OAC joins Massachusetts Coalition for Action on Obesity to talk about the impact of weight stigma on patients with obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
OAC joins Massachusetts Coalition for Action on Obesity to talk about the impact of weight stigma on patients with obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
An OAC member shares a personal reflection from her weight-loss journey about learning to get out of her comfort zone and embrace more positive experiences.
Obesity Action Coalition recaps an engaging and informational second event of YWM2020-VIRTUAL, which tackled the complexity of weight and how we can approach it.
Obesity Action Coalition recaps a successful first day of YWM2020-VIRTUAL with record-breaking participation, including almost two thousand registered attendees representing 30 countries!
After Microsoft’s Bing search engine caught fire for a stigmatizing childhood obesity image, the OAC wrote a letter that resulted in a positive response.
The OAC acknowledges and thanks broad support from our 2020 National Convention Sponsors for helping to make YWM2020-VIRTUAL possible.
An OAC member shares her story about being a loved one to someone affected by obesity and needing support to navigate health in their relationship.
The Obesity Action Coalition partners with the SOPHIA project, a five-year initiative aiming to improve obesity care and treatment by understanding which treatments are best suited to which patients and why.
An OAC member shares about losing her husband, struggling with depression and her journey with obesity that led her to seeking bariatric surgery.
An OAC member proves the value of story sharing by sharing about his experiences with weight bias and choosing bariatric surgery to treat his obesity.
The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC), among other international organizations, supports a recent Call to Action from Obesity Canada about weight stigma and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The OAC shares a weight bias victory after addressing the Journal of Internal Medicine about a stigmatizing infographic in an article about obesity.