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.
Hamilton Local Chapter; First event – Let’s Talk Obesity
Let's Talk Obesity was the launch event for Obesity Canada, Hamilton Chapter. The theme of the event was to [...]
Thinking Outside the Box: Leadership and Innovation Insights to Build a Better Health System
Toronto, ON – The Obesity Canada - Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and Students and New Professionals (SNP) chapters collaborated [...]
Introducing Obesity Canada to the Quebec National Assembly
Obesity Canada and partners at the Cardiometabolic Health, Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre raised awareness about obesity as a chronic [...]
Infographic Design Competition Guidelines
Topic Infographics should highlight a topic that is in line with Obesity Canada’s vision and mission. What is [...]
Aim2Be healthy lifestyle app to launch in mid-late 2020
Aim2Be is a healthy lifestyle app for Canadian families. It is designed to help families adopt healthy behaviours in [...]
Risk factors of childhood obesity: What are they? How to prevent them? – An updated of 2019
Today’s post comes from Audrey St-Laurent. Audrey is a PhD student in the department of kinesiology at Laval University [...]
Management Changes at Obesity Canada
I'm pleased to announce that Dawn Hatanaka (above, left) has been appointed Executive Director of Obesity Canada. Dawn has been with [...]
Recap from OC-Victoria’s FIRST event!
On September 30th, Obesity Canada's Victoria Local Chapter held it's first ever event. A successful event with many attendees [...]
HOBS (Swedish patient association for obesity) Zero Tolerance for Weight Stigma Campaign
HOBS is a Swedish patient association for obesity. They have launched the below film as part of their Zero [...]