# ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF OBESITY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1100648
- **Other names:** ASO
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [04796449](https://opencompanies.uk/company/04796449)
- **Registered:** Nov. 12, 2003
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1100648


## Contact

- **Address:** c/o The Conference Collective Ltd, 8 Waldegrave Road, Teddington, Middlesex
- **Postcode:** TW11 8HT
- **Phone:** 01675 477626
- **Email:** ASOoffice@aso.org.uk
- **Website:** www.aso.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE MEDICAL RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF OBESITY AND RELATED SUBJECTS AND TO ESTABLISH, PRINT, PUBLISH, ISSUE, CIRCULATE AND SELL SUCH PAPERS, JOURNALS, BOOKS, MAGAZINES, PERIODICALS, AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS, TAPES AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS.

**Activities:** 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.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Aileen Frances McGloin |  | July 31, 2024 |
| Dr Paul Gately |  | July 31, 2024 |
| Dr Sandra Isibor |  | Dec. 8, 2022 |
| Dr Yitka Nora Graham |  | July 31, 2024 |
| Mary O&#x27;Kane |  | Nov. 18, 2021 |
| Patrick Leo McGinley |  | Oct. 1, 2020 |
| Professor Emilie Combet |  | Nov. 18, 2021 |




