International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders

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The International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) is an international federation of national associations of bariatric surgeons and integrated health professionals. The IFSO was founded in 1995 at an international obesity surgery meeting in Stockholm, Sweden.

Activities

Since its founding the IFSO has hosted an annual World Congress as a forum for discussion on the surgical treatment of severely obese patients. Additionally, every year the IFSO organizes a roundtable as part of World Obesity Day.

The IFSO publishes guidelines and statements on severe obesity and its treatment. For example, in 2022 the IFSO collaborated with the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) to update the indications for metabolic and bariatric surgery, replacing the previous guidelines established by the National Institutes of Health in 1991.

Obesity Surgery is the official journal of the IFSO which is published by Springer Nature and which in 2018 had an impact factor of 3.603 and was ranked 30th out of 203 journals in the field of surgery.

Member societies

As of 2025 the IFSO has 76 member societies.

Argentina

Sociedad Argentina de Cirugia de la Obesidad (SACO)

Australia – New Zealand

Australian & New Zealand Obesity Surgery Society (ANZMOSS)

Austria

Österreichische Gesellschaft für Adipositas- und metabolische Chirurgie

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Association (ABMSA)

Bahrain

Bahrain Surgeons Association

Belgium

Belgian section for obesity and metabolic surgery (BeSOMS)

Bolivia

Sociedad Boliviana de Cirugia Comite Cirugia Bariatrica Y Metabolica (SBCCCM)

Brazil

Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Bariátrica e Metabólica (SBCBM)

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

Canada

Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons (CABPS)

Chile

Sociedad Chilena De Cirugia Bariátrica Y Metabólica (SCCBM)

China

Chinese Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (CSMBS)

Colombia

Asociación Colombiana de Obesidad y Cirugía Bariátrica (ACOCIB)

Costa Rica

Asociacion Costarricense de Obesidad, Metabolismo y Trastornos Alimentarios (ACROMTA)

Czech Republic

Czech Society for the Study of Obesity (CSSO)

Dominican Republic

Sociedad Dominicana de Cirugia Metabolica Y Bariatrica (SODOCIMEB)

Ecuador

Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Cirugía Bariátrica y Metabólica (SECBAMET)

Egypt

Egyptian Society for Bariatric Surgery (ESBS)

El Salvador

Asociacion de Cirugia Endoscopica de El Salvador (ACEDES)

Finland

Finnish Association of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery (LIME)

France

Société Française et Francophone de Chirurgie de l’Obésité et des Maladies Métaboliques (SOFFCO.MM)

Germany

Surgical Working Group of Obesity Therapy (CA-ADIP)

Georgia

Georgian Society for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

Greece

Greek Society for Obesity Surgery and Metabolic Diseases

Guatemala

Asociacion de Cirguia Bariatrica y Metabolica de Guatemala (ACBMG)

Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (HKSMBS)

Honduras

Honduras Bariatric Surgery Association (HBSA)

Hungary

Hungarian Association for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Association (HBMSA)

Iceland

The Icelandic Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ISMBS)

India

Obesity Surgery Society of India (OSSI)

Indonesia

Indonesian Metabolic and Bariatric Association (IMBAS)

Iran

Iranian Society of Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (IRSMBS)

Iraq

Iraqi Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (IQSMBS)

Israel

Israeli Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ISMBS)

Italy

Società Italiana di Chirurgia dell’Obesità e delle malattie metaboliche (SICOB)

Japan

Japanese Society for the Study of Obesity (JSSO)

Jordan

Jordanian Society for Obesity Surgery (JSOT)

Kazakhstan

Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgeons of Kazakhstan (SBMSK)

Korea

Korean Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (KSMBS)

Kuwait

Kuwait Laparoscopic and Obesity Surgical Society (KLOSS)

Lebanon

Lebanese Society for General Surgery (LSGS)

Lithuania

Lithuanian Bariatric Surgery Society

Libya

Libyan Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Malaysia

Malaysian Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Mexico

Colegio Mexicano de Cirugía para la Obesidad y Enfermedades Metabólicas, A. C.

Netherlands

Dutch Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (DSMBS)

Norway

Norwegian Society for the Surgery of Obesity

Pakistan

Pakistan Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (PSMBS)

Panama

Asociación Panameña de Cirugía Bariátrica (APCB)

Paraguay

Sociedad Paraguaya de Cirugía Bariátrica y Metabólica (SPCBM)

Peru

Asociación Peruana de Cirugía Bariátrica y Obesidad Severa (APCBEM)

Philippines

Philippine Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (PSMBS)

Poland

Bariatric Chapter of the Association of Polish Surgeons

Portugal

Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia de Obesidade (SPCO)

Romania

Romanian Society for Metabolic Surgery (RSMS)

Russia

Society of Bariatric Surgeons of Russia (SBSR)

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (SASMBS)

Serbia

Serbian Society for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

Singapore

Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of Singapore (OMSSS)

Slovenia

Slovenian Association of Bariatric Surgeons (SABS)

South Africa

South African Association for Obesity and Metabolism (SASSO)

Spain

Sociedad Española de Cirugía de la Obesidad (SECO)

Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Sweden

Swedish Association for Bariatric Surgery (SABS)

Switzerland

Swiss Society for the Study of Morbid Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (SMOB)

Taiwan

Taiwan Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (TSMBS)

Thailand

Thai Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (TSMBS)

Tunisia

Tunisian Society of Bariatric Surgery (TSBS)

Turkey

Turkish Obesity Surgery Society (TOSS)

Ukraine

Ukrainian Association of Bariatric Surgery (UABS)

United Arab Emirates

Emirates Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ESMBS)

United Kingdom

British Obesity & Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS)

Uruguay

Sociedad Uruguaya de Cirugía Bariátrica y Metabólica (SUCBM)

USA

American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)

Uzbekistan

Association of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgeons of Uzbekistan (UZAMBS)

Venezuela

Venezuelan Society of Obesity Surgery (SOVCIBAM)

References

^ "IFSO About". www.ifso.com.
^ "2024 in review: International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)". World Obesity Federation.
"Obesity Surgery Journals - IFSO | Bariatric Surgeons | Weight Loss Surgery". www.ifso.com.
"IFSO Member Societies | International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders". www.ifso.com.

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