Reflections of a Post-op
6 Years ago today was a bit of a milestone for me. I was out of bed with a bag packed at 5 AM, waiting nervously for my dad to pick me up and drive me to the hospital for my [...]
What it’s like to grow up in a larger body: A letter to parents
Dear Parents, Fat. Chubby. Overweight. Too big. How do you feel when you read those words? We know that many parents worry about their children’s weight. Our parents did. You see, we grew up in larger bodies. But sometimes, we felt [...]
Our Message to Educators
Image: weareteachers.com Today's post comes from Keshinee Moonian, BSc (Honors) Student in Computing Science. Children and youth in larger bodies sometimes face difficult, uncomfortable, or embarrassing situations simply because of their weight. While we might think – or at least we would [...]
Our Message to Health Care Providers
Today's post comes from Melissa Bernaldez, BSc Student in Human Ecology. Our personal health is exactly that—something personal. We need to be able to trust our healthcare providers in order to manage our health effectively. For many people, in a bigger [...]
Your first gift can help millions of Canadians!
There are millions of us living with obesity in Canada and we deserve better. Obesity has always been a part of my life. It is a disease that has impacted generations of my family and is something I now understand I [...]
Low Muscle Mass in Obesity: Helping People See More than Meets the Eye
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 [...]
A National Obesity Strategy: Are we there yet?
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 [...]
We Are Allowed to Be Angry
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 [...]
Join Our Online Communities
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 [...]
UPDATE: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Managing Pediatric Obesity
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) [...]