Jennifer A Ligibel1, Catherine M Alfano2, Dawn L Hershman3, Janette K Merrill4, Karen Basen-Engquist5, Zachary T Bloomgarden6, Wendy Demark-Wahnefried7, Suzanne Dixon8, Sandra G Hassink9, John M Jakicic10, John Magaña Morton11, Tochi M Okwuosa12, Tiffany M Powell-Wiley13, Amy E Rothberg14, Mark Stephens15, Sarah E Streett11, Robert A Wild16, Eric A Westman17, Ronald J Williams18, Dana S Wollins4, Clifford A Hudis4. 1. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 2. American Cancer Society, Washington, DC, USA. 3. Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA. 4. American Society of Clinical Oncology, Alexandria, Virginia, USA. 5. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. 6. Dvision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA. 7. School of Health Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. 8. Abbott Nutrition, Portland, Oregon, USA. 9. Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight, Elk Grove Village, Illinois. 10. Department of Health and Physical Activity, Physical Activity and Weight Management Research Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. 11. Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA. 12. Dvision of Cardiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 13. Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. 14. Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Investigational Weight Management Clinic, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. 15. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, State College, Pennsylvania, USA. 16. Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. 17. Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA. 18. Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Children's Hospital, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Given the increasing evidence that obesity increases the risk of developing and dying from malignancy, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) launched an Obesity Initiative in 2013 that was designed to increase awareness among oncology providers and the general public of the relationship between obesity and cancer and to promote research in this area. Recognizing that the type of societal change required to impact the obesity epidemic will require a broad-based effort, ASCO hosted the "Summit on Addressing Obesity through Multidisciplinary Collaboration" in 2016. METHODS: This meeting was held to review current challenges in addressing obesity within the respective health care provider communities and to identify priorities that would most benefit from a collective and cross-disciplinary approach. RESULTS: Efforts focused on four key areas: provider education and training; public education and activation; research; and policy and advocacy. Summit attendees discussed current challenges in addressing obesity within their provider communities and identified priorities that would most benefit from multidisciplinary collaboration. CONCLUSIONS: A synopsis of recommendations to facilitate future collaboration, as well as examples of ongoing cooperative efforts, provides a blueprint for multidisciplinary provider collaboration focused on obesity prevention and treatment.
OBJECTIVE: Given the increasing evidence that obesity increases the risk of developing and dying from malignancy, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) launched an Obesity Initiative in 2013 that was designed to increase awareness among oncology providers and the general public of the relationship between obesity and cancer and to promote research in this area. Recognizing that the type of societal change required to impact the obesity epidemic will require a broad-based effort, ASCO hosted the "Summit on Addressing Obesity through Multidisciplinary Collaboration" in 2016. METHODS: This meeting was held to review current challenges in addressing obesity within the respective health care provider communities and to identify priorities that would most benefit from a collective and cross-disciplinary approach. RESULTS: Efforts focused on four key areas: provider education and training; public education and activation; research; and policy and advocacy. Summit attendees discussed current challenges in addressing obesity within their provider communities and identified priorities that would most benefit from multidisciplinary collaboration. CONCLUSIONS: A synopsis of recommendations to facilitate future collaboration, as well as examples of ongoing cooperative efforts, provides a blueprint for multidisciplinary provider collaboration focused on obesity prevention and treatment.