Driving Action and Progress on Obesity Prevention and Treatment
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will hold a public workshop on Sept. 27 to assess how far the U.S. has come in tackling the obesity epidemic, identify the levers that will drive significant progress in obesity prevention and treatment, and discuss how gaps in the field can be filled.
Speakers include Jeffrey Koplan, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, former U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, current U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.