Personal Appearance: Fair Game for Punchlines? #WorldObesityDay
Of course, that's not a real magazine article. You would be shocked if that was a headline in 2018, and rightly so. The truth is, weight bias and discrimination are [...]
October Issue of Healthcare Policy Today: “Why Canada’s Health Systems Should Stop Treating Chronic Disease”
That’s not a real healthcare journal – and it’s pretty obvious just how out of touch those headlines are. Can you imagine if Canada’s healthcare policies were based on shaming [...]
#WorldObesityDay Book Review! Weightless: An Astrological Guide to Shedding Pounds & Keeping Them Off
Research shows that most Canadians living with obesity don’t ask healthcare professionals for treatment. When they ask for help, they are frequently told to eat less and move more, a [...]
Leveling the Chronic Disease Playing Field on World Obesity Day
October 11th is World Obesity Day, and Obesity Canada is highlighting how deeply ingrained weight bias in our society is a barrier to quality healthcare for people living with this [...]
Exorcising Ghosts on World Obesity Day
by Kelly Moen Throughout my life it was always there, I just never knew what to call it. I could feel it, I could see it in the faces and [...]
On Your Marks: Support OC at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon
On Sunday October 21st Obesity Canada will be participating in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon as an official charity. You can join the Obesity Canada team in either the 5K [...]
Call for Applications: Join Our Public Engagement Committee
Are you passionate about helping others and making a difference? Are you interested in changing the narrative of obesity in a local, national and global scale? Do you want to [...]
Ask The Expert Issue #3: Send in Your Nutrition Questions for Jennifer Brown, RD
Jennifer Brown is a registered dietitian with the Ottawa Hospital Bariatric Centre of Excellence. She received her nutrition degree from St. Francis Xavier University and completed her graduate studies at [...]
Obesity on the World Stage: What Happened at the United Nations
by Ian Patton On September 26th the World Obesity Federation and the World Economic Forum joined forces to host a side event at the United Nations General Assembly in New [...]
Ask the Expert Issue #2: Dr. Sean Wharton On Medical Treatment Of Obesity
Our Ask an Expert series is your opportunity to engage with world-class obesity experts at Obesity Canada. Each month, we will solicit questions for some of Canada’s top researchers and [...]
Meet Lisa Schaffer, Obesity Canada’s New Public Engagement Committee Chair
Allow me to introduce myself – my name is Lisa Schaffer and I am the newly elected chair of Obesity Canada’s Public Engagement Committee (PEC). I’ve had the opportunity to [...]
The 5As Team Training Workshop: A collaborative approach to obesity prevention and management
Following this workshop, learners will be able to: • Identify obesity as a chronic disease • Support patients to understand how their comorbidities and personal context are related to their [...]
