Obesity Canada is Canada’s leading obesity charity, made up of healthcare professionals, researchers, policy makers and people with an interest in obesity.
What We Do
Public & professional events, online CME, advocacy, research and more!
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Partnerships
Supporting the 6 million+ Canadians with obesity requires a coordinated public- and private-sector effort.
Learn About Obesity
Facts about the disease, and how it can be prevented and treated.
Find a Clinic
Our Canadian database of obesity clinics has been updated!
Professional Members
We leverage the expertise of more than 12,000 physicians, allied health professionals, researchers, policy makers and more.
Professional Tools
Online learning, conferences, treatment frameworks and more.
Share Your Story
Do you live with obesity, or are you a professional working in obesity? Tell us more about you!
News/Blog
Network updates, research perspectives, opinion and more.
New Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines Published: Treatment goals are improved health and quality of life, not a number on a scale
EDMONTON, August 4, 2020 – Canadians living with obesity and the healthcare professionals who support them have a new [...]
Join Our Online Communities
Healthcare professionals and people living with obeisty can connect with peers to learn and share via Obesity Canada's new [...]
UPDATE: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Managing Pediatric Obesity
Over the past few months, work has continued on updating the clinical practice guidelines for managing pediatric obesity in [...]
From Grad School and Beyond: Dr. Maryam Kebbe
Dr. Maryam Kebbe obtained her PhD in Medical Sciences from the University of Alberta’s Department of Pediatrics (Edmonton, Alberta), [...]
Webinar Series Starts August 11: Adult Obesity Guidelines: What’s New?
Adult Obesity Guidelines Webinar Series Obesity Canada, the University of Alberta's Office of Lifelong Learning and the authors of [...]
OC-SNP Awards are Open: Nominate Someone Today!
Today’s blog post comes from Rebecca A.G. Christensen. Rebecca is a PhD Candidate in Epidemiology at the Dalla Lana [...]
Upcoming: OC-SNP COVID-19 Webinar
Today’s post comes from Malcolm Snow. Malcolm is a 4th year undergraduate student at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He [...]
Certified Bariatric Educator and Advancing Obesity Management Program Update
Effective June 29, 2020, the Certified Bariatric Educator program and the Advanced Obesity Management Program will be CLOSED to new [...]
Select 5As materials are now completely free! Only pay the shipping!
That's right, select materials are now completely free of charge - you just pay the shipping! Our No Size [...]
