This page includes additional background and information about the Ob*sity bill of rights, sponsored by the National Council on Elders (NCOE) and the National Consumers League (NCL). It also includes general information about organizations promoting “weight management” and “Obesity care.”
This information is intended for those who have participated in workshops presented by NAAFA and/OR asdah and is intended for educational purposes only.
Content Warning: Links include language, information, and frameworks for understanding body size that may be considered stigmatizing or offensive. Discretion is advised.
Organizations Supporting the Ob*sity Bill of rights
● Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
● Alliance for Aging Research
● Alliance for Patient Access
● Alliance for Women’s Health & Prevention
● American Association of Clinical Endocrinology
● American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
● American College of Preventive Medicine
● American Gastroenterological Association
● American Liver Foundation
● American Medical Women’s Association
● American Nurses Association
● American Society on Aging
● American Society for Nutrition
● Amputee Coalition
● Association of Black Cardiologists
● Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists
● Bias180
● Black Women’s Health Imperative
● Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation
● Center for Patient Advocacy Leaders
● Choose Healthy Life
● ConscienHealth
● Council on Black Health
● Defeat Malnutrition Today
● Gerontological Society of America
● Global Liver Institute
● Haitian American Nurses Alliance International
● Health Equity Coalition for Chronic Disease
● HealthyWomen
● League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
● Liver Coalition of San Diego
● Lupus Foundation of America
● MANA, A National Latina Organization
● Movement Is Life
● National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
● National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health
● National Black Nurses Association
● National Grange
● National Hispanic Council on Aging
● National Hispanic Health Foundation
● National Hispanic Medical Association
● National Kidney Foundation
● National Menopause Foundation
● National Minority Quality Forum
● Noom, Inc.
● Nurses Obesity Network
● Obesity Action Coalition
● Obesity Care Advocacy Network
● Obesity Medicine Association
● Patients Rising
● Partnership to Advance Cardiovascular Health
● Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association
● Society for Women’s Health Research
● The Obesity Society
● WeightWatchers
● WomenHeart
Additional ob*sity organizations in the united states
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Additional international ob*sity orgs
Australian and New Zealand Ob*sity Society
European Association for the Study of Ob*sity
Obesity Policy Engagement Network (global)
World Obesity Federation (global)
last updated 4/26/24