Update on New Pediatric Obesity Guidelines
Work continues on updating clinical practice guideline for managing pediatric obesity in Canada. To inform the guideline, we're carrying out five literature reviews on topics related to the effectiveness of obesity [...]
De l’école supérieure et au-delà: Sylvain Iceta – Coordonnateur du recrutement
Venant de Lyon, France, j’ai rejoint l’Université Laval, Québec, en septembre 2019 pour un stage postdoctoral. Après avoir terminé mon diplôme en médecine en psychiatrie et mon doctorat en [...]
Join Us in Supporting Obesity Care Week 2021!
Mark Your Calendars! Obesity Care Week, organized by our partners at the Obesity Action Coalition, is set for February 28th – March 6th, 2021 and each day is dedicated [...]
OC-SNP National Executive Team – What are you looking forward to in this new year?
Today’s post was prepared by Claudia Holody in collaboration with the OC-SNP National Executive Team. Claudia is a graduate student at the University of Alberta and the current Communications [...]
Member Profile
Today’s member profile comes from Dr. Sara Kirk, PhD, Professor of Health Promotion and Scientific Director of the Healthy Populations Institute, Dalhousie University, Canada. Dr. Kirk is Chair on [...]
Child physical activity during COVID-19
By Kate Smith, Communication Coordinator, The UpLift Partnership and Sarah Moore, Scholar, the Healthy Populations Institute A researcher at Dalhousie University’s Healthy Populations Institute (HPI) has been busy capturing the [...]
Member Profile
Today’s member profile comes from Dr. Sarah Nutter, PhD, Assistant Professor of Counselling Psychology, and Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies at the University of Victoria. Dr. Nutter sits on [...]
Member Profile
Today’s member profile comes from Dr. Michael Piccinini Vallis, Ph.D., R. Psych.., a registered health psychologist based in Halifax, Canada. He is a Health Behaviour Change Consultant and Associate [...]
OC-SNP National Executive Team – What was the best part of the 2020 year for you?
Today’s post was prepared by Claudia Holody in collaboration with the OC-SNP National Executive Team. Claudia is a graduate student at the University of Alberta and the current Communications [...]
Member Profile
Today’s member profile comes from Dr. Laura Gaudet, M.Sc., M.D., a perinatologist at the Kingston Health Sciences Centre and an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology [...]
TOPS New Investigator Research Award 2021: Call for Nominations
This award recognizes an individual for a singular achievement or their career contributions to research in the field of obesity. This award is made possible through an annual grant [...]
Member Profile
Today’s member profile comes from Dr. Christian F. Rueda-Clausen M.D. Ph.D., ABOMd clinical and academic credentials include his Clinical specialty training in Internal Medicine and a Clinical Fellowship in [...]
