Professor John Wilding leads clinical research into obesity, diabetes, and endocrinology at the University of Liverpool, UK, where he has worked since 1996, after training in Southampton and London. His clinical interests focus on caring for people with diabetes and obesity, and he leads specialist services for obesity at Aintree University Hospital – designated a Centre for Obesity Management by the European Association for the Study of Obesity.

John’s research team focuses on developing and evaluating treatments for obesity and diabetes. He has published over 350 papers, chapters, and review articles, including clinical trials in diabetes and obesity, studies of adipocyte biology, and metabolism.

He chairs the National Clinical Research Network Metabolic and Endocrine Specialty Group. He is a past Chair of the UK Association for the Study of Obesity, a member of the Royal College of Physicians Advisory Group on Nutrition, Weight and Health, the Rank Prize Funds Nutrition Committee and President of the World Obesity Federation. He is also a member of the Association for the Study of Obesity, Diabetes UK, EASD, ADA and Society for Endocrinology and National lead for the Metabolic and Endocrine Specialty Group of the NIHR Clinical Research Network.