All About Obesity CIC

One of our Directors Giles Yeo is speaking at an event in Parliament tonight! Good Luck Giles. #obesity All About Obesity CIC

Today is WORLD 🌍 OBESITY DAY 🌍 World Obesity Day and Pancake Day 🥞Collide—A Stark Reminder of the Food Industry’s Influence 💡What Does Pancake Day Have to Do with Obesity? As World Obesity Day 2025 coincides with Shrove Tuesday on March 4th, it’s a timely moment to highlight how food marketing and media influence our eating habits—and, ultimately, public health. 💡The True Meaning of Pancake Day 🥞 Traditionally, Shrove Tuesday was a Christian observance focused on consuming surplus ingredients like eggs, milk, and fat before the fasting period of Lent. The term “Shrove” originates from “shrive,” meaning absolution through confession—a time for spiritual reflection and restraint. Over the years, however, Pancake Day has evolved into a highly commercialised event, with supermarkets pushing special promotions and media running extensive advertising campaigns, encouraging unnecessary consumption. 💡Marketing and the Obesity Crisis This transformation exemplifies how food industries drive consumption, prioritizing profit over health. In 2024, growing awareness emerged about the impact of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) on public health, regardless of body weight. As Dr. Chris van Tulleken has emphasised: ➡️ UPFs are designed for corporate profit—not nutrition. ➡️ They now make up 60% of the average UK diet. ➡️ UPFs are linked to Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, dementia, anxiety, depression, inflammatory conditions, and cancer. 💡Shifting the Focus: Changing Systems, Not Blaming Individuals For too long, society has pushed the “Eat Less, Move More” narrative as a solution to obesity. However, research and lived experiences tell us that obesity is far more complex. 🌍 This World Obesity Day, we at All About Obesity CIC are focusing on changing the systems that contribute to rising obesity levels. Over the past year, we have engaged in vital discussions, from policy debates to public education initiatives. 💡Join the Conversation: Let’s Change the System! Obesity is not an individual failure—it’s a public health issue shaped by economic, social, and environmental factors. We urge governments, healthcare professionals, advocates, and the public to work together for a healthier future. Share your lived experiences. Make your voice heard. www.allaboutobesity.org Together, we can build a system that supports better health for all. #WorldObesityDay #ObesityAwareness #ChangeTheSystem #PancakeDay #UltraProcessedFoods #AllAboutObesity Reset Health Roczen All About Obesity CIC World Obesity Federation

Hot off the Press! 🔥 Our new paper in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism exploring the real-life experiences of people living with overweight and #obesity Read about my real-life experiences of living with obesity in this paper. 👇🏻👇🏻 https://lnkd.in/gTgJcjHx #obesity All About Obesity CIC Stuart W. Flint Verónica Vázquez Velázquez Adrian Brown

Can you help address weight stigma in hospitals? 🏥 Are you a UK-based healthcare professional, researcher, person living with obesity, or carer/family member of someone living with obesity? All About Obesity would like your feedback on an obesity stigma checklist for hospital settings. The aim of this checklist is to provide a tool to support hospitals in creating an obesity-inclusive environment. The survey should take around 10-20 minutes to complete: https://shorturl.at/08zh8 The deadline for the survey response is 07/03/2025. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you would like further information ([email protected]). Thank you! Nicola Heslehurst Alex Miras Emilie Combet Dimitris Papamargaritis Sarah Le Brocq @Giang Nguyễn Jade Thorne

We have enjoyed being involved at UKCO the Association for the Study of Obesity UK conference in Oxford today. Stephanie de Giorgio and Sarah Le Brocq were representing us. #obesity

With the rise in the usage of the new weight management medications, we wanted to Make sure that there was some credible information out there for people to access. Check out our new content. #obesity https://lnkd.in/eFTP8yze

An interesting debate about whether obesity should be recognised as a disease is now available to listen to on BBC sounds 🎧 https://lnkd.in/eXbrqjWJ

Great to have obesity and the new weight loss medications featured in a fitness industry conference. Thank you Elevate – the B2B event of physical activity for inviting us… this is just the beginning… #obesity