UMPhST organized the final C4H project conference entitled Obesity and Eating Disorders – A Medical and Humanities-base Approach – on December 7^th, Unix Center Targu Mures.

The presenters were project team members from the local UMPhST team and the partner countries’ representatives. The event was meant to represent a multiplier event of all project results, addressing all target groups.

Conference programme at a glance:

• Conference Opening - Anișoara Pop & Monica Tarcea
• Connected4Health - Project presentation at a glance - Lorenzo Martellini, Italy
• An integrated medical and humanistic approach to young people with obesity and eating disorders – from plans to results - Anișoara Pop & Monica Tarcea, Romania
• A cultural and historical perspective on obesity - Giordano Altarozzi, Romania
• How to communicate with teenagers with obesity and eating disorders. The medical and linguistic perspectives - Lorena Melit, Anisoara Pop, Romania
• Nutrition and psychotherapy in teenagers with obesity and EDs from Czech Republic - Lukas Merz, Czech Republic
• Beyond the scale: Nutrition approach for managing obesity and eating disorders - Vera Ferro Lebres, Juliana Almeida de Souza, Portugal
• The importance of art therapy (painting, dance, music) in communicating with young patients with EDs - Jonathan McFarland, Spain
• Exercise therapy in treating obesity and EDs in Serbia  - Sanja Mazić, Danka Sinadinović, Stevan Mijomanović, Irena Aleksić Hajduković, Gordana Vekarić, Serbia
• Obesity and eating disorders in Serbia - linguistic perspective - Danka Sinadinović & Stevan Mijomanović, Serbia
• Creating an effective communication circle in coping with adolescent eating disorders - Aelita Bredelyte, Lithuania
• The influence of mass media in shaping the ideal body image – Extremes in Romanian young women - Adrian Năznean, Romania
• Sport is essential in obesity management. The Romanian point of view  - Dana Bădău, Romania

The conference was credited by the Romanian College of Physicians with 5 credits. Around 70 specialists, mostly residents, dietitians, nurses, stakeholders, and students participated in the three sections of the conference and expressed their satisfaction with the presentations and especially with the availability free of charge of such important content on learning about how to approach teenagers with obesity and eating disorders in an integrated, multidisciplinary team.

The conference had a large impact by being advertised on the UMPhST site and in the local online newspaper Punctul (see below)

UMPhST site announcement: https://umfst.ro/blog/obezitatea-si-tulburarile-de-alimentatie-o-abordare-integrata-medicala-si-umanista/

Punctul newspaper: https://www.punctul.ro/conferinta-internationala-obezitatea-si-tulburarile-de-alimentatie-o-abordare-integrata-medicala-si-umanista/