El Día Mundial de la Obesidad es una jornada de acción unificada que reclama una respuesta cohesionada e intersectorial a la crisis de la obesidad. Se celebra el 4 de marzo y está convocado por la Federación Mundial de la Obesidad en colaboración con sus miembros mundiales.
Cientos de personas, organizaciones y alianzas contribuyen al Día Mundial de la Obesidad cada año, involucrando a cientos de miles de personas en todo el mundo.
Previous World Obesity Days have encouraged people to recognise the root causes of obesity, increase knowledge of the disease, tackle weight stigma, foreground the voices of people with lived experience and act to improve the world’s understanding, prevention and treatment of obesity.
This year’s World Obesity Day shines a spotlight on the systems that shape our health. For too long, responses to obesity have focused on individuals, while the systems around us—healthcare, government policies, food environments, media, and workplaces—continue to fail us. It’s time to shift the focus and push for systemic change. Obesity is a complex, chronic disease and a major driver of other conditions like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. By working together—governments, health professionals, advocates, and the public—we can transform these systems and create a healthier future for all.
You can find out more about World Obesity Day and read about previous campaigns on the World Obesity website.
World Obesity Day Global Advisory Group
Since 2021, World Obesity has worked with a Global Advisory Group to design, refine, and deliver the World Obesity Day campaigns and ensure they are globally representative and inclusive. We would like to thank the following organisations for their invaluable input into the 2024 campaign as advisory group members: CAMMYN; Dasman Institute; EASO; ECPO; Health Consumers’ Council of WA; Healthy Caribbean Coalition; Obesity Action Coalition; Obesity Canada; Obesity Prevention and Control Society of the Chinese Nutrition Society (OPCS-CNS); Singapore Association for the Study of Obesity (SASO); Stowelink; The Obesity Society; World Heart Foundation; Obesity Action; Malaysian Association for the Study of Obesity; Hong Kong Association for the Study of Obesity (HKASO); Ezintsha; NGO Obesidade Brasil; Dasman Diabetes Institute; United World Against Diabetes; BeActive Foundation Ghana; Wolfson Institue of Population Health; Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Service (CBCHS).
If you would like to be part of the advisory group and represent part of the world or sector not already involved, please get in touch.