Looking for additional resources and information to help you with weight management? Explore the YWM2019 EXPO Hall featuring more than 30 diverse vendors — offering products, services, samples…you name it!
Looking for additional resources and information to help you with weight management? Explore the YWM2019 EXPO Hall featuring more than 30 diverse vendors — offering products, services, samples…you name it!
The OAC is excited to welcome the SILVER LEVEL support of Amgen, a new member of our honorary Chairman’s Council! Learn more about Amgen and our common mission to improve the lives of patients affected by obesity while leveraging a science-based approach.
You’ve achieved meaningful accomplishments in your health journey… now celebrate your milestones and give back to the OAC, too! The OAC makes it easy year-round with our Donor Program. Here’s how you can participate.
OAC Community Member Jaime Fivecoat shares why she attends the OAC’s Your Weight Matters Convention & EXPO every year. She comes for the education and stays for the experience — and the inclusiveness that connects her with other people who get it. Join Jaime at YWM2019 this summer in Tampa, August 1-3, by registering now!
The OAC is honored to welcome the support of Intercept Pharmaceuticals as a Silver Level member of our Chairman’s Council. Learn more about Intercept Pharmaceuticals and the OAC’s Chairman’s Council (the highest level of OAC Community Membership) today!
What is acceptance-based therapy and how can it help with weight control? Discover the thought-provoking research of Jason Lillis, PhD, leading researcher and presenter at OAC’s Your Weight Matters Convention & EXPO this summer.
The OAC’s spring 2019 issue of Weight Matters Magazine, our most popular educational resource, has been posted online in our Community. Check it out today to learn about OAC’s Your Weight Matters Convention & EXPO taking place this summer, the benefits of neighborhood fitness groups, adding zesty berries to your diet and the relationship between obesity and kidney health.
OAC Chairwoman Michelle Vicari shares a personal letter inviting you to attend YWM2019 and invigorate your summer with education, inspiration and fun. Don’t miss Early-bird discounts ending May 31!
May is recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month. Rachel Goldman, PhD, FTOS and Presenter at YWM2019, gives you an inside look at how this year’s Convention will address mental health, obesity and weight control. After all, we take your total health picture into consideration and give you the tools to find lasting success.
The OAC offers a variety of no-cost resources to help identify and fight weight bias in the media. Learn more about how to utilize these tools and then take OAC Action this May to educate media representatives!
By participating in the OAC’s newly-launched donor program and engaging in fun activities that are personally rewarding to you, you can directly support the OAC year-round. Check-out all the easy and “non-traditional” ways you can give!
The American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) recently announced its class of more than 720 physicians newly certified in obesity medicine. This means great news for patients affected by obesity seeking access to effective, science-based obesity treatment!