May 25 12-1pm ET
The Obesity Society’s Diversity Section and Early Career Committee have partnered to offer members an insightful webinar on study sections and grants. What happens at a study section? What makes a good...
source: TOS
Call for 2017 Awards Nominations
Great news – TOS’s Call for Awards is still open! The Awards...
source: TOS
The Obesity Society has partnered with Weight Watchers to create the Karen Miller-Kovach Research Grant. The grant will focus on the development of digital tools that employ evidence-based behavioral weight management...
source: TOS
The OAC is currently revamping its programs and services to more effectively move toward our mission and goals, and we need YOUR valuable insight! As a healthcare professional, we want to learn more from you about how we can better...
source: Obesity Action Coalition
Want to get more involved? Become a leader? Apply...
source: TOS
The Editorial Team of Obesity joins the leadership of the Obesity and Cancer Section to seek submission of high-quality manuscripts for a special supplement issue of the journal to be published in November...
source: Obesity Journal and Obesity and Cancer Section
Stay up-to-date on developments in the important field of obesity.
Burke LE, Zheng Y, Ma Q, et al. The...
source: TOS
Hit by pricing pressure in its core insulin business, Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk is looking at new treatments for obesity — a major cause of diabetes — to help revive its growth.
New Chief Executive Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen, who took over in January, admits...
source: Reuters
In a consensus statement published in the journal Obesity Reviews, experts from the World Obesity Federation make the case for defining obesity as a disease process. They argue that, by recognizing the primary agent as food rather than an infectious microbe, it fits a widely-accepted...
source: Medical News Today
Lawmakers on Beacon Hill are joining activists in other states pushing for taxes on sodas that they say will ease the rise in obesity-related diseases and bring in money for programs aimed at improving the health of children in Massachusetts.
Supporters of the tax say that...
source: The Associated Press via The Washington Times
You may not recognize John Mackey’s name, but you definitely know his business. Mackey is the founder and CEO of healthy supermarket chain Whole Foods Market, and he has a new book out called "The Whole Foods Diet: The Lifesaving Plan for Health and Longetivity." In...
source: Self Magazine
Call for 2017 Awards Nominations
The Obesity Society's awards program promotes, rewards and encourages...
source: TOS
Anthony Comuzzie, PhD, FTOS, a world-renowned...
source: Robyn Gordon, Communications Coordinator, TOS
5/25/17 12-1pm EST
The Obesity Society’s Diversity Section and Early Career Member Committee have partnered to offer members an insightful webinar on study sections and grants. What happens at a study section? What...
source: Tanesia Dwight, Membership & Marketing Coordinator, TOS
Fellowship is one of the highest honors The Obesity Society...
source: Camille Schneider, RD
