Join Us in Supporting Obesity Care Week 2020!

Healthy Lombard is a proud Champion of Obesity Care Week (OCW). We strongly support this awareness week, set for March 1^st-7^th, 2020 and encourage you to join us in supporting Obesity Care Week 2020!

About Obesity Care Week (OCW)

Obesity Care Week is an annual public awareness effort supported by more than 50 countries worldwide and more than 55 healthcare-focused organizations. From advocating for fair treatment of obesity to ending weight bias, OCW aims to raise awareness, educate and advocate for a better world for people living with obesity.

Mark Your Calendars!

OCW2020 is set for March 1^st-7th, 2020 and each day is dedicated to a specific topic to highlight issues impacting people with obesity:

• March 1st: Launch Day
• March 2nd: Weight Bias Day
• March 3rd: Obesity Treatment Day
• March 4th: World Obesity Day
• March 5th: Access to Care Day
• March 6th: Childhood Obesity Day
• March 7th: “I Care” Day

Learn How You Can Get Involved!

Sign-up for OCW2020 Alerts and stay up-to-date with the latest news and information on how to get involved and change the world for people living with obesity during Obesity Care Week, taking place from March 1st-7th.

To address a lack of appropriate, science and clinically-based care, the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC), The Obesity Society (TOS), the STOP Obesity Alliance, the Obesity Medicine Association (OMA), and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) have launched Obesity Care Week with a vision to create a society that understands, respects and accepts the complexities of obesity and values science and clinically-based care. OCW will achieve this vision to change the way we care about obesity.