Today's blog is written by patient advocate Adrianna McDonald. As someone living with obesity, I have experienced my fair share of weight bias and discrimination. Healthcare seems to be an environment where this treatment happens a lot, and is something I [...]
by Ian Patton As we turn the page on winter and move into spring, Obesity Canada is hard at work continuing our mission of improving the lives of Canadians living with obesity. March brought us some exciting moments and we are looking [...]
March 4 is World Obesity Day. For the past few years, all of the major global obesity organizations including World Obesity Federation, European Association for the Study of Obesity, The Obesity Society, Global Obesity Patient Alliance, Obesity Action Coalition, Obesity Canada [...]
Get Connected in 2022 with Obesity Canada by joining us for our monthly webinar series Connected Conversations! Kick the new year off right by joining hosts Lisa Schaffer and Ian Patton as they dig into the important conversations that need to [...]
Are you tired of the never ending bombardment of shady diet culture misinformation? Are you interested in learning the truth about obesity, how it is a complex, chronic disease and what we really know about effective, evidence-based treatment and management? Are [...]
Today’s post comes from Audrey St-Laurent in collaboration with six OC-SNP chapters. Audrey is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Nutrition at Laval University. She is also the current Chair of the OC-SNP National Executive. Six OC-SNP chapters generously provided [...]
Today's blog post comes from Marcus Moore. Marcus is the Resource Coordinator of the Students and New Professionals National Executive and a law student at Western University. You can read his full bio on our SNP National Executive page. In the [...]
Three Easy Ways to Join Obesity Canada in Supporting Obesity Care Week 2021! Obesity Care Week (OCW) is an annual awareness week dedicated to raise awareness, educate and advocate for a better world for people living with obesity. Obesity Care Week [...]
Mark Your Calendars! Obesity Care Week, organized by our partners at the Obesity Action Coalition, is set for February 28th – March 6th, 2021 and each day is dedicated to a specific topic to highlight issues impacting people with obesity: February [...]
With the recent publication of new Clinical Practice Guidelines for obesity, a few things have become very clear. First, obesity is a chronic disease, characterized by excess or abnormal adipose tissue that impairs health. It is a disease that negatively impacts [...]
