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STOP - Strategies to Overcome and Prevent Obesity Alliance - Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University - Summer M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness

What We Do




Conduct Research

Analyze and publish data related to coverage and the costs of obesity, including direct medical and employer-borne costs, but also those related to stigma and bias that impact quality of care.



Research


Develop Tools

Develop research-based patient and health care provider guides to facilitate respectful, productive conversations around weight. Generate reports and guidance that provide essential obesity-related information for policymakers, legislators, and other decision-makers.



Resources


Drive Collaboration

Convene key experts for meetings and roundtables to explore and address specific focus areas and barriers to obesity prevention, care, treatment, and coverage, and execute on identified needs.



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Weight Can't Wait

The Weight Can't Wait guide fills the gap in obesity management training and provides healthcare professionals with a short, accessible, practical, and informative guide to effective obesity care.

Click here to go inside the guide!

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Recently from the Director

Apr 7, 2021

In March of 2020 we published our first newsletter on the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, we speculated that people with obesity would be adversely affected by COVID-19.

Feb 26, 2021

Recognizing that obesity is a complex, chronic disease affecting more than 2 billion people globally, the STOP Obesity Alliance is a founding partner of the 7th annual Obesity Care Week (OCW), which takes place this year from February 28th – March 6th, 2021.
 

Feb 1, 2021

This month's newsletter is written by guest author Faith Newsome. Faith is currently a first year PhD student at the University of Florida in the Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics working on various projects related to obesity research.