Health Priority Resources

Use this searchable database to quickly find tools and resources to help you improve patient health in AAPA’s Health Priorities.

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Nutrition for Optimal Health

The Gaples Institute created this free web-based interactive nutrition learning program for patient education. It consists of 5 learning modules, each approximately 15 minutes.

Obesity & Mental Health

The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) created this resource to help your patients learn about their mental health, how weight may affect it, and how they can help themselves.

Obesity Action Coalition (OAC)

The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) is a national nonprofit dedicated to serving the needs of individuals affected by obesity.

Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) Advocacy Resources

The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) provides a variety of advocacy tools and resources to help you speak up on issues related to weight bias, access to care, and more.

Obesity Algorithm

The Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) provides health care professionals with an algorithm that guides the treatment of patients with obesity. The algorithm combines scientific evidence, medical literature, and clinical experience into one document to educate clinicians and help them implement evidence-based practices. This resource requires a fee to access.

Obesity Care Week

OCW (Obesity Care Week) was founded in 2015 and has a global vision for a society that understands, respects and accepts the complexities of obesity and values science and clinically-based care.

Obesity Management: Developing a Nutrition Plan – Interactive

Comprehensive obesity management consists of four pillars: nutrition, physical activity, behavioral therapy, and medication. This activity explores the nutrition pillar of obesity treatment in adults and uses a case-based approach to give PAs practical tools… more

Obesity Medicine 2025: April 23-27, 2025

The annual meeting of the Obesity Medicine Association (OMA).

Obesity Medicine Education Collaborative

The Obesity Medicine Education Collaborative (OMEC) is an intersociety initiative that was formed in 2016 with the purpose of promoting and disseminating comprehensive obesity medicine education across the continuum spanning undergraduate medical education (UGME), graduate medical education (GME), and fellowship training.

Obesity: A Disease

Obesity: A Disease is the official Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) podcast exploring the many facets of the disease of obesity.

ObesityWeek: November 4 – 7, 2025

The Obesity Society (TOS) hosts this preeminent international conference for obesity researchers and clinicians.

Overcoming Bias and Engaging in Meaningful Conversations Regarding Obesity Management

In this podcast, expert faculty discuss strategies to minimize weight bias, stigma, and discrimination within your practice, focusing on communication and actions to take in your clinical setting.

PA Wellness

At AAPA, we’re here to support your PA well-being and fight PA burnout by ensuring your emotional, physical, social, workplace, and societal well-being.

PANTHER Program®

The PANTHER Program®, based out of the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes (BDC), provides the most vital information needed for healthcare professionals to understand and work with diabetes technology.

PArtners in Mental Health Initiative Stakeholder Report, 2024

The PArtners in Mental Health Initiative’s goal is to effect systemic change that improves the nation’s health by advancing the roles of PAs and strengthening partnerships to address issues impacting mental health and substance use disorders (SUD). Here is their 2024 stakeholder report.