The 42^th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for the Study of Obesity (JASSO 42)/
The 39^th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Treatment of Obesity (JSTO 39)

The 42^th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for the Study of Obesity (JASSO 42)/
The 39^th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Treatment of Obesity (JSTO 39)

Dates:
March 26 (Sat) to 27 (Sun), 2022
Venue:
PACIFICO Yokohama Conference Center
URL：https://www.pacifico.co.jp/english/tabid/500/Default.aspx
President:
Hiroshi Itoh
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nephrology Department of Internal Medicine Keio University
Shinichi Okazumi
Department of Surgery, Toho University Sakura Medical Center
URL: https://jasso42-jsto39.com/

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About JASSO

In 1977 the first-term comprehensive obesity research group sponsored by Ministry of Education (currently Ministry of Education, Science & Culture) was organized. During the second-term, a society for scientific research on obesity was instituted for aiming at exchanging the research information and enlightening the problems related to obesity and its solution in 1980 , when the first scientific meeting was held. In compliance with the request of holding the International Congress on Obesity in Japan, the society became a formal scientific organization and thus Japan Society for the Study of Obesity (referred to JASSO) was established in 1984. JASSO held the 6th International Congress on Obesity in Kobe in 1990, which resulted in a great success by collecting 1000 attendants (550 from foreign countries). Subsequently, JASSO has steadily grown to have over 2800 members and to hold the 32nd scientific meeting in 2011. It has shifted from a voluntary association to a general corporation in May, 2012. "Proceedings of the society for scientific meeting" had been published since the first scientific meeting of the society for scientific research on obesity until 1995 , when it was replaced by the official academic journal of JASSO "Obesity Research". The journal is now published 3 times a year to promote academic exchanges related to obesity.
The members of JASSO consist of the medical researcher, general practitioner, allied health care professional including nurse, public health nurse, registered dietitian, clinical laboratory technician, pharmacist, physiotherapist and health fitness programmer as well as agricultural, biochemical, physiological and pharmacological researchers.
Since the time of inauguration, JASSO has played a leading role in obesity research internationally, especially in the areas of appetite regulation, role of autonomic nerves in the fat synthesis and decomposition, etiology and pathophysiology of obesity. JASSO is now in the forefront of molecular biology research related to obesity, and of clinical application thereof.
On the background of increased international academic and practical interests in obesity-related health problems, JASSO has defined the concept of simple obesity and that of morbid obesity, thereby attracting the international attention. As the result, "Guidelines for the management of obesity disease 2006 " and "Criteria for obesity disease 2011" have been published.
Recent activities of JASSO are focused on the publicity and education of the general practitioner, allied health care professional and general public for understanding of obesity correctly, in addition to consolidating basic and clinical research on obesity-related problems.
Furthermore, the credential certification system has started in 2012 for the medical doctor and health care professional who specialize care of obesity-related health problems for the purpose of accomplishment of comprehensive treatment, prevention and management thereof as a team in the facilities.

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Officers of JASSO

President	Koutaro YOKOTE, MD, PhD	Chiba University
Vice President	Iichiro SHIMOMURA, MD, PhD	Osaka University
	Toshimasa YAMAUCHI, MD, PhD	The University of Tokyo
Executive Director	Yoshihiro OGAWA, MD. PhD	Kyushu University
	Wataru OGAWA, MD, PhD	Kobe University
	Masamitsu NAKAZATO, MD, PhD	University of Miyazaki
	Tadashi NAKAMURA, MD, PhD	Kawasaki Hospital, Kobe
	Hiroaki MASUZAKI, MD, PhD	University of the Ryukyus
	Yasuhiko MINOKOSHI, MD, PhD	National Institute for Physiological Sciences
Director	Kojiro ISHII, PhD	Doshisha University
	Hiroshi ITOH, MD, PhD	Keio University
	Masayuki OHTA, MD, PhD	Oita University
	Tetsuya KAKUMA, MD, PhD	Oita University
	Hideki KATAGIRI, MD, PhD	Tohoku University
	Tadahiro　KITAMURA, MD, PhD	Gunma University
	Naoto KUBOTA, MD, PhD	The University of Tokyo
	Kazuyo TSUSHITA, MD, PhD	Kagawa Nutrition University
	Kazuyuki TOBE, MD, PhD	University of Toyama
	Midori NOGUCHI, RN	Osaka University
	Mitsuhiko HARA, MD, PhD	Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University
	Yoshinori HOSOYA, MD, PhD	Jichi Medical University
	Masanobu YAMADA, MD, PhD	Gunma University
	Jun WADA, MD, PhD	Okayama University
Controller	Yasushi ISHIGAKI, MD, PhD	Iwate Medical University
	Hiroshi MAEGAWA, MD, PhD	Shiga University

Secretariat

Japan Society for the Study of Obesity

2-8-4-901 Motomachi, Naniwa-ku, Osaka, 556-0016 JAPAN

Telephone: +81-6-6978-8760
Fax: +81-6-6978-8803
E-mail: info@jasso.or.jp
Business hours: 9:30-17:30 (closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays)