Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Healthcare: Obesity

• Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity (COSWD) Office

  Leads NIH’s effort to diversify the national scientific workforce and expand recruitment and retention. Note: This is the archived site as it is no longer available.
• Diversity & Inclusion Blog

  Obesity Medicine Association
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force

  The Obesity Society
• Diversity and Inclusion Committee

  The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
• Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA)

  The American Society for Nutrition
• Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access

  Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• National Minority Quality Forum

  Founded to address the critical need for strengthening national and local efforts to use evidence-based, data-driven initiatives to guide programs to eliminate the disproportionate burden of premature death and preventable illness for racial and ethnic minorities and other special populations.
• Obesity Management Mini-Series

  Two-part mini-series that defines obesity and how to challenge weight bias, and discusses weight and cultural considerations and how our background can influences our perception on weight. From The DEI Shift.

• Obesity, Diabetes and Racial Health Equity: What Employers Can Do by the Northeast Business Group on Health

  Publication Date: March 2022

  Purpose is to help human resources and benefits professionals develop and implement strategies aimed at achieving racial equity in obesity and diabetes prevention, treatments and outcomes.