Are you a caregiver to someone who struggles with their weight? YWM2019, OAC’s Your Weight Matters Convention & EXPO coming to Tampa from August 1-3, can help you help them. OAC Community Member and past Convention attendee Dana Rosser tells you how.
OAC Community Member Pamela Jones, a civil rights lawyer, tells us why she signed OAC’s recent letter to NBC officials after a stigmatizing episode of ‘The Tonight Show.’ Hear Pamela’s words of wisdom and take action this May to help OAC educate the media on how to appropriately represent obesity!
Active OAC Community Member, Board Member and volunteer Rob Portinga takes a hike in the woods while telling you what’s so amazing about YWM2019. Don’t miss out on the nation’s leading weight and health education to rejuvenate your health journey! Register now before Early-bird discounts end May 31!
Here’s a brand new action opportunity we need you to take: using OAC’s Action Center, send letters to media representatives in the top 25 news organizations that educates them on how to accurately represent obesity.
Dr. Abby is a passionate OAC advocate, bariatrician, internist and a patient familiar with obesity in her own life. Hear her story, the lessons she’s learned about treating obesity as a health professional, and the advice she has for patients.
Happy National Nurse Day! Nurses and health professionals: did you know you’re invited to OAC’s Your Weight Matters Convention & EXPO? Hear from your peer Tammy Beaumont, BSN, RN, CBN, about why you should attend and what you simply can’t miss out on. Plus, earn up to 18 CE credits!
The OAC is excited to have exhibited at Health Journalism 2019 in early May, where we educated healthcare journalists on how to appropriately report on and discuss obesity using a variety of OAC’s resources and information.
Do you care about OAC’s cause? Do you want to get more involved and do something to make the world a better place for people affected by obesity? Get trained as an OAC advocate at one of our training sessions offered exclusively at YWM2019.
We’re SO close to our 2019 Convention Scholarship Fundraising goal of $5,000 (85% of the way there), so we’re extending the donation deadline to May 3. Donate NOW and help us reach the finish line so we can send more people to YWM2019!
A recent episode on NBC’s The Tonight Show featured an angry rant from Jay Leno which severely stigmatized people with obesity. The OAC is taking action by addressing NBC directly, but by signing-on to our letter, you can help!
An April 2019 episode of CBS’ Blue Bloods featured a character’s decision to have bariatric surgery in a stigmatizing light. It was a strong example of weight bias, and stigma against a science-based obesity treatment option, in the media. Here’s how the OAC, and then CBS, responded.
When you make a donation of any size to OAC’s 2019 Convention Scholarship Fund, you’re helping someone in financial hardship be able to attend YWM2019 and access REAL support systems for their journey with weight.
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