The BASO Paediatric Working Group is pleased to invite all healthcare professionals working within the PMOCs to a dedicated study day on Friday, 20 November 2026, at Erasme Hospital (ULB), Brussels.
This meeting aims to bring together all disciplines involved in paediatric obesity care to exchange knowledge, discuss current challenges and strengthen collaboration across PMOCs.
This event is free of charge and exclusively open to BASO members.
Registration Now Open
| Draft programme |
| 09:40 – 10:00 Coffee & welcome |
| Plenary session |
| 10:00 – 10:05 |
Welcome |
| 10:05 – 10:35 |
Invited lecture
Autism and obesity
Speaker to be confirmed |
| 10:35 – 11:00 |
Protocol proposal
Metformin use in children with obesity receiving antipsychotic medication
Véronique Beauloye, Zeepreventorium |
| 11:00 – 12:00 |
ECOG Highlights [ECOG congres]
- 11:00 – 11:20 Clinical Highlights in Childhood Obesity
Violaine Sevrin, CHU Namur
- 11:20 – 11:40 Nutrition in the New Treatment Era
Dietitians: Valérie Uytterhaeghe (UZ Brussel) & Ramina Talwar (AZ Delta Roeselare)
- 11:40 – 12:00 Behaviour Change and Family Support
Psychologists: Kelly Faust (Jessa, Hasselt) & Evie Stremersch (Zeepreventorium)
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| 12:00 – 13:10 |
Lunch |
| Interactive subgroup sessions |
| 13:10 – 14:20 |
After a short introduction, participants will meet in discipline-specific groups (60 minutes), with one moderator and one secretary per group, to discuss:
- What is working well? – roundtable (10 min)
- Shared challenges (20 min)
- Exchange of practical approaches and strategies (20 min)
- Identification of 1–2 concrete take-home messages (10 min)
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| 14:30 – 15:20 |
Intervision
Discussion of 2–3 clinical cases, with all disciplines participating together.
The intervision sessions will be organised separately in Dutch and French. |
| 15:20 – 15:30 |
Stay With Me app
Tiffany Naets, UGent |
| 15:30 – 16:00 |
Closing plenary
- Feedback from the subgroup discussions
- Conclusions and closing remarks
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Not a member yet? Complete your BASO membership first, then sign up for the event. The final programme will follow soon.
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