Announcing the Winners of OC-SNP Awards for 2019/20!
Today’s post comes from Laura Vergeer. Laura is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto. She is also the current Outgoing Chair [...]
Introducing the 2019-2020 OC-SNP National Executive
Today’s post comes from Audrey St-Laurent. Audrey is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Nutrition at Laval University. She is also the current Chair of the OC-SNP National [...]
Aim2Be – a fun, free, healthy living app for Canadian families
By Janice Macdonald, MEd., RD, Aim2Be Director, Childhood Obesity Foundation Finally, there’s an app you can feel confident recommending to families to help them adopt healthy behaviours related [...]
A National Obesity Strategy: Are we there yet?
by Ximena Ramos Salas, PhD, Director of Research and Policy, and Ian Patton, PhD, Director of Public Engagement and Advocacy It has been almost 15 years since Obesity Canada (formerly [...]
Staying connected from a (social) distance: Researchers at Western University are exploring young people’s views of social connectedness, physical distancing, social media use, and wellbeing during COVID-19
We all have a need to feel connected with others. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, people around the world have been asked to engage in and abide by public health [...]
8th Conference on Recent Advances in the Prevention and Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity: October 26-28, 2020
This conference brings together an interdisciplinary group of professionals working in the field of prevention and management of childhood and adolescent obesity. The 8th Conference will focus on connecting [...]
ASCEND Global Obesity Training Centre Programme – Stage 1 Application
The Academy for Science and Continuing Education in Diabetes and Obesity (ASCEND) is a CME-accredited programme designed to improve the care of people with diabetes and obesity worldwide. Led [...]
We Are Allowed to Be Angry
Over the last few months, we have been building our online community (OC Connect), and this has reaffirmed a few things for me: The bias and stigma that people [...]
Obesity Canada participates in the European/International Congress on Obesity scheduled for September 1-4, 2020
On September 1, 2020 between 16:15 and 17:45 PM Central European Time, Dr. Mary Forhan and Dr. Ximena Ramos Salas will be participating in the Obesity Stigma Workshop hosted [...]
Connected 2020: Perspective on Living With Obesity
We cannot meet in person but that doesn’t mean we cannot get together! If you are a person affected by obesity, a family member, friend, healthcare professional, or supporter, [...]
It’s Not A Debate Anymore
Today’s post comes from Ian Patton, PhD. Ian is the Director of Advocacy and Public Engagement at Obesity Canada. Over the past few weeks there has been a ton [...]
New Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines: Why and how we did them and what’s new?
Today's post comes from Ximena Ramos Salas, PhD, who is the Director of Research & Policy with Obesity Canada. Many people have asked why we decided to update the [...]
