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2022 has arrived and the OAC is eager to make it our most pivotal year yet! With you by our side, we're planning to make great strides in our focus areas of education, advocacy, awareness and support. We also hope to be an important part of your own journey this year, from helping you meet your personal health goals to empowering you to advocate for yourself and others. As we settle into 2022, the OAC wishes you a year full of health, happiness and ACTION!
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 | OAC WELCOMES LIZ PAUL AND ROBYN PASHBY, PHD, TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS The OAC is honored to welcome two new members to our National Board of Directors. Liz Paul and Robyn Pashby, PhD, bring their personal experience and dedication to improving the lives of people living with obesity and join the Board in directing the OAC and its activities, setting long-term goals for the association and ensuring that all programs and initiatives are in the interest of individuals with obesity. READ MORE |  | OAC RELEASES UPDATE ON YWM2022 NATIONAL CONVENTION We are excited to share a glimpse of the plans being laid for the Obesity Action Coalition's 2022 Your Weight Matters Convention, as our planning committees have been hard at work! CLICK HERE for our latest update and stay tuned for more details coming this month. |  | SAVE THE DATE FOR OCW2022! Join the OAC in participating in the next Obesity Care Week (OCW), taking place Feb. 27 - Mar. 5! OCW is our chance to change the way we care about obesity and will feature many education and advocacy opportunities for you to get involved in. CLICK HERE to learn more and sign up for OCW Alerts! |  | JOIN OAC FOR OUR NEXT HEALTH TALK ON JAN. 27: FINDING A PROGRAM THAT WORKS FOR YOU - SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR 2022 With the holidays behind us, many of us are ready to tackle our 2022 nutrition and health goals. However, there are so many different plans and treatment options advertised that it can be difficult to find what's right for you. In our next OAC Health Talk, Holly Lofton, MD, will help you understand how to navigate your options and find a plan that meets your lifestyle and goals. LEARN MORE/ SIGN UP |  | TUNE IN TO OAC TV ON JAN. 26 AT 1 PM EDT FOR OUR MONTHLY BROADCAST! Don't miss OAC's first monthly broadcast of 2022 - Starting Off the Year Right: Addressing the Topics that YOU Want to Hear About!" Various factors affect people with obesity, and many related topics have created spirited debate, such as body positivity. This broadcast will unpack them and discuss what it takes to truly help people. CLICK HERE to subscribe to our YouTube channel to access the broadcast and more OAC TV content! |  | OAC SURPASSES 2021 YEAR-END FUNDRAISING GOAL! In 2021, we set a year-end goal to raise $10,000 to help support our ever-expanding education, advocacy and support programs, funds that empower us to make 2022 the most impactful year we've ever had. We're happy to report that, with the support of our tireless Community, we CRUSHED our fundraising goal by more than $1,500! LEARN MORE | |  |  | OAC Member Karen Two Shoes advocates for the health of Native America as part of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Recognizing the impact that culture and environment can have on obesity, and while navigating her own struggles with diabetes, Karen made a career in dietetics to bring empathetic health education back to her tribe. "I call upon all of the healthcare community to embrace the meaning of these words: empathy, understanding, diversity and inclusivity," says Karen. To learn more about how she's inspiring others to change their perception of obesity, nutrition and health, CLICK HERE. | | "I FOUGHT GENERATIONAL OBESITY BY CREATING MY OWN ROAD MAP TO A HEALTHIER, HAPPIER LIFE" Long-time OAC volunteer and past Chair of our National Board of Directors, Amber Huett Garcia, MPA, says she can't recall a single childhood memory that wasn't affected by obesity. In a recent article by Healthy Women, she describes her lifelong struggle with weight and how her ups and downs eventually led her to become the advocate she is today. READ MORE |  | | |  | DON'T BE SILENT - REPORT WEIGHT BIAS Have you been impacted by or seen an example of weight bias? The OAC's Stop Weight Bias Campaign aims to truly STOP this injustice, so we want to hear from you if you have experienced bias in some way - in healthcare, employment, education, the media, or somewhere else. REPORT WEIGHT BIAS | | | Obesity Action Coalition
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