We're more powerful together than apart.

Obesity Care Week (OCW) - a crucial week of action and awareness that aims to create a better world for people with obesity - kicks off tomorrow. Today, we're asking for your support as we launch this key week of education and action.

Improving obesity awareness, education, advocacy and support remains at the forefront of our efforts to create a better world for individuals living with obesity. OCW2022 gives us the chance to invite you to witness the impact the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) can have on the world and to welcome you onto our team as we continue to build this movement.

We've come far in changing the way society cares for those living with obesity, yet stigma and misperceptions continue to negatively influence the way people are treated. By lending your support to OAC during Obesity Care Week, you're investing in an organization that is fighting for real solutions to problems our Community is facing on a daily basis.

We'll put your donation immediately to work expanding educational opportunities, advancing conversations around weight and health, ending weight bias, and creating new and impactful programs for our Community. 

 

The OAC works year-round to make the world a better place for those living with obesity. During this week of impact, we join Obesity Care Week in focusing on five core issue areas that negatively impact people with obesity:

  1. Recognition: the way we care for obesity should be based on health and science, not stigma.
  2. Weight Bias: obesity is not an appropriate measure for a person’s worth or abilities.
  3. Access to Care: proven obesity treatments should be accessible and affordable for everyone.
  4. Science-based Treatment: “eat less and move more” is not a magic cure for obesity.
  5. Prevention: prevention programs should be science-based and improve health.
 
 

More Ways to Support the OAC:

Workplace Giving
Many workplaces offer the opportunity to donate to the OAC through payroll deduction or through matching gift programs that mirror your own contributions.

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AmazonSmile
When you designate OAC as the
charitable organization of your choice, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products.

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Facebook Fundraising
Ask your friends and family to donate to OAC today by using Facebook's fundraising tools. Once set up, Facebook takes care of sending the funds directly to the OAC! 

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Prefer to support the OAC in a different way? Check out all of the easy ways to give here.

For more information about donating or how your donations are used, please email [email protected] or call us toll free at (800) 717-3117.

 

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Obesity Action Coalition
4511 North Himes Ave., Suite 250
 Tampa, Florida 33614
 

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