Strategic Forum
Diabetes and Obesity
Chair: Jean-François Gautier, Head of Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Lariboisière Hospital, Paris Cité University
Members: Stefano Del Prato, Rita Forde, Eugenia Vlachou, Nebojsa Lalic, Timo Müller, Davide Carvalho, Georgios K. Dimitriadis, Liv Nordin Christensen, Gabriel Cuatrecasas, Jannet Svensson, Lars Krogvold, Annette Mehler
Background
Obesity, a chronic inflammatory disease represented by multifactorial metabolic dysfunctions, is a significant global health threat for adults and children. In patients with T2D, overweight and obese BMI ranges are associated with increased risk of T2D-related complications. In patients with T1D, the mounting epidemiological data now establishes the connection between T1D and the subsequent development of obesity, or vice versa. Obesity and diabetes are not isolated – they are highly interlinked with each other, hence the healthcare system changes necessary to address existing problems are overlapping.
Objectives & Directions for Solutions
This strategic forum will seek to unite the diabetes community behind a diabetes/obesity narrative in order to drive policy change which will enable timely diagnosis and effective management in order to reduce the risk of costly complications, improve the quality of life and will lead to downstream benefits across multiple NCDs.
Targeting the interplay between diabetes & obesity
This policy paper builds upon the rising European political momentum around diabetes and related conditions, as well as recent medical innovations, to propose concrete, actionable recommendations to improve EU, national and regional policies.
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Joint event on diabetes & obesity
On June 24, MEP Prof. Ignazio R. Marino and EUDF organised an event at the European Parliament on the urgent need to address the growing burden of diabetes and obesity, and discuss the EUDF policy paper.
The event featured prominent policymakers and experts, including Olivér Várhelyi, European Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare, who highlighted the impact of diabetes and obesity on cardiovascular health and the need for a joint approach to cardiometabolic diseases, which will form part of the upcoming EU Cardiovascular Health Plan.
Other speakers included MEPs Adam Jarubas, Romana Jerković, Tomislav Sokol and Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, who discussed the importance of fighting stigma faced by people living diabetes and obesity, the need to address gender disparities in the treatment and care and the importance of data in managing chronic conditions.
Our experts, Profs Stefano Del Prato, Jean-François Gautier, Eugenia Vlachou, Graziano Onder and Susie Birney, addressed the necessity for joint health checks to prevent complications and improve the quality of life, the importance of nurses in managing the two diseases, as well as the urgent need to better involve people with lived experience in decision-making.
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How can we better prevent, diagnose and treat diabetes and obesity?
MEP Prof. Ignazio R. Marino, Prof. Stefano Del Prato and Prof. Graziano Onder sit down together to discuss the growing burden of diabetes and obesity on European citizens and healthcare systems and the solutions to better address these chronic diseases.