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The second edition of the PROMINENCE Newsletter is now available.

The PROMINENCE consortium partners proudly participated in the 32nd European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025), held in Málaga, Spain, which brought together over 4,000 participants from across Europe and beyond. As one of the leading scientific events dedicated to obesity research and treatment, ECO 2025 provided a dynamic platform for knowledge exchange, collaboration, and networking.

Partners of the EU-funded PROMINENCE project gathered in Helsinki, Finland, for a productive transnational meeting hosted by Arcada University of Applied Sciences with Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) close collaboration in its planning.

PROMINENCE representatives from University College Dublin and the Europe Region of World Physiotherapy attended the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists (ISCP) 2025 Conference on 5 April 2025 in Dublin, Ireland, where they presented an overview of the PROMINENCE project (poster presentation).

Best Poster Prize awarded to Dr Kenneth Verboven of the Hasselt University representing PROMINENCE team at the Winter Obesity Symposium 2025 hosted by the Belgian Association for the Study of Obesity and the Belgian Section of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery of Royal Belgian Society for Surgery.

Read what's new in our first Newsletter for the PROMINENCE project!

World Physiotherapy Day is celebrated on 08 September to mark the unity and solidarity of the global physiotherapy community. For this occasion, check out PROMINENCE - a pioneering partnership project to enhance obesity education in #Physiotherapy programmes across the EU here.

The first transnational event of the PROMINENCE Consortium was successfully hosted by University College Dublin, Ireland. The event was held across 2 days dedicated to enhancing Obesity Education for Physiotherapists with all project partners coming together to progress the important work of the PROMINENCE Consortium.