该期刊通过提供对疾病各个方面的新见解，为教育和跨专业发展做出贡献，涵盖潜在病因、治疗、管理和预防、公共卫生、政策及行为要素，以及支撑肥胖症及其共病的病因学与病理生理学的基础科学。
The journal contributes to education and inter-professional development by providing new insight into all aspects of the disease including underlying causes, treatment, management and prevention, public health, policy and behavioral components as well as the basic science underpinning the etiology and pathophysiology of obesity and its comorbidities.