Thank you to everyone who took part in and attended our second webinar on 30 July. The recordings from the webinar are now available to download and view. For more information click here. Novo Nordisk has provided sponsorship to the Association for the Study of Obesity (ASO) to fund all costs for the development of … Continued
The UK’s largest charity representing people living with obesity is today launching guidelines to change the way doctors speak about obesity. Obesity UK, which provides support to over 20,000 people with obesity in the UK, is publishing Language Matters: Obesity, the first ever guide to help doctors use more appropriate and helpful language when interacting … Continued
We welcome government action on the urgent societal problem of obesity. Effective policies that make a real difference in reducing obesity rates will have knock on effects for obesity-related ill health – not least the clear and alarming link with complications and death from COVID-19. The government’s new strategy on obesity is a positive first … Continued
All ASO members whose membership was active at the beginning of July are eligible to vote in our trustee elections. You should have received an email and reminders from Election Buddy on behalf of ASO. Please follow the unique link in that email to place your votes. If you did not receive the email, please … Continued
A joint position paper from ASO, Obesity UK and the Obesity Empowerment Network has recently been published in The Lancet: Diabetes and Endocrinology, addressing obesity and COVID-19. You can read the paper here
Ahead of the Prime Minister’s imminent plans to address obesity in the UK, ASO has signed Action on Sugar and Action on Salt’s letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, along with 46 other leading health charities and researchers, asking he implements all measures proposed in the Childhood Obesity Plan. You can read the letter here
Following our successful webinar in June on the clinical management of diabetes, obesity and COVID-19, we will be presenting a new webinar on 30 July focusing on the public health perspective of COVID-19 and obesity. Join us at 6pm on Thursday 30 July. Visit our webinar web page for more information and to register for … Continued
Thank you to everyone who took part in and attended our successful webinar on 25 June. The recordings from the webinar are now available to download and view. For more information click here. Novo Nordisk has provided sponsorship to the Association for the Study of Obesity (ASO) to fully fund all costs for the development … Continued
Diabetes, Obesity and COVID-19 Webinar, 18:00-19:30, 25 June 2020. We invite you to join a host of expert speakers and panelists this Thursday evening for our webinar addressing the important and relevant topic of COVID-19 and its links with diabetes and obesity. The 1.5 hour webinar will provide you with detail on those links and … Continued
ASO members are invited to register their interest for EASO’s online advocacy workshop series taking place every Tuesday and Friday 16h00 – 17h30 CEST, starting the week of 29 June 2020. EASO works to empower advocacy organisations to drive strong, measurable and sustainable actions that will increase attention towards obesity as a chronic relapsing disease, … Continued