UK Congress on Obesity 2024

The UK Congress of Obesity (UKCO) is an annual conference of the Association for the study of Obesity (ASO), a charitable organisation that aims to understand obesity and its prevention and treatment. The ninth UKCO took place on September 24–25, 2024, at Rhodes House in Oxford, UK, with the theme of “Breaking barriers: shaping the future of obesity prevention and management”. Through a range of posters, presentations, and discussions, the programme covered a variety of topics under this theme, including, new and emerging treatments for obesity, the role of the food environment and food policy, barriers to accessing treatment, childhood and adolescent obesity, obesity policy, and food insecurity and obesity.