CONFERENCE APPROACHING: Bridging Silos: Childhood and Adolescent Obesity
CONFERENCE APPROACHING! Register now to ensure you receive all virtual portal login information in a timely manner! Join us for a three-day virtual conference (~three hours each day*) that [...]
Public Health Agency of Canada lists obesity as a risk factor for more severe COVID-19 illness and outcomes
By: Ximena Ramos Salas, PhD, Director of Research & Policy, Obesity Canada Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Obesity Canada has been advocating for the consideration of the [...]
Member Profile
Today's member profile comes from Dr. Shelly Russell-Mayhew, PhD, R. Psych., Werklund Research Professor, University of Calgary . Dr. Russell-Mayhew sits on the Obesity Canada EveryBODY Matters Collaborative committee. [...]
Low Muscle Mass in Obesity: Helping People See More than Meets the Eye
By: Carla Prado & Maira Quintanilha Within a week of being released, the video has been watched over 4K times and is being translated into 8 [...]
Dr. Mary Forhan Selected as OC Scientific Director-Elect
Dr. Mary Forhan, OT Reg(Alberta), PhD, Chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy and Associate Professor, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Alberta, has been named by [...]
Webinar Series – Adult Obesity Guidelines: What’s New?
Register for Part 3 webinars HERE! Miss the live presentation? Purchase the recording here! Adult Obesity Guidelines Webinar Series Obesity Canada, the University of Alberta’s Office [...]
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 2020-2021 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 [...]
