Authors should complete registration before the submission of abstracts

Authors of abstracts are requested to fill out the Online Abstract Submission Form

Authors who wish to submit more than one abstract should fill out a separate submission form for each abstract

Abstracts must be submitted electronically as an e-mail attachment to the Online Submission Form

Each abstract should be typed single-spaced in MSWord format in English using 12-point font of Regular Times New Roman in not more than 300 words. Authors must type their initials and last name, but not degrees, titles or institutional appointments. The author's full name must be exactly the same on all abstract submission forms, when more than one abstract is submitted. The presenter of the paper must have his/her name mentioned first and underlined. Authors must indicate the name and address of the institution where the work was carried out.

Authors must arrange the text as follows:
    a. Purpose of the study / project
    b. Methods
    c. Summary of results
    d. Conclusions

Authors must use standard abbreviations and place a special or unusual abbreviation in parentheses after the full word the first time it appears

Simple tables or graphs (in black ink) may be included

Abstracts will be reproduced exactly as submitted

A.

Scientific rationale and clinical relevance of the objectives

B.

Innovation and originality of the project

C.

Appropriateness of the methodology, data analysis and conclusion

D.

Clarity of presentation

1.

Healthcare delivery, pregnancy, youth, hypoglycaemia

2.

Behavioural medicine, clinical nutrition and diabetes education

3.

Atherosclerosis and diabetic complications

4.

Epidemiology

5.

Molecular and cellular biology, and integrated physiology

6.

Immunology and transplantation

7.

Clinical therapeutics

8.

Obesity and the metabolic syndrome