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Semaglutide Approved in Canada: It’s Time to Change the Game

by Ian Patton, PhD, Director of Advocacy and Public Engagement, Obesity Canada After a long anticipated wait, the day has come where Health Canada has approved a new treatment option for the management of obesity …

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International Scientific Cooperation to Improve Obesity Care

By Ximena Ramos Salas, Director of Research & Policy & Miguel Alejandro Saquimux Contreras, Research Assistant, Obesity Canada In January 2021, Obesity Canada launched a pilot project to create a process for adapting and implementing …

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Report Card on Access to Obesity Care

Download here: Report Card on Access to Care Infographic on Access to Care PowerPoint Slide Deck Appendices to the Report Card on Access to Care Download the archived 2017 Report Card on Access to Obesity …

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Canadian Adult Obesity Guidelines Take the World Stage

Obesity Canada pilot project will adapt ground-breaking CPGs for use in Chile and Ireland in 2021, with more countries on board in 2022 Canada’s sweeping new clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for treating obesity in adults …

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Action Study on Obesity Attitudes

Read Obesity Canada’s findings on the ACTION study by clicking the images (top thumbnail for full report and bottom thumbnail for infographic).  Healthcare professionals, employers and people living with obesity disagree on how the disease …

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New Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines Published: Treatment goals are improved health and quality of life, not a number on a scale

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 …

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Why I Continue to Advocate, and Why You Should, Too

by Melody Harding A few months ago I was able to share with the Obesity Canada community (via this newsletter) that I had successfully settled my Human Rights Complaint with Nova Scotia’s Department of Health …

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An Open Letter on Obesity and Human Rights

Take a moment to re-read  one of the stories that has driven our patient advocates to take action. The story of Ellen Maud Bennett gripped the media last year. Ellen included a message for the …

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Obesity Canada’s Open Letter to Manitoba House Leaders and MLAs Re: Bill 216

OPEN LETTER Manitoba House Leaders and Members of the Legislative Assembly, On behalf of Obesity Canada’s 15,000 professional members and 20,000 public supporters, we are writing to express our disappointment with the outcome of yesterday’s …

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