Obesity Care Week 2022 – Now is the Time to ACT! – Set to Highlight the Importance of Changing the Way We Care about Obesity Today, Sunday, February 27th, marks the beginning of Obesity Care Week (OCW) 2022, a national awareness campaign aimed at changing the way we care about obesity by providing science-based education
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Greetings and welcome to my blog post. I have obesity. I’ve always had obesity. I look at pictures from when I was two and a half and wonder just how someone so young gets “fat.” I spent my life with the same tape running through my head that many of us are familiar with —
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The OAC is proud to share that Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, one of our long-time supporters and partners in research and advocacy, has renewed their membership on OAC’s Chairman’s Council at the Silver Level. Rhythm is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to changing how rare genetic diseases of obesity are diagnosed and treated. The company is also leading
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A group of OAC members including OAC Chair Patty Nece, JD; OAC President/CEO Joe Nadglowski, OAC Board Member Scott Kahan, MD; and OAC Emeritus Board Members Ted Kyle, RPh, MBA; and Amber Huett-Garcia, MPA, participated in a recent meeting with the Senior Leadership Group of the National Institute of Health Research Task Force.  The National
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