National Obesity Forum
National Obesity Forum (NOF) is a national charity which exists to increase awareness and improve management of obesity and overweight in primary care in the context of serious chronic disease such as diabetes and heart disease.
We are the biggest obesity organisation in the World, and lobby the government for effective public health action to prevent and manage obesity and run the biggest conference in the country on obesity. We have developed regional groups which will recognise the particular problems faced by the individual regions and provide an educational and supportive role for clinicians managing obesity.
Aims and Objectives of the National Obesity Forum
Aims and Objectives of the National Obesity Forum
- To improve recognition of obesity as a serious medical problem
- To provide education and training on obesity management
- To produce guidelines for obesity management within primary care
- To provide a network for health professionals and an obesity management support and information resource
- To convince Government and healthcare works to give obesity a high priority nationally and locally.
- To raise the profile of obesity via medical and lay media channels
- To highlight the health inequalities of obesity
- To promote quality clinical care via an annual "Best Practice Awards"
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