ECPO Patient Lounge - By patients, for EVERYBODY!


The ECPO Coms team are hosting their 2nd live 'Patient Lounge' session on Tuesday 19 January at 6pmGMT/7pmCET.


Returning to work after the winter break can be challenging for many as we enter January 2021.
Upon reflection, we have had a year of isolation, worry, fear, and financial difficulties for some.
A breakdown of treatment for our community of people living with obesity, with many of us stepping into a bleak 2021 with anxieties and emotional turbulence.
The ‘January Blues’, new and tighter lockdowns across many countries, cocooning once again, and a new strain of the Covid-19 virus would appear as the perfect cocktail for rising mental health issues and we want to openly discuss this.

Which is why this episode of our Patient Lounge, we will be looking into how these challenges manifest in people living with Obesity...... READ MORE BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW.

ECPO Patient Lounge

Did you miss the first episode of ECPO Patient Lounge?

A recording of the session is now available for you to view.

On the first episode we had Teena Gates who reflected on the personal encounters she faced during the year.
Vicki Mooney also chatted with Euan Woodward of EASO on policy matters, and also the inspiring Dr. Rebecca Richards Health psychologist, ASO UK Trustee.
Our panel discussion saw guests join from Iceland, Denmark, Portugal, and the UK who answered your questions live as they came in.

THE EU COMMISSION HAS LISTED OBESITY AS ONE OF THE HIGH RISK GROUPS WHO ARE ‘MEDICALLY VULNERABLE’.