Council 
President - Prof Ian Caterson, Australia 
Immediate Past President - Prof Shuji Inouie, Japan 
Vice-President  - Prof Ismail Noor, Malaysia 
Secretary - Prof. Augusto D.Litonjua, Philippines
Treasurer - Prof. Ruey-Shiung Lin,  Taiwan

Prof. Kim Young Soel  (Korea), Assoc. Prof. Rachmad Soegih  (Indonesia),  Assoc. Prof. Preeya Leelahagul (Thailand) and Dr. Tim Gill (IOTF Asia-Pacific) are general members of Council.

New Members
New obesity associations have been established in Singapore and Indonesia.  The Singapore Association for the Study of Obesity (SASO) were accepted as members of IASO the last IASO General Council meeting.  The Indonesian Obesity Association has only recently been established and will liaise with an existing obesity group, the Indonesian Society for the study of Obesity (ISSO). 

2nd Asia-Oceania Conference on Obesity
This meeting will be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Malaysian Association for the Study of Obesity in Kuala Lumpur on September 7-9, 2003.  The call for abstracts has now been made and some keynote speakers have been secured.  If you want more information on this important regional meeting please contact Dr Nik Mazlan Mamat c/o Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - E-mail: nmazlan@medic.ukm.my