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.
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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.
This month's newsletter is written by guest author Amelia Corl. Amelia is a graduate student at The George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health and a Research Assistant with the STOP Obesity Alliance. This article was written as a component of the author’s Applied Practice Experience project titled “The Intersection of Cancer Care and Obesity Care.”
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect countries across the globe, more attention has focused on the link between obesity and severe COVID-19 illness. New guidance by the CDC cautions that even those with a BMI of 25-30 may be at increased risk of severe illness.
On November 2-6, the STOP Obesity Alliance will join the Obesity Society for their 7th annual virtual Obesity Week Interactive.
September is National Childhood Obesity Month. Childhood obesity continues to be a growing problem. About 1 in 5 children in the United States has obesity, and the prevalence among U.S. children aged 2 to 19 years old had risen to 18.5% in 2015-2016.
With many schools returning to in-person instruction in August and September, the health of children has become a new contentious focus of the COVID-19 pandemic. Regulations around returning to in-person instruction vary across the country, but disparities in resources between school districts threaten to disadvantage children in low-income areas.
This month's newsletter is written by guest author Fatima Cody Stanford. Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, FAAP, FACP, FAHA, FTOS is an obesity medicine physician and scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. This article was originally published by Newsweek under the title "America’s COVID-19 Response Must Tackle Obesity." It has been reproduced here with minor edits with the permission of the author. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and this year it’s more important than ever. Disease outbreaks can put individuals and communities under a great deal of stress; the COVID-19 pandemic is a good example.
Racism, oppression and white supremacy have no place in our vision for the future of our country and we stand with those fighting against it. State-sanctioned violence against black and brown people has been a fact in this country since its founding. It must end now and those who perpetuate it must be held to account.
Racism is a public health issue. Trauma is a public health issue. We cannot ensure the health and wellbeing of all until equity – across all sectors, including health, criminal justice, law enforcement, education – is achieved.
Although the obesity rate in American adolescents is over 20% in 12- to 19-year-olds, availability and accessibility of effective treatments remain low. Recent attention has focused on the indications for and use of drug therapy in adolescents.
The pandemic of COVID-19 has threatened the health and infrastructure of nations all over the world.
In December, researchers announced that almost half of all Americans could have obesity by 2030. As we start this new decade, it is imperative that we change the narrative surrounding obesity. We need to raise awareness, lower stigma, and make it easier for those with obesity to receive the care they deserve.