Membership
IASO is an umbrella organisation of member organisations in over 50 countries and territories worldwide representing scientists, medical and health professionals working in the field of obesity research, clinical management and education.
National Associations
Argentina
Sociedad Argentina de Obesidad y Trastornos Alimentarios
Representative:
Dr. Rosa Labanca
JE Uriburu 1312 PBA
Billinghurst 979 (1174)
Buenos Aires
Tel: +54 11 4867 4598
Fax: +54 11 4867 4598
Email: rlabanca@fibertel.com.ar
Australia
Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society (ANZOS)
Representative:
Professor Louise Baur
c/o The Children Hospital at Westmead
Locked Bag 4001
Westmead NSW 2145
Australia
Tel: +612 9845 3393
Fax: +612 9845 3389
Email: louiseb3@chw.edu.au
Austria
Austrian Obesity Association (AOA)
Representative:
Professor Hermann Toplak
Medical University Graz
Auenbruggerplatz 15
8036 Graz
Austria
Tel: +43-316-385-80246
Fax: +43-316-385-3812
Email: hermann.toplak@medunigraz.at
Belgium
Belgium Association for the Study of Obesity (BASO)
Representative:
Dr Jean-Paul Thissen
University Hospital UCL
Brussels
Belgium
Email: thissen@diab.ucl.ac.be
Brazil
Associação Brasileira para o Estudo da Obesidade (ABESO)
Representative:
Dr Leila Maria Batista Araujo
Av. Reitor Miguel Calmon, n.1210-Sala 615
Canela
Salvador – BA – Cep 40110-001
Brazil
Tel: +55 71 3247 8492
Email: leila@microecia.net
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Association for Study of Obesity and Related Diseases (BASORD)
Representative:
Professor Svetoslav Handjiev
Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Metabolic Diseases
1 Kroucha Planina Street
1233 Sofia
Bulgaria
Tel: +35 9 888 566 420
Email: svhandjiev@gmail.com
Canada
The Canadian Obesity Network-Réseau-Canadien Obésité (CON-RCO)
Representative:
Dr Arya Sharma
Royal Alexandra Hospital
MMC Room 102
10240 Kingsway Avenue
Edmonton, AB T5H 3V9
Canada
Tel: + 780 735 6764
Fax: + 780 735 6763
Email: amsharm@ualberta.ca
Chile
Sociedad Chilean de Obesidad (SOCHOB)
Representative:
Dr Patricio Mois
Guardia Vieja 490
Dto D (2 piso)
Santiago de Chile
Chile
Tel: +56 2 232 5659
Fax: +56 2 232 5659
Email: docmois@terra.cl
Colombia
Colombian Association for Obesity & Metabolism
President:
Dr Rami Mikler
Representative:
Dr. Rafael Gómez-Cuevas
Cra.9a. No 48 - 51
102 Bogota
Colombia
Tel: +57 1245 7812
Fax: +57 1616 3497
Email: gocuevas@hotmail.com
Croatia
Croatian Obesity Association (COA)
Representative:
Professor Mirko Korsic
Clinical Hospital Zagreb
Department of Endocrinology
Krispaticeva 12
10000 Zagreb
Croatia
Tel: +285 1242 1867
Fax: +285 1242 1867
Email: mirko.korsic1@zg.htnet.hr
Cuba
Cuban Obesity Association
Representative:
Professor Mirtha Prieto
Calle C# 513 Apartamento 14 entre 21 y 23
Vedado 10400 Plaza
Ciudad de la Habana
Cuba
Email: mprieto@infoed.sld.cu
Czech Republic
Czech Society for the Study of Obesity (CSSO)
Representative:
Professor Vladimir Stich
Department of Preventive Medicine
Division of Sports Medicine
3rd Medical School, Charles University
Ruská 87, 100 00 Prague 10
Czech Republic
Tel: +42 2 6710 2209
Email: vladimir.stich@lf3.cuni.cz
Denmark
Dansk Selskab for Adipositasforskning (DSAF)
Representative:
Dr Jens Brunn
REDUCE - Klinik for Emaeringsforsking
Universitetsparken 2
4000 Roskilde
Denmark
Email: JENS.BRUUN@KI.AU.DK
Dominican Republic
Sociedad Dominicana Para El Estudio De La Obesidad (SODEO)
Representative:
Felix Manuel Escano Polanco
Email: feluche2@hotmail.com
Egypt
The Egyptian Medical Association for the Study of Obesity (EMASO)
Representative:
Professor Mohamed Kamal Mostafa Aboulghate
11 El Falki Sq.
Bab El Louq
Cairo
Egypt
Tel: +20 1 2218 1524
Fax: +20 2 2735 2693
Email: moaboulghate@gmail.com
El Salvador
Assciación Salvadoreña de Obesidad (ASOBE)
President:
Dr Carlos Alberto Revelo Castro
Representative:
Dra. Ana Margarita Nuila de Villalobos
Clonia Escalon
Calle Juan Jose Canas # 249
Unidad Medica Escalon
San Salvador
El Salvador
Tel: +503 2264 5503
Email: vi_nu5@hotmail.com
Finland
Finnish Association for the Study of Obesity (FASO)
Representative:
Päivi Mäki
Turku PET Centre
Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8
20520 Turku
Finland
Tel: +358 2 3138234
Fax: +358 2 2318191
Email: paivi.maki@thl.fi
France
Association Française d'études et de Recherché sur L 'obésité (AFERO)
Representative:
M Guerre-Millo
INSERM U568
Faculté de Médecine
06107 Nice Cedex 02
France
Germany
Deutsche Adipositas Gesellschaft (DAG)
Representative:
Professor Martin Wabitsch
Deutsche Adipositas-Gesellschaft (DAG) e.V.
Fraunhoferstr. 5
82152 Martinsried
Germany
Tel: 089-71048358
Fax: 089-71049464
Greece
Hellenic Medical Association for Obesity (HMAO)
Representative:
Efthymios Kapantais
46 Kifissias Ave
115 26 Athens
Greece
Tel: +30 210 698 5988
Fax: +30 210 698 5986
Email: info@hmao.gr
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Association for the Study of Obesity (HKASO)
Representative:
Dr Gary Tin Choi Ko
Department of Medicine & Therapeutics
Prince of Wales Hospital
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin
NT
Hong Kong
Email: gtc_ko@yahoo.com.hk
Hungary
Hungarian Society for the Study of Obesity (HSSO)
Representative:
Professor Antal Czinner
Heim Pal Childrens Hospital
Ulloi ut 86
H-1089 Budapest
Hungary
Email: aczinner@heimpalkorhaz.hu
Iceland
Icelandic Society for Obesity Research and Prevention (FFO)
Representative:
Dr Karl Kristjansson
Reykjalundur Rehabilitation
270 Mosfellabœr
Iceland
Tel: +354 585 2000
Fax: +354 585 2001
Email: karlk@reykjalundur.is
India
All India Association for Advancing Research in Obesity (AIAARO)
Representative:
Dr. Pallavi Patankar
Director
Pams Health Fitness Nutrition Yog and Weight Management Clinic
1B Shree Nath Krupa, M G Road, Nr Sun City Cinema
Vile Parle (E)
Mumbai
400057
India
Email: pams59@hotmail.com
Indonesia
Indonesian Society for the Study of Obesity (ISSO)
President:
Professor Askandar Tjokroprawiro
Representative:
Professor Sidartawan Soegondo
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
University of Indonesia
Jl. Salemba 6, Jakarta -10430
Indonesia
Tel: +62 21 391 1740
Fax: +62 21 392 8659
Email: endo_id@indo.net.id
Israel
Israel Society for the Study and Prevention of Obesity (ISRTO)
Representative:
Prof Yishai Levy
Rambam Health Care Campus and Technion Faculty of Medicine
Haifa
Israel
31096
Tel: +972 4854 2263
Fax: +972 4854 3286
Email: ys_levy@rambam.health.gov.il
Italy
Societa Italiana dell' Obesita (SIO)
Representative:
Professor Roberto Vettor
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences
Internal Medicine 3
Metabolic Diseases and Cardiovascular Rick Unit - Bariatric Unit
Endocrine-Metabolic Lab
University of Padua
University Hospital
via Ospedale 105
35128 Padua
Italy
Tel: +39 071 220 6088
Email: roberto.vettor@unip.it
Japan
Japanese Society for the Study of Obesity (JASSO)
Representative:
Professor Nakazato Masamitsu
Terasaki 2nd BLDG, 1-8-29 Nishimiyahara
Yodogawa-ku
Osaka 532-0004
Japan
Tel: +81 6 6398 5188
Fax: +81 6 6398 5746
Email: jasso@conet-cap.jp
Macedonia,TFYR
Macedonian Association for Obesity (MAO)
Representative:
Prof. Slavica Subeska-Stratrova
Clinic of Endocrinology
Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders
Vodnjanska 17
Skopje 1000
Macedonia
Email: slavass02@yahoo.com
Malaysia
Malaysian Association for the Study of Obesity (MASO)
Representative:
Professor Mohd Ismail Noor
c/o Department of Nutrition and Dietetics
Faculty of Health Sciences
MARA University of Technology
42300 Puncak Alam, Selangor
Malaysia
Tel: +603 32584505
Fax: +603 26941296
Mexico
The Obesity Society (TOS)
Representative:
Dr Raúl Bastarrachgea
Department of Genetics
Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research
P.O.Box 760549
San Antonio, Texas 7825-0549
USA - Texas
Tel: + 210 258 9731
Email: raulbs@sfbrgenetics.org
Netherlands
Netherlands Association for the Study of Obesity (NASO)
Representative:
Dr. Tommy L.S. Visscher
For all postal enquiries:
Dr. Gijs H. Goosens
Secretary NASO
Department of Human Biology
Maastricht University Medical Centre
PO Box 616
6200 MD Maastricht
NETHERLANDS
Tel: +31 4 3388 1639
Fax: +31 4 3367 0967
Email: tommy.visscher@falw.vu.nl
New Zealand
Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society (ANZOS)
Representative:
Professor Elaine Rush
Faculty of Health and Environmental Science
Auckland University of Technology
Private Bag 92006
Auckland 1142
New Zealand
Tel: +64 9 921 9758
Fax: +64 9 921 9960
Email: elaine.rush@aut.ac.nz
Norway
Norwegian Association for the Study of Obesity (NFFF)
Representative:
Mette Svendsen
Department of Preventative Cardiology
OUS Ulleval
0407 Oslo
Email: mette.svendsen@uus.no
Panama
Panamanian Association for the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity (APPTO)
President:
Dra Maria Eugenia Diaz
Representative:
Dr Cesar De Leon Poblete
Email: cdelpoblete@gmail.com
Paraguay
Sociedad Paraguaya para el Estudio de la Obesidad
Representative:
Dra Maria Cristina Jimenez
33 Orientales
998 Asuncion
Paraguay
Tel: +595 21 205 526
Fax: +595 21 226 782
Email: mariacristin99@gmail.com
Peru
Peruvian Association of Atherosclerosis and Obesity (APOA)
Representative:
Dr. Mario Zubiate
Av. Javier Prado Este Nro. 225
Of. 503
Lima-27
Peru
Tel: +51 14 442 7181
Fax: +51 14 442 7181
Email: apoa@speedy.com.pe
Philippines
Philippine Association for the Study of Overweight and Obesity (PASOO)
Representative:
Edgardo Tolentino
Unit 2502
Medical Plaza
San Miguel Avenue
Ortigas Centre, Pasig City
Philippines
Tel: +632 632 1533
Fax: +632 634 5978
Email: sec@obesity.org.ph
Poland
Polish Association for the Study of Obesity
President:
Professor Magdalena Olszanecka-Glinianowicz
Contact the association:
Representative:
Professor Michal Holecki
Medyków 18
40-752 Katowice
Poland
Tel: +48 32 25 26 091
Email: holomed@gmail.com
Portugal
Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo da Obesidade (SPEO)
Representative:
Prof. Davide Carvalho
Email: davideccaralho@netcabo.pt
Romania
Romanian Association for the Study of Obesity (RASO)
Representative:
Associate Professor Gabriela Roman
Clinical Center of Diabetes, Nutrition, Metabolic Diseases
2-4 Clinicilor Street
400006 Cluy-Napoca
Romania
Tel: +40 264 599 558
Fax: +40 264 594 455
Email: groman@umfcluj.ro
Serbia
Serbian Association for the Study of Obesity (SASO)
Representative:
Professor Jogoda Jorga
Department of Nutrition
School of Medicine
Pasterova 2
11000 Belgrade
Serbia
Tel: +381 641 117170
Email: jagoda.jorga@gmail.com
Singapore
Singapore Association for the Study of Obesity (SASO)
President:
Dr Chung Horn Lee
Representative:
Dr Chung Horn Lee
6 Napier Road
Gleneagles Medical Centre
09-17
Singapore 258499
Email: info@endocrine.com.sg
Slovenia
Professional Section of the Slovenian Association for Obesity
Representative:
Dr Tina Sentocnik
Levceva 11
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Tel: +386 1 423 45 70
Email: tina.sentocnil@email.si
South Africa
South African Society for Obesity and Metabolism (SASOM)
Representative:
Professor Tessa Van der Merwe
Netcare Bariatric Centres of Excellence
Suite 407, Unitas Hospital
231 Clifton Ave
Lyttleton 0157, Pretoria
Republic of South Africa
Tel: +27 12 644 0981
Fax: +27 12 644 2355
Email: tessavdm@iafrica.com
South Korea
Korean Society for the Study of Obesity (KSSO)
Representative:
Professor Kyu Rae Lee
Tel: +82 2 2693 5555
Fax: +82 2 3697 4605
Email: baria07@paran.com
Spain
Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Obesidad (SEEDO)
Representative:
Professor Felipe Casanueva
University of Santiago de Compostela
Galicia
Tel: +34 600 94 24 09
Email: felipe.casanueva@usc.es
Sweden
Svensk Forening for Obesitas Forskning (SFO)
Representative:
Professor Carl-Eril Flodmark
Överläkare
Barnöverviktsenheten Region Skåne
Skånes universitetssjukhus
205 02 Malmö
Sweden
Tel: +46706031654
Email: carl-erik.flodmark@skane.se
Switzerland
Swiss Association for the Study of Obesity (ASEMO)
Representative:
Professor Ulrich Keller
Divis. 'Medicine Communitaire'
University Hospital Geneva (HUG)
24, Rue Micheli-du-Crest
CH-1211 Geneve 14
Switzerland
Email: alain.golay@hcuge.ch
Taiwan
Chinese Taipei Association for the Study of Obesity (CTASO)
Representative:
Professor Chih-Jen Chang
Department of Family Medicine
National Cheng Kung University
#138, Sheng Li Road
70428 Tainan
Taiwan
Tel: +886 2389 8040
Fax: +886 2389 8797
Email: em75210@email.ncku.edu.tw
Turkey
Turkish Association for the Study of Obesity (TASO)
Representative:
Associate Professor Volkan Yumuk
Prof. Dr. Celal Oker Sk. No 10
80230 Harbiye
Istanbul
Turkey
Email: volkanyumuk@superonline.com
United Kingdom
Association for the Study of Obesity (ASO)
Representative:
Dr. Jason Halford
Department of Psychology
Eleanor Rathbone Building-Rm 1.79, Bedford Street South
University of Liverpool
Liverpool L69 7ZA
United Kingdom
Email: j.c.g.halford@liv.ac.uk
United States
The Obesity Society (TOS)
Representative:
Dr. Richard Atkinson
Obetech, LLC
Medstar Research
800 East Leigh St Suite 50
Richmond, VA 23219
USA
Email: ratkinson2@vcu.edu
Uruguay
Sociedad Uruguaya para el Estudio de la Obesidad (SUEO)
Representative:
Dr. Yenica Chaftare Vigo
12000 Coruna 301
Montevideo
Uraguay
Email: ychaftare@gmail.com
Venezuela
Associación Venezolana para el Estudio de la Obesidad (AVESO)
Representative:
Dr. Imperia E. Brajkovich
Head of Internal Medicinia Service B
University Hospital
Luis Razetti School of Medicine
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Caracas
Venerzuala
Tel: 38
