More speaker announcements and a full schedule coming soon!
Don’t forget! Early bird registration closes March 14, 2019 @ 23:59 MST.
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Movement Behaviours in the Development and Maintenance of Obesity Phenotypes
Dr. Chris Ardern, York University
Indigenous Health and Obesity
Dr. François Haman, University of Ottawa
Applying HAES Principles to Advance Healthy Public Policy
Dr. Maria Ricupero, University Health Network (Toronto)
Shock and Awe-ful: How Our Food Environment Provides The Strongest Case Against Personal Responsibility As Obesity's Cause Or Cure And What We Might Do About It
Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, Bariatric Medical Institute, Ottawa
Impact of Obesity on Liver Disease: NASH and Related Problems
Dr. Erin Kelly, University of Ottawa
Applying HAES Principles to Advance Healthy Public Policy
Maria Ricupero RD, MHSc, CDE, UHN, Toronto
Family-Based Childhood Obesity Interventions: Parents’ Roles, Involvement, and Experiences
Dr. Shauna Burke, Western University
Weight Management in Patients with Metabolic Complications of Obesity
Dr. Priya Manjoo, UBC
Weight Bias Internalization: How Does It Affect Healthy Behaviors
Dr. Angela Alberga, Concordia University
The Student Body: Reducing Weight Bias Among Health Care Provider Trainees
Dr. Sara Kirk, Dalhousie University
Canada's New Food Guide
Dr. Hasan Hutchinson, Director General, Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion, Health Canada
Life-Long Barriers to Physical Activity for People Living with Obesity
Dr. Jo-Anne Gilbert, Consultant, Speaker, Trainer: Science of Body Weight Management
BED time story: An Overview of Binge Eating
Dr. Valerie Taylor, Dep’t of Psychiatry, University of Calgary
DNA Methylation and the Early Life Origins of Obesity
Dr. Vernon Dolinsky, University of Manitoba
Food Addiction & Obesity: Evidence from Animal Models and Human Studies
Dr. Guang Sun, Memorial University. St. John’s, NL
