Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Within the Bristol diabetes service, we recognised that we were failing to meet the needs of young people (YP), who reported feeling unprepared for transition and intimidated by the unknown entity of the adult service and changes in their diabetes management.Methods: We set up a multi-disciplinary steering group, including the paediatric and adult diabetes teams and a youth involvement worker, to develop an effective, multi-faceted transiti...

Background: Children and young people living with severe obesity experience wide ranging complications of excess weight (CEW), however their prevalence is not well defined. We have evaluated baseline clinical characteristics and complications in two multi-disciplinary tier-3 paediatric weight management services in different regions of the UK.Methods: All new patients (n=185) aged 2–17 years seen in a 12-mo...

Introduction: NCMP (National Childhood Measurement Programme) data has highlighted a higher prevalence of childhood obesity in highly deprived areas, however the prevalence of complications from excess weight (CEW) in relation to social deprivation has not been previously reported. The aim of this study is to compare the demographic data along with CEW in children and young people (CYP) with obesity being managed at two different centres in the UK, with a very...