This award recognizes an individual for a singular achievement or their career contributions to research in the field of obesity. This award is made possible through an annual grant from the Take Off Pounds Sensibly Foundation (TOPS). The award recipient will [...]
Dear friends and supporters of Obesity Canada, It has been an incredible four months since I assumed the role of Scientific Director of Obesity Canada, and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to share with you some of the remarkable [...]
The goal of the International Obesity Collaborative (IOC) is to bring our individual organizations together to identify how we can work together to improve access to obesity care and decrease the stigma and bias faced by persons living with obesity. One [...]
The goal of the International Obesity Collaborative (IOC) is to bring our individual organizations together to identify how we can work together to improve access to obesity care and decrease the stigma and bias faced by persons living with obesity. One [...]
Obesity Canada’s Education Action Team has been working diligently and has recently published a robust obesity education competency set. Below is the abstract for the paper. Background With ongoing gaps in obesity education delivery for health professions in Canada and around [...]
Photo: (Left to right) Laurent Biertho, Judy Shiau,Sanjeev Sockalingam, Dayna Lee-Bagley, Michael Hawkins, Ximena Ramos-Salas, Mary Forhan (Missing: Stephen Glazer and Melanie Henderson) The recent Vascular Day sessions hosted by Obesity Canada brought to light the critical relationship between obesity and [...]
The Education Action Team has been working towards creating the Canadian Obesity Education Competencies. Below is an abbreviated abstract. Full abstract and link to publication will be posted when it becomes available. Background/Purpose: With ongoing gaps in obesity education delivery in [...]
Obesity Canada and Hypertension Canada are pleased to invite you to our upcoming conference: Obesity and Hypertension in Canada: From Science to Solutions in Banff Alberta on April 3-6, 2024. This conference truly will be an integrated program with broad topics [...]
Photo: Obesity Canada booth at 2022 Obesity Week Are you attending Obesity Week in Dallas for Obesity Week October 14-17, 2023 Obesity Canada will be on be hand for Obesity Week, a major scientific conference hosted by The Obesity Society. With [...]
We are delighted to share the results of our review on the international pilot project to adapt the Canadian Adult Clinical Practice Guideline. Below is the abstract. Background The evidence-based Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) released in August 2020 [...]
