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Obesity on the Agenda!

In the next few months we will be reaching out to all of you to help us advocate for higher prioritisation of obesity in 2018.

This is a critical year for advancing non-communicable disease and nutrition on the global health agenda, including the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs this September in New York.

Watch this space for more details on how you can engage and support this important initiative!

Chilean Physicians SCOPE Certified

84 physicians in Chile were recently awarded SCOPE Certification after completing the online SCOPE E-Learning course. A meeting was held to celebrate the occasion, led by Dr Ada Cuevas of World Obesity's Clinical Care Committee. Dr Cuevas commented:

"Demographics and socioeconomic factors and changes in food supply and lifestyles have led to a significant increase of obesity in the Chilean population. Data from the last National Health Survey of 2017 showed that 39.8 % and 31.2% of the adult population are suffering of overweight and obesity respectively.

"For this reason, it is crucial to have health professionals with adequate training to prevent and manage this huge problem in Chile. The recent certification in Chile of 84 physicians by the SCOPE program will give an important contribution to afford the challenge of reduce the prevalence of obesity and their consequences in Chile."

Click here to find out more about SCOPE E-Learning, which offers over 30 modules on obesity management authored by leading experts.

World Obesity Data Pages

European Translations

Almost all our European country based graphics currently displayed on our maps are now available in all 24 EU languages. If you would like to receive a translated copy of a specific graphic and it’s not already available online, please email your request to [email protected].

General Updates

We have updated on adults in England, New Zealand and Northern Ireland.

We also have updates in children in England, Kazakhstan, New Zealand and Turkmenistan.

To receive live data updates on our Data pages, follow  @RJLobesitydata.

We welcome and feedback, comments or suggestions. Please do not hesitate to contact us on the email above or [email protected].

N.B. All reasonable efforts are made to provide accurate translations, if you find any errors please advise us at [email protected] .

Gulf Regional Obesity Summit and Regional Congress, 19th-20th April 2018

Achieving the UN Obesity Targets by 2025

Registration is now open for our Gulf Regional Obesity Congress. Click here to register!

The Gulf Congress will examine what services will be needed by 2025 and will discuss the benefits of different approaches to weight management, weight reduction and the prevention of weight gain and weight regain.

Call for Abstract:

Don't miss the opportunity to submit an abstract. To submit, click here. 

Submission deadline is 15th February.

SAVE THE DATES – Forthcoming Events

2018 SCOPE Schools

We will be hosting three SCOPE Schools in 2018 in different regions. Save the dates:

SCOPE School Middle East – 18th April 2018

SCOPE School Athens – 16th May 2018

SCOPE School London – 11th June 2018

Keep checking our website for more information on our upcoming SCOPE Schools!

Global Survey of Health Care Systems For Obesity

The World Obesity Federation is planning a survey of guidelines and practices for the treatment of obesity around the world, to be launched early this year. The project, dubbed MAPPS (Management and Advocacy for Providers, Patients, and Systems), has been given support from Novo Nordisk.

Besides ‘mapping’ current national guidelines and health care pathways for people with obesity, it is hoped the project will lead to stronger advocacy roles for World Obesity member organisations lobbying their health service providers and health authorities, and stronger patient representation in future healthcare development. 

World Obesity Lined Up to Be a Partner in Two Horizon 2020 Projects

 

World Obesity is anticipating being a partner in two European Union-funded projects awarded under the Horizon 2020 research programme. The projects were both shortlisted for funding in the call “How to tackle the childhood obesity epidemic?” and are currently in grant agreement negotiations before final approval.

World Obesity will assist with knowledge translation, dissemination and exploitation of the outputs of the projects.

Obesity Impacts On the Family

 

World Obesity has been invited to join a UK research project on the impact of childhood obesity on families, led by Imperial College London. The project, titled “ Does childhood obesity hinder human capital development?” is funded by the UK charity The Health Foundation. A roundtable meeting will be held in April to encourage non-governmental organisations, researchers and policy makers interested in the issue to contribute to shaping the programme of research.

For more details on these items please email Tim Lobstein: [email protected] .

**The first 2018 editions of all of our journals are available for FREE!**

Obesity Reviews (Impact Factor 7. 883 )

January's edition of Obesity Reviews is available to view. Take a look at the following highlights, all available for free:

Visit Obesity Reviews' Early View page to be the first to read the latest research.

Pediatric Obesity (Impact Factor 3.689) 

Pediatric Obesity is now online-only, with the new January edition being the first online-only issue. Take a look at the following highlights, all available for free:

Read the latest research from Pediatric Obesity via Early View.

Obesity Science & Practice

The new edition of Obesity Science & Practice is available to view! Obesity Science & Practice is free each month via open access. Take a look at the following highlights:

Find the latest research from Obesity Science & Practice via Early View.