The First China Conference on Obesity Prevention and Control Held in Wuhan

On May 12, 2024, the First Conference on China Obesity Prevention and Control , organized by the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association (CPMA), was successfully held in Wuhan, Hubei Province. The conference was hosted by the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association’s Committee on Healthy Lifestyles and Community Health and the Chronic Disease Center of the China CDC, and co-hosted by the Hubei Provincial Preventive Medicine Association, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and the Hubei Provincial CDC.

 

The theme of the conference was "Prevent Obesity, Promote High-Quality Development of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control." The conference invited several keynote speakers, including Academician Wu Tangchun from Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Academician Jia Weiping from the Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University (online), Dr. Chang Suying from UNICEF, and Professor Wang Youfa from the Global Health Institute at Xi’an Jiaotong University. Their keynote presentations covered topics such as protecting human health for a better life, characteristics and treatment strategies of obesity in the Chinese population, creating a healthy food environment for children, interpreting the 2024 World Obesity Report, and recommendations for future obesity prevention and control efforts in China.