Infographic Design Competition Guidelines – Deadline extended to November 30, 2019
Topic Infographics should highlight a topic that is in line with Obesity Canada’s vision and mission. What is an infographic? An infographic is a visual way to display data [...]
From Grad School and Beyond with Jan Hill
From the series Grad School and Beyond, we present an interview with Jan Hill, Advanced Group Fitness Specialist. Jan Hill is an Advanced Group Fitness Specialist, Personal Trainer, and [...]
Assessing the State of Obesity Care: Quality, Access and Standards
By Ximena Ramos Salas, PhD, Director of Research & Policy, Obesity Canada I have been working in the field of obesity research, education and advocacy for over a decade. In [...]
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 disease, as well as our work to help individuals living [...]
Infographic Design Competition Guidelines
Topic Infographics should highlight a topic that is in line with Obesity Canada’s vision and mission. What is an infographic? An infographic is a visual way to display [...]
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 four areas – eating, physical activity, screen time and sleep. [...]
National Research Council of Canada Research Project: Participation requested!
You are invited to participate in a research project at the National Research Council of Canada. The project is part of our investigation into the flight experience of travelers [...]
Fat Family Part 2: Fat Mom
Cathy is a loving and creative mom of two amazing boys. She currently works for the Provincial Government of BC as an Adjudicator for Specialized Services. In her spare time, you [...]
What’s in a Word? Change
by Elizabeth Williams Much of my work has focused on increasing understanding so that our societies are inclusive, peaceful and accepting. As a result I have the opportunity to work [...]
Ask The Expert #7: Food Addiction Specialist Dr. Vera Tarman Answers Your Questions (Part 2)
Dr. Vera Tarman, a food addictions specialist and author of the book Food Junkies, answers more of your questions in the latest installment of our popular series. Read Part 1 of Dr. Tarman's [...]
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 of Quebec City. She is also the communications director of [...]
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 the OC team since our launch more than 14 years [...]