OAC in the News

2021 News Articles Featuring the OAC

Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) President and CEO, Joe Nadglowski, Issues Statement on Trust for America’s Health’s 2021 State of Obesity Report and Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s State-Specific 2020 Data on Adult Obesity Prevalence
September 16, 2021

Forget the ‘freshman 15’: It’s time to normalize bodies, ditch weight shaming
September 7, 2021

Weight-loss businesses face a dilemma: Would encouraging Americans to lose weight be a form of body shaming?
August 5, 2021

Obesity Is a Disease, Recognize It as Such
July 18, 2021

YWM2021: 10 Years of Connecting and Thriving
July 16, 2021

#StopWeightBias is the new campaign for the Obesity Action Coalition
July 16, 2021

Discussing weight bias & how to prevent it
June 29, 2021

Novo Nordisk receives FDA approval for Wegovy™ to treat adults with obesity based on unprecedented efficacy for a prescription medicine in clinical trials
June 6, 2021

Understanding Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
May 25, 2021

Encourage Your Patients to Attend YWM2021­—VIRTUAL!
May 4, 2021

Lessons from a Thriving Power Couple, with Sloan Saunders and Dr. Katherine Saunders of Intellihealth
April 26, 2021

“Obesity – When Diet and Exercise Are Not Enough”
April 21, 2021

Turning Obstacles into Opportunities: Representing YOUR Patients during COVID-19
April 6, 2021

COVID-19 and body weight: What the science says so far
April 5, 2021

Congress Can’t Wait When It Comes to Obesity
March 15, 2021

‘Weight isn’t always within your control’: Why some states are prioritizing obesity patients for the COVID-19 vaccine
March 7, 2021

Experimental treatment may help non-hospitalized patients, Merck says; Senate passes relief bill: Latest COVID-19 updates
March 6, 2021

Turning Obstacles into Opportunities: Representing YOUR Patients during COVID-19
March 1, 2021

Expert Panel Discussion: The impact of weight stigma on people with obesity
March 2, 2021

Obesity Care Week 2021 Aims to Change the Way We Care About Obesity through Awareness and Action
March 1, 2021

Obesity Care Week 2021 Aims to Change the Way We Care About Obesity through Awareness and Action
February 28, 2021

These Artists Are Teaming Up to Raise Awareness About COVID-19 and Obesity
February 9, 2021

Obesity Action Coalition launching educational campaign about weight bias
January 15, 2021

Retraction: A Difficult Measure of Integrity
January 13, 2021

Tackling Obesity
January 13, 2021

Obesity Action Coalition Takes a stand against weight bias through National Public Awareness Campaign – Stop Weight Bias
January 12, 2021

Stakeholder group members explain support for mandatory product listing
January 5, 2021