IOS - International Obesity Society

20/01/2026

Welcome our new friends!

Henry Villca Mercado, Dr-Mohamed Mosaad, Shahrukh Darya

16/01/2026

Guidelines Published! 📄 Our expert working group has released a vital new guideline: providing personalized weight-management strategies for individuals living with obesity and heart/metabolic diseases.​ It breaks down the best approaches:

🍽️ Lifestyle Modifications (Mediterranean diet shows benefit!)

💊 Pharmacological Therapies (The era of GLP-1 RAs)

🔬 Surgical Interventions (When and for whom)

This is about integrated, patient-centered care. Swipe up in our bio to learn more about the paper and how you can become part of the International Obesity Society’s global network of professionals driving change. Let’s advance the science together!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666675825002887

16/01/2026

📢 New Guidelines Publication from the International Obesity Sociiety (IOS)

We are proud to share the publication of our society's latest brief guidelines: "Tailored weight-management recommendations for obesity patients with cardiovascular-metabolic diseases." has been published in the journal The Innovation (IF 25.7): Fulltext here
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666675825002887

Authored by the distinguished members of the IOS Working Group on Cardiometabolic Diseases, this guideline addresses a critical gap in managing complex patients. It synthesizes the latest evidence to offer structured recommendations on lifestyle modification, innovative pharmacological therapies (including GLP-1 RAs), and surgical interventions, with specific considerations for Asian populations. This work exemplifies our society's goal to Promote Research Excellence On Obesity​ and establish a collaborative global research ecosystem.

We invite fellow researchers, clinicians, surgeons, and healthcare professionals to join IOS. Connect with global experts, contribute to high-impact projects, and help shape the future of obesity care.

10/01/2026

On 8 Jan, the ESI updated its highly cited thresholds. Thanks to the efforts of our international research team, our number of Highly Cited Papers (top 1% globally) has risen to 11 ☀️ and Hot Papers (top 0.1% globally) to 3 🌹 Grateful for the trust of all our partners 🤝Welcome to join us in the , a dynamic network of professionals dedicated to establishing global obesity research ecosystem, advancing the prevention and treatment of obesity and addressing its associated health challenges through research, education, and collaboration.

15/10/2025

Welcome to the IOS family! So grateful to have you here — let’s make it amazing! ❤️✨

Fazli Subhan, Rahit Miya, Isidro Aguilar Montero

07/10/2025

📢 Survey Launch Announcement

We are pleased to announce the launch of Survey 2 of 3 for our International Consensus-Seeking Initiative:

🩺 Surgical Decision-Making for Abdominal Wall Hernia Surgery in Patients with Obesity

This global effort—featuring 100+ leading surgeons from over 70 countries—aims to address variation in practice and the lack of standardized guidance for abdominal wall hernia surgery in patients with obesity.
(Our next survey will focus on hiatal hernia surgery.)

💡 Why participate?

✅ Your responses will directly shape Delphi consensus statements and contribute to international guidelines.

✅ All respondents will be acknowledged as collaborative authors in the resulting publication.

🕒 Takes about 45 minutes to complete, featuring 98 real-world clinical scenarios.

🔗 Survey link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScaovL7U885L1oJN0WML7cvK360YXTt_zfNAhjUFE1ERekSnQ/viewform?usp=dialog

10/08/2025

Let’s fill in this survey and gain collaborative authorship. International Consensus-Seeking Survey on Surgical Decision-Making for Cholecystectomy in Patients with Obesity
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdsBiwXXxYimNBUHej1lioIky8Brjw-9fZkoEL4GJ97-zN29A/viewform

10/08/2025

Let’s fill in this survey and gain collaborative authorship. International Consensus-Seeking Survey on Surgical Decision-Making for Cholecystectomy in Patients with Obesity

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the launch of Survey 1 for our international consensus initiative: 🔹 Title: International Consensus-Seeking Survey on Surgical Decision-Making for Cholecystectomy in Patients with Obesity This survey is part of a global effort involving over 100 leading...

03/08/2025

Big congratulations to the 2025 Changbai Mountain Forum on Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, endorsed by the IOS - International Obesity Society

It was held in Changchun, a very northeast city in China, very close to the border of China and North Korea

02/08/2025

2025 Changbai Mountain‌ Forum on Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

27/06/2025

Great to be here in Chengdu, China, for a local meeting on obesity management