OAC’s President and CEO joined a webinar from the Black Women’s Health Imperative about understanding and addressing obesity in black women. Here’s a recap of our thoughtful discussion!

The Obesity Society (TOS) will be taking their annual ObesityWeek virtual! The OAC is proud to announce that for the week of November 2-6, 2020, we will be partaking in the exhibitor portion of the week. Anyone who is registered and attending ObesityWeek will have the opportunity to visit our exhibit, see our resources and
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On October 28, 2020, the OAC will be showing our FIRST monthly broadcast on Facebook LIVE. This event will take place at 3 p.m. (EST) and we encourage everyone to join us for our first episode: Challenging the Narrative – Dispelling Common Myths about Obesity. In this episode we will share with you: Our motivation for
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OAC’s recaps a recent webinar from our partners at ECPO about People-First Language for obesity and other ways to end weight bias and obesity stigma.

A new study shows that physicians certified by the American Board of Obesity Medicine are implementing evidence-based obesity care in their practices, which is great news for the emerging field of obesity medicine and for patients.

The OAC a proud partner of ASPEN’s Malnutrition Awareness Week which is dedicated to reducing the incidence of malnutrition through education, resources and advocacy. ASPEN encourages everyone to attend webinars, spread the word, and be a part of the solution this week. For more information on Malnutrition Awareness Week, please click here.