Updating the Canadian CPGs for Managaing Pediatric Obesity: A Protocol Work continues on updating the Canadian Clinical Practice Guideline for Managing Pediatric Obesity. Over the past several months, activities have included: Completing 5 literature reviews (4 systematic reviews and meta-analyses [...]
Bienvenue au programme du Centre mondial de formation sur l’obésité ASCEND Inscrivez-vous pour participer à la séance de formation qui aura lieu du 25 au 29 avril 2022 avec l’équipe de la clinique bariatrique du Centre hospitalier universitaire Dr [...]
Blog post written by Ximena Ramos Salas, PhD. During the COVID-19 lockdown, we have observed an increase in weight biased memes and fat jokes as well as a lot of posts about individuals feeling worried or anxious about gaining weight during [...]
Today’s blog is brought to you by Dr. Ian Patton, Director of Advocacy and Public Engagement at Obesity Canada. As a patient advocate, there are a number of things I work towards improving for Canadians living with obesity. Obvious things like [...]
Today's blog is written by Ian Patton, PhD. Ian is the Director of Advocacy and Public Engagement at Obesity Canada. We just recently passed the 1 year anniversary of the launch of the Canadian Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines. This groundbreaking work [...]
On June 10th, 2021 the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health (CADTH), an independant, not-for-profit organization responsible for providing Canadian decision makers with objective evidence about the optimal usage of drugs and medical devices, released a draft of their [...]
Today's blog is by Ximena Ramos Salas, PhD, Director of Research and Policy at Obesity Canada. Obesity is a stigmatized disease and individuals living with this complex disease face continuous prejudice in healthcare, employment, education, and home settings. Most of the literature investigating [...]
Veuillez vous joindre à moi afin d’accueillir officiellement la Dre Mary Forhan, directrice du département d’ergothérapie et professeure agrégée à la Faculté de réadaptation de l’Université de l’Alberta, en tant que nouvelle directrice scientifique. Mary œuvre bénévolement au sein d’OC, et [...]
Today's blog post comes from Marcus Moore. Marcus is the Resource Coordinator of the Students and New Professionals National Executive and a law student at Western University. You can read his full bio on our SNP National Executive page. In the [...]
Please join me in officially welcoming Dr. Mary Forhan, Chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy and Associate Professor, Faculty of Rehabilitation at the University of Alberta as our new Scientific Director. Mary has volunteered with OC since before day one, [...]
