Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Craniopharingioma patients frequently experience severe obesity, unresponsive to caloric restriction or lifestyle modifications. Recently very-low-ketogenic-diets (VLCKD) proved to be a promising lifestyle intervention for obesity management, but no data are available regarding their effect on hypothalamic obesity (HO).Introduction: We present the outcome of VLCKD protocol applied in young patients with HO following neurosurgery for craniopha...