Recorded: EIP 2020 ● Language: English ● Duration: 98 minutes ● Topic: Adolescent Medicine

Presentation 1: Sedentary Behaviour and Overweight and Obesity in Adolescence

JELENA GUDELJ RAKIC, Head of Centre of Health Promotion, Institute of Public Health, SERBIA

Learning Objectives: (1) Understand sedentary behaviour in adolescence in relation to overweight and obesity (2) Review recent evidence-based data (3) Consider recommendations for priority areas of action

Presentation 2: Emerging Trends in Muscle-Enhancing Behaviors, Weight Gain Goals, and Eating Disorders in Adolescent Boys

JASON NAGATA, Assistant Professor Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine, University of California, USA

Learning Objectives: (1) Describe the characteristics and health consequences of muscle-enhancing and disordered eating behaviours in adolescents and young adults (2) Assess gender differences in the presentation of eating disorders in adolescents and young adults (3) Identify medical complications of eating disorders in male populations.

Presentation 3: Obesity in Adolescents: What Have We Learned?

COLIN MICHIE, Deputy Lead of School of Medicine, University of Central Lancashire, UNITED KINGDOM

Learning Objectives: (1) Managing young people with a high BMI can be improved with parental engagement (2) A high BMI in adolescence appears to be associated with increased rates of malignancy in adulthood (3) Bariatric surgery in adolescence does not resolve associated mental health issues