Congress Information
The International Congress on Obesity
The objective of the International Congress on Obesity is to provide a quadrennial forum for the dissemination of information about state of the art research in the field of obesity, for the identification of innovative preventive and treatment strategies, and for the development of global alliances in the effort to reduce the prevalence of obesity and its associated burden of diseases.
Previous ICOs have been held as follows:
1974 |
London, UK |
1977 |
Washington DC, USA |
1980 |
Rome, Italy |
1983 |
New York, USA |
1986 |
Jerusalem, Israel |
1990 |
Kobe, Japan |
1994 |
Toronto, Canada |
1988 |
Paris, France |
2002 |
São Paulo, Brazil |
2006 |
Sydney, Australia |
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Photographer
- Richard Ryan (Stockholm Visitors Board)
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