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Piece of Cake: Food Choices During the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 has produced pronounced stress as we manage physical distancing or self-isolation. Feeling stressed leads some of us to [...]
Weight Bias, Obesity Stigma and COVID-19
Click here to download the PDF document. The following paper has been prepared by Obesity Canada’s EveryBODY Matters [...]
Job Posting: Obesity Canada; Summer
Graphic Design/ Web Assistant Job Type: Summer position, end date August 31, 2020, with the possibility of extension Hours: [...]
April 2020 Feature Researcher Profile : Dr An Tang, MD, MSc, FRCPC
"The holy grail in my research field would be to develop a noninvasive strategy based on imaging that would [...]
May Feature Researcher Profile – Andraea Van Hulst, RN, Ph.D.
Prior to embarking in a research career path, McGill University Nursing Professor and researcher, Andraea Van Hulst, worked as [...]
Participate in the PRISM-CC Study
Are you 18 years of age or older, English-speaking, and living with one or more chronic conditions (mental and/or [...]
Manage Emotional Eating by TOPS CLUB INC.
Today's post is from Take Pounds Off Sensibly (TOPS). Emotional eating is feeding our feelings instead of feeding an [...]
Obesity Canada Members Leading an International Study on Awareness, Attitudes, Impacts and Behaviors related to COVID-19: Please complete the Phase 2 survey!
The Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre (www.mbmc-cmcm.ca), along with international team of over 150 researchers from more than 40 countries [...]
Maintaining Good Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Today’s post comes from Jackie Brown. Jackie is a Research Assistant in the Centre for Global Child Health [...]
