The Obesity Society

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The Obesity Society is a scientific society dedicated to the study of obesity and its treatment. [1] It was founded in 1982 [2] and has approximately 2,500 members. [3]

The official scientific journal of the society is Obesity , which is available in print and online and is published on behalf of the society by Wiley-Blackwell. [4]

The society organizes an Annual Scientific Meeting, [5] which it joined with that of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery in 2013, calling the week-long event "ObesityWeek". [6]

References

  1. ↑ Meana, Marta and Ricciardi, Lindsey. Obesity Surgery: Stories of Altered Lives , p. 239 (University of Nevada Press, 2008).
  2. ↑ "About the society". The Obesity Society.
  3. ↑ "MEMBERSHIP - The Obesity Society". www.obesity.org. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  4. ↑ "Obesity Journal". The Obesity Society.
  5. ↑ "Annual Scientific Meeting". Obesity.org.
  6. ↑ "ObesityWeek". ObesityWeek.


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