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Join us for our upcoming December episode of the OAC’S monthly broadcast: OAC’s Holiday Special – Reflecting Back, Looking Forward! In this episode, we’ll be celebrating the holiday season, looking back at the OAC in 2020, and turning our eyes on what’s to come in 2021. Here’s what else you can expect from this episode:
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With the holidays approaching, the OAC is excited to kick off our year-end fundraising campaign by asking our community to Share Your Why, Give Your Why!  On December 1st, we are asking everyone in our community to log on to their social media platform and tell us why the OAC is meaningful to you or
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The OAC is back with our second broadcast. This episode will feature OAC’s Policy Consultant and President/CEO as we bring them on to break down the impact of the 2020 elections on our community and how changing political landscapes can shape obesity legislation and healthcare. We’ll also be welcoming on OAC’s Chairwoman to share a motivating
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Tampa, Fla. – At ObesityWeek® 2020, new research suggests that Americans are beginning to understand obesity more as a medical condition and less as a personal fault. For this research, Ted Kyle, RPH, MBA, and a team of obesity experts surveyed a total of 7,076 adults in 2017 and 2020. They found that significantly more
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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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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.

The Creative Coalition (a group of actors, writers, directs and designers) and Novo Nordisk are encouraging people to get to know the facts about COVID-19 and its impact on people living with obesity. The Creative Coalition and Novo Nordisk are featuring the OAC as the top patient resource and encouraging everyone to use OAC resources
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When the COVID-19 pandemic first began, it was unknown that obesity would be a major risk factor for the illness. It wasn’t until recently that dozens of studies began reporting that many of the sickest COVID-19 patients have been people with obesity. For people with obesity, the extra risk adds a psychological burden, says Patty
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The Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA) is a bipartisan bill that will give Medicare-eligible Americans greater access to obesity healthcare services, treatments and providers. Currently, this bill has Congressional support from 185 co-sponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate and has yet to come up for a committee or floor vote since
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Tampa, Fla. – Weight bias has harmed people with obesity for decades throughout the United States and the United Kingdom. But new research from the Obesity Action Coalition suggests that explicit weight bias may be declining in the U.S. Ted Kyle, RPh, MBA, weight bias expert and OAC National Board member, presented these new insights
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Tampa, Fla. – The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) redefined education, advocacy and support with a successful YWM2020 – VIRTUAL Convention. The OAC welcomed more than 2,000 individuals from 47 states and 59 countries and provided them with the unique opportunity to immerse themselves in a one-of-a-kind educational experience supported by a strong and engaging community.
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