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19 Aug 2025

World Obesity Federation

Help improve obesity prevention and care globally: Take part in the MAPPS II survey

The World Obesity Federation has launched the MAPPS II (Management and Advocacy for Providers, Patients and Systems) surveys — a global effort to understand and strengthen obesity care, prevention pathways, and health system responses.The MAPPS II surveys are now live and open to three key groups:Health care professionalsPolicy makers, civil society organisations, and researchersPeople with live...

19 Aug 2025

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26 Jun 2024

World Obesity Federation

Driving multisectoral action on obesity in Brazil

The obesity epidemic presents a global health emergency, currently affecting 1 billion people worldwide, continuing to be misunderstood by society at large, assigning blame to the individual and reinforcing stigmatizing stereotypes with great consequences to persons living with obesity, their mental health and likelihood to seek and access quality care. Brazil is no exception, where currently 25%...

26 Jun 2024

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25 Jun 2024

World Obesity Federation

Chemical pollutants: An invisible cause of obesity?

Persistent chemicals in the environment may be adding to the obesity epidemic and, says Dr Tim Lobstein, are another reason why individuals should not be blamed for weight gain. &nbsp; In 2002 a paper in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine suggested that the obesity epidemic that had emerged in the preceding two decades in developed economies may be linked to exposure to en...

25 Jun 2024

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25 Jun 2024

World Obesity Federation, World Health Organization,

World Obesity at the 77th World Health Assembly

The World Obesity team joined our members and fellow health organisations at the 77th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva to progress action on obesity. &nbsp; The 77th WHA started off at Walk the Talk and with the World Heart Summit, launching a full week of moments and events where civil society, health champions and governments gathered, solidifying coalitions, as we move towards the 20...

25 Jun 2024

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30 Apr 2020

World Obesity Federation

People at the Centre: Obesity, COVID-19, and the Patient Perspective

In response to the current COVID-19 Pandemic, the World Obesity Federation and colleagues launched a series of webinars on COVID-19 &amp; Obesity. The second webinar of the series delved into the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for people at the centre; patients with obesity and physicians.

30 Apr 2020

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23 Mar 2020

World Obesity Federation

World Obesity Day: ‘All countries significantly off track to meet 2025 WHO targets on Obesity’

All countries are worryingly off track to meet the 2025 global targets to which they have committed, despite just 5 years to go. &nbsp;By 2025, global obesity prevalence is predicted to reach 18% in men and surpass 21% in women, with many countries experiencing much higher levels. Five countries – US, China, Brazil, India and Russia – account for around a third of all cases of obesity in adult...

23 Mar 2020

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