ea0078oc4.9 | Oral Communications 4 | BSPED2021
Apperley Louise
, Erlandson-Parry Karen
, Gait Lucy
, Laing Peter
, Senniappan Senthil
Introduction: Childhood obesity remains a major health concern and there are a number of serious complications associated with it. These include type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) therapy has shown promising results for weight loss in adults and has recently been approved for the use in the treatment of childhood obesity for ad...