We are currently seeking a dedicated, hardworking and enthusiastic individuals to join our team for this Summer. This is an excellent opportunity to work alongside Canada's leading obesity registered charity, made up of healthcare professionals, researchers, policy makers and people living [...]
If you've been considering taking the Canadian Advanced Learning in Bariatric Care training program, we've got a deal for you! Those who are registered to the Canadian Obesity Summit can use the coupon code: COS8CALIBRE to receive 10% off your registration [...]
Canadian Obesity Fellowship Award Winners Dr. Soren Harnois-Leblanc and Dr. Kristine Godziuk will be presenting their research projects at the 8th Canadian Obesity Summit on May 17 at 12:30pm. Soren Harnois-Leblanc, RD, PhD Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill [...]
Obesity Canada - Obésité Canada is looking for a Scientific Director-Elect. The Scientific Director-Elect is an advisory volunteer role with a 2 year mandate, with an additional one year serving as the immediate past-scientific director. This leadership position has some specific [...]
Written by Dr. Sue Pedersen, MD, FRCPC DABOM and published in Canadian Diabetes & Endocrinology Today: Science for the Real World Approximately 90% of people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) have overweight or obesity. Thus, weight management is a highly relevant [...]
Today's blog post has been written by Jennifer Brown, MSc., RD, CBE A proof-of-concept project that implements the Canadian Adult Obesity CPGs into practice. "Individuals living with obesity are subjected to weight bias, stigma and discrimination, particularly evident from the healthcare [...]
This position has been filled. Administrative Assistant Job Type: Full time, 6 months with a possible extension depending on funding Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday through Friday Location: Online / Remote Obesity Canada is Canada’s leading obesity registered charity, made [...]
Summary Objective: A systematic review of value and preference studies conducted in children and their caregivers related to the estimated benefits and harms of interventions for managing paediatric obesity. Methods: We searched Ovid Medline (1946–2022), Ovid Embase (1974–2022), EBSCO CINAHL (inception to [...]
Join us at this world-class event that incorporates separate concurrent annual conferences (congresses/meetings) from the 7 host organizations under 1 roof:- Canadian Cardiovascular Congress- Diabetes Canada / Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism Conference- Thrombosis Canada Conference- Canadian Venous Thromboembolism Research Network [...]
Read the full CBC article, HERE. New Canadian guidelines on the way In Canada, where about one in 10 children has obesity, treatment guidelines are also in the process of being updated. A team of more than 50 experts across the [...]
