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
[edit]- ^ Meana, Marta and Ricciardi, Lindsey. Obesity Surgery: Stories of Altered Lives, p. 239 (University of Nevada Press, 2008).
- ^ "About the society". The Obesity Society.
- ^ "MEMBERSHIP - The Obesity Society". www.obesity.org. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
- ^ "Obesity Journal". The Obesity Society.
- ^ "Annual Scientific Meeting". Obesity.org.
- ^ "ObesityWeek". ObesityWeek.
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