National Obesity Strategy - Obesity Canada

For 15 years, Obesity Canada (OC) has led efforts to reduce weight bias and promote evidence-based obesity care in this country. While OC has driven and supported a lot of progress in the obesity care landscape during that time frame as we built a robust community of healthcare professionals, researchers, policy makers and people living with obesity, laying a foundation for a national care framework was always the long game.

In 2021, we think it’s time for Canada to develop and fund a national obesity care framework on par with strategies for other major chronic diseases. Here’s why:

Science tells us obesity is a chronic disease. The World Health Organization, the Canadian and American Medical Associations, and several other leading health- and research-based organizations agree (so do we). People living with chronic diseases deserve support, full stop.
We now have the most thoroughly researched clinical practice guidelines for treating obesity in adults, and OC and partners will deliver pediatric guidelines in 2022.
Our research and consensus building has resulted in a deeper understanding of obesity prevention and care gaps, research needs, and the accessibility of current obesity treatments.

More coming soon!

P.S. Are you a healthcare professional and want to know how you can help build the foundation for a National Obesity Strategy? Join our online community OC Connect Pro.

Are you someone affected by obesity who wants to be a part of this movement? Join us online in OC Connect!