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This workshop will explore the role of physical activity in obesity treatment, body weight and adiposity management, and related health outcomes in adults with overweight or obesity.
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·2025
Obesity remains one of the most pressing public health challenges in the U.S., contributing to increased risks of chronic disease, mobility limitations, and health care costs. While physical activity is widely recognized as a cornerstone to prevent and treat obesity, questions remain about effective...
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Description
A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize a public workshop featuring invited presentations and discussions to explore the role of physical activity in obesity treatment, body weight and adiposity management, and related health outcomes in adults with overweight or obesity. The workshop will consider how physical activity can be incorporated into obesity treatment strategies to enhance regulation of body weight and adiposity, and in turn, improve both weight and non-weight dependent health outcomes that include and extend beyond traditional measures of fitness. Speakers will address physical activity as a core component of intensive lifestyle interventions, and as an adjunct to other obesity treatments such as pharmacotherapy and bariatric surgery. Further, the workshop may address the policies, systems, and environments that support physical activity in communities, along with implications for clinical practice. Perspectives incorporated throughout the workshop will include the lived experience regarding physical activity and exercise.
The planning committee will organize the workshop, select, and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. A proceedings-in-brief will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.
Contributors
Sponsors
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Alliance for a Healthier Generation
American Cancer Society
American Council on Exercise
American Diabetes Association
American Society for Nutrition
Bipartisan Policy Center
Eli Lilly and Company
General Mills Inc
JPB Foundation
Mars, Incorporated
National Association Chronic Disease Directors
National Dairy Council
Nemours
Novo Nordisk
Obesity Action Coalition
Partnership for a Healthier America
Reinvestment Fund
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
SHAPE America
Society of Behavioral Medicine
The Obesity Society
Trust for America’s Health
Walmart
Staff
Heather D. Cook
Lead
Major units and sub-units
Center for Health, People, and Places
Lead
Food, Nutrition, and Agriculture Program Area
Lead
