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News Projects May 31, 23
CO-CREATE webinars: new policy indexes on nutrition and physical activity
The CO-CREATE project hosted two well-attended webinars in May to publicise the new policy indexes.
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News Member news May 31, 23
Ghana CVD, diabetes and obesity roundtable event
SASNET Ghana, a World Obesity member, held a roundtable discussion on CVD, diabetes and obesity.
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Sociedad Mexicana de Obesidad (SMO) hosts a variety of events for World Obesity Day
SMO organised its broadest and most ambitious programme of events for World Obesity Day 2023.
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News World Obesity Day Apr 27, 23
Healthy Caribbean Coalition: World Obesity Day activities
The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) marked World Obesity Day with a number of events.
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News SCOPE Apr 27, 23
Leading the charge against obesity in a developing country: A blog by Dr Chinedu Iwu
Chinedu shares his reflections on the SCOPE Leadership Programme and its impact.
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News Apr 01, 23
Championing the use of people-first language in childhood overweight and obesity
A joint statement by leading obesity groups has been published in our international journal, Pediatric Obesity
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Events News Mar 30, 23
The Lancet Summit - Childhood obesity: consequences across the life course
WHO, UNICEF and the World Obesity Federation partnered with the Lancet to host the virtual Lancet summit.
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News Policy & Advocacy Mar 30, 23
Changing perspectives and advancing national action
To mark World Obesity Day, we held a webinar to hear from governments about their priorities for action on obesity.
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News World Obesity Day Mar 30, 23
World Obesity Day 2023 – changing perspectives around the world
We celebrate another successful World Obesity Day and share some of the highlights from around the world.
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