ABOUT ECPO ⌄
- - About ECPO
    Working collaboratively across Europe to improve the lives of people who are living with and are affected by the chronic disease of obesity through advocacy, policy and education.
ADVOCACY ⌄
- - ECPO Advocates
    EASO ECPO serves to elevate and promote the needs and interests of the European patient community with a broad range of stakeholders, including EASO scientific and clinical communities, media and industry.
EDUCATION ⌄
- - Education
    Obesity is a complex chronic relapsing disease that increases a persons risk of other diseases and comorbidities.
PEOPLE FIRST ⌄
- - People First
    People First language has been widely adopted for most chronic diseases and disabilities – but not obesity. We believe it’s time to make a change.
ECPO MEDIA ⌄
- - Patient Resources
    Bringing all of ECPO resources into one easy to reach and easy to navigate space.

Organisations Supporting People First Language

A number of organisations have already agreed to support People First Language with the interactions with patients suffering with obesity.

Obesity Action Coalition (OAC)

American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)

EASO

The Obesity Society (TOS)

Obesity Medicine Association (OMA)

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

World Obesity Federation (WOF)

College of Contemporary Health

Obesity Canada

British Psychological Society (BPS)

International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders

Adipositas Hilfe Deutschland e.V.

EUROBESITAS

PERCEPTIO CIBUS

AMICI OBESI ONLUS

STOBklub

Adexo

Apcoi

AcSD - Adipositaschirurgie Deutschland e.V.

Adipositasforeningen

The Association for the Study of Obesity (ASO)

Association for the Study of Obesity on the Island or Ireland (ASOI)

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