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 needs of people living with obesity in COVID-19 pandemic responses. Recognizing that [...]
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 languages. Low muscle mass is a defining feature of malnutrition. In recent [...]
Miss the live presentation? Listen to the recording here! Adult Obesity Guidelines Webinar Series Obesity Canada, the University of Alberta’s Office of Lifelong Learning and the authors of the new Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines launched on August [...]
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 the Canadian Obesity Network) was established by the Canadian government under the [...]
Over the last few months, we have been building our online community (OC Connect), and this has reaffirmed a few things for me: The bias and stigma that people living with obesity face is pervasive and heartbreaking. The disease of obesity [...]
Today’s post comes from Ian Patton, PhD. Ian is the Director of Advocacy and Public Engagement at Obesity Canada. Over the past few weeks there has been a ton of media attention and discussion about the release of the new Clinical [...]
Today's post comes from Ximena Ramos Salas, PhD, who is the Director of Research & Policy with Obesity Canada. Many people have asked why we decided to update the Canadian clinical practice guidelines for the management of obesity in adults. To [...]
EDMONTON, August 4, 2020 – Canadians living with obesity and the healthcare professionals who support them have a new roadmap for quality collaborative care. More than two years in the making, the Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) provide a [...]
Healthcare professionals and people living with obesity can connect with peers to learn and share via Obesity Canada's new online community hubs. OC Connect is a Mighty Networks community for anyone affected by obesity to meet and discuss their experience, ask questions [...]
Over the past few months, work has continued on updating the clinical practice guidelines for managing pediatric obesity in Canada. The group has been working with research methodologists who will be helping to lead the systematic reviews (5 will be conducted) [...]
