, new

THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR PAEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY AND THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF ENDOCRINOLOGY JOIN TOGETHER THIS WEEKEND FOR THEIR INAUGURAL JOINT CONGRESS – “CONNECTING ENDOCRINOLOGY ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE”

The first ever Joint Congress between the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) and the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) starts today, Saturday 10 May and runs until Tuesday 13 May 2025. This truly joint landmark event, ‘Connecting Endocrinology Across the Life Course’, brings together paediatric and adult endocrine specialists from across Europe and the rest of the world to meet, collaborate and celebrate endocrinology at The Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The event provides a unique opportunity for learning new perspectives and enabling scientific exchanges, coupled with extensive networking opportunities to make new connections with colleagues working in endocrinology across the whole life course.

More than a decade ago, researchers launched the BabySeq Project, a pilot program to return newborn genomic sequencing results to parents and measure the effects on newborn care. Today, over 30 international initiatives are exploring the expansion of newborn screening using genomic sequencing (NBSeq), but a new study by researchers from Mass General Brigham highlights the substantial variability in gene selection among those programs. In a paper published in Genetics in Medicine, an official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, they offer a data-driven approach to prioritizing genes for public health consideration.