2022-07-27 OMA Agenda - Board of Trustees

Roadblocks to Obesity Care Roundtable Meeting Notes 6/18-19/2022 Dallas, TX

List of Attendees/Representative Organizations:

Name

Organization

Title/Role

Dr. Tony Comuzzie Dr. Teresa LaMasters

The Obesity Society (TOS) American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics (AAND) Obesity Action Coalition (OAC)

CEO

President

Hollie Raynor

Board of Director Member

Joe Nadglowski

CEO

Dr. Joe Northup

ASMBS

Executive Committee Member Board of Directors Chair Director/Chief Medical Officer President-Elect

Patty Nece

OAC OMA

Dr. Angela Fitch

Dr. Bill Dietz

STOP Obesity Alliance

Dr. Dan Bessesen Hannah Martin Teresa Fraker Kristie Kaufman Cristy Gallagher

TOS

President

AAND

Director, Legislative & Government Affairs

OMA

CEO

ASMBS

Interim Executive Director Senior Center Administrator

STOP Obesity Alliance

Below are the five areas (buckets) that the group agreed upon as our objectives and the associated next action steps: 1) Communication/developing a framework for talking about obesity to the public -- STOP/OAC co-lead - 3 sub-areas: a) Defining of obesity and consensus statement (Bill lead); b) PSA domain (OAC lead); c) How to deal with disinformation/angry public (OAC lead) 2) Access to care --OAC/AND/Chris G. will lead - identify the barriers, define what we want, then act on those sub-areas: state legislative focus, large employers, plans/payers, government coverage to act as a clearinghouse function as well as a playbook function. 3) Identify partners and track who we are talking to --STOP (Cristy) will take lead putting together a Google doc that will serve as a database of potential partner organizations and contacts; and a separate document of organizations we are all presenting to and doing outreach to currently.