world obesity federation
The World Obesity Federation (World Obesity), formerly the International
Association for the Study of Obesity and the International Obesity Task Force,
is the only global organisation focused exclusively on obesity. World Obesity
represents stakeholders in high-, medium- and low-income countries, including
experts, advocates, patients and practitioners. It is a lead partner to global
agencies on obesity, including the World Health Organization (WHO) – with which
it has formal consultative status, approved by the World Health Assembly. This
enables World Obesity to align members to drive and support obesity-related
targets within the UN system as well as through the Global Syndemic
recommendations of the Lancet Commission on Obesity. The World Obesity
Federation takes a holistic view of obesity from cause and prevention to
treatment.