11th October is World Obesity Day!

Find out more about this year's theme of Stigma and how you can get involved.

Obese Planet Launches

Get involved and make a difference!

See how you can get involved and make a difference before the UN High-level meeting in September. Click here to access Obese Planet!

Healthy Venues Awards

Learn how you can minimise the negative health impacts of conference-going.

Click here for more information.

Welcome to our Action Initiative

Join as an Champion or Advocate

We have launched the Action Initiative with seven programs all aimed to meet a particular need, around obesity. Click to find out more!

Four new SCOPE modules released

SCOPE E-Learning introduces four FREE new supplementary modules

Topics include weight bias, primary care weight management and diagnostic pathways

World Obesity and The Lancet launch new Commission

World Obesity Federation is partnering with the prestigious medical journal The Lancet

The partnership also involves the University of Auckland and the George Washington University

Events

Thursday 15th November - World Obesity Symposium at ObesityWeek

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

24th November 2018 - SCOPE School Brazil 2018

Brazil

30 November 2018 - SCOPE School Cape Town 2018

Cape Town, South Africa

World Obesity confirms "Obesity is a Disease"

View our new position statement, published in Obesity Reviews

Group of experts define obesity as a "chronic, relapsing disease process"