2021 in review: The Philippine Association for the Study of Overweight & Obesity (PASOO)

The Philippine Association for the Study of Overweight & Obesity (PASOO) held the election of its new set of officers for 2021-2023.

The organisation is now led by Prof. Nemencio A. Nicodemus Jr., MD, a professor at the University of the Philippines-College of Medicine and a past president of the Philippine Society of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism.

Under his term, Dr. Nicodemus vows to make PASOO an active partner of the government in dealing with the increasing prevalence obesity in the Philippines and to collaborate with international counterparts for research projects and programs. The officers and board of PASOO have already conducted their 3-year strategic plan last November 6, 2021