International Obesity Coalition

Established in 2017, the International Coalition to Improve Training in Obesity Care brings together global experts to advance comprehensive, person-centered, and stigma-free obesity education. The coalition includes medical educators, patient advocates, policymakers, researchers, and healthcare professionals from countries such as Canada, the U.S., the U.K., Brazil, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, China, and Thailand. Its mission is to reform accreditation and licensure standards, promote knowledge-sharing, and foster compassionate, competent, and inclusive obesity care.

Vision: All health professionals are comfortable and well trained in engaging in person-centered obesity prevention and management in a way that is respectful and avoids stigma.

Mission: Our mission is to lead an international coalition of medical educators, clinicians, researchers, policy makers and persons with lived experience, to establish strong partnerships and knowledge dissemination channels for expansion and implementation of effective, tools and resources including advocating for changes in educational accreditation and licensure standards by 2030.

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