Obesity Canada is Canada’s leading obesity charity, made up of healthcare professionals, researchers, policy makers and people with an interest in obesity.
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Using images to counter weight-related stereotypes and internalized weight bias in physical activity
Today’s post comes from Maxine Myre. Maxine is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation [...]
Learn How To Help Your Patients Living With Obesity; Edmonton, AB Event! January 28, 2020
This event is open to member physicians and their multidisciplinary team members from any of the Edmonton Zone Primary [...]
Setting Successful New Year’s Resolutions
Today’s post comes from Jackie Brown. Jackie is a Research Assistant in the Centre for Global Child Health at [...]
International Behavioural Trials Network (IBTN) Conference and Summer School: May 2020, Montreal
IBTN, which is co-led by Drs. Kim Lavoie (Montreal, CAN), Greg Ninot (Montpellier, FR) and myself, is made up [...]
Sleep and obesity: What’s the link?
Not surprisingly, sleep is extremely vital to our health. Our bodies require long periods of rest in order to [...]
Fitness Apps and Wearable Technology… Do They Measure Up?
Technology has become an inevitable part of our daily lives. Wearable technology and mobile apps have had a large [...]
Position available: Assistant Professor in the College of Kinesiology at the University of Saskatchewan
Applications are invited from qualified individuals for a fulltime, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the College of Kinesiology. The successful [...]
Female participants needed for study
Participants are being sought for a PhD study on female sexuality and obesity. You would be interviewed to provide [...]
Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Attend The 2020 Canadian Obesity Student Meeting
Today’s post comes from Taniya S. Nagpal. Taniya is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at The University of Ottawa. She is [...]