We are excited to announce that we will be hosting an abbreviated, updated version of the “Obesity Bootcamps”, Obesity Research Training in conjunction with the Canadian Obesity Summit, taking place May 14-17, 2023 in Whistler British Columbia. The Obesity Research Training [...]
Last year, Obesity Canada initiated a push to have the Ontario Government align their bariatric surgery criteria with the recommendations in the Clinical Practice Guidelines. Specifically, we asked them to revise the criteria to open up bariatric surgery for individuals with [...]
Obesity Canada is the country’s leading obesity registered charity association for health professionals, researchers, students/trainees, policy makers and most importantly Canadians living with obesity. We are seeking new members to the Board of Directors who can help support Obesity Canada's Mission, [...]
Obesity Canada is pleased to announce the launch of the Canadian Obesity Fellowship Program where we will be working toward supporting financial support to Canadian researchers to advance new and current obesity research. Alongside the launch of the program, we are [...]
What Does Effective Obesity Management Look Like? Learn about the evidence-based pillars of obesity management and What a long-term comprehensive approach to obesity management might look like. Obesity Is Not A Behaviour: Patient experiences in comprehensive obesity management Bariatric Surgery: Long-term [...]
Today's blog post is brought to you by Dawn Hatanaka, Executive Director of Obesity Canada. There has been quite a bit of media attention around the recently released Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With [...]
Obesity Canada's online professional community OC Connect Pro, hosted by TimedRight has closed. Obesity Digest is not being managed by Obesity Canada. Thank you for your support of this online community by engaging via posting, liking and sharing the content. We have [...]
The Advancing Obesity Management Program has expired. This 10 module program has been taken offline and will not return online in it's same format. You will not have access to the course once it has been taken offline. If you were not able [...]
A big congratulations to all of those who successfully completed the Certified Bariatric Educator examination on November 26, 2022 and now hold the CBE designation! The Certified Bariatric Educator designation signifies advanced knowledge and principles of obesity management in alignment with [...]
