Association for the Study of Obesity
The Association for the Study of Obesity (ASO) was founded in 1967 and according to its website is the "UK's foremost organisation dedicated to the understanding and treatment of obesity."
The ASO has three key objectives:
- To promote professional awareness of obesity and its impact on health.
- To educate and disseminate recent research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of obesity
- To prioritise obesity and provide opinion leadership in the UK.
The Association is affiliated to the European and International Associations for the Study of Obesity and organised the lst International Congress on Obesity, held in London in 1974 and the 2nd European Congress on Obesity, held in Oxford in 1989. The Association was also the founding body of the highly respected International Journal of Obesity. [1]
The ASO exists to provide training to health professionals and others involved in the prevention and treatment of obesity and to offer an ongoing forum for the sharing of scientific expertise and clinical practice through the provision of high quality scientific and educational meetings. The ASO also runs ORIC, the Obesity Resource and Information Centre, as a point of contact for others interested in obesity, especially the media, who are seeking independent and authoritative information on obesity.
Finances
The ASO is both a charity (number 1100648), and acompany limited by guarantee (number 04796449). The annual accounts for 2006 show total income of £115,373 of which £70,040 was from sponshorship. The main sponsors named in the accounts are: Roche, Abbot Sanofi-Aventis, Uniliver. ASO [2]
Sponsors
Their sponsors in 2007 were [3]
- Cambridge Health Plan
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Kellogg
- LighterLife
- Masterfoods
- Roche
- Rosemary Conley
- Sanofi-Aventis
- seca
- Slimfast
- Slimming World
- Tanita UK Ltd
- Weight Watchers
Contact Details
- Address : ASO, 20 Brook Meadow Close, Woodford Green,Essex IG8 9NR
- Tel: 020 8503 2042
- Website:www.aso.org.uk
