Almost four in 10 Canadians (38%) surveyed, who have been clinically diagnosed with a chronic disease, say they are avoiding the health care system altogether during the pandemic. Don’t put your health on hold – Canadians are encouraged to engage healthcare [...]
That’s not a real healthcare journal – and it’s pretty obvious just how out of touch those headlines are. Can you imagine if Canada’s healthcare policies were based on shaming and blaming people with chronic diseases like diabetes, arthritis and cancer and [...]
May 14, 2018 Re: Web-based consultation for the WHO Independent High-Level Commission on NCDs On behalf of the Canadian Obesity Network’s members and supporters, we thank WHO’s Director-General for convening this independent high-level commission on non-communicable diseases. We also appreciate the opportunity [...]
Today’s guest post comes from Ian Patton. Ian is the Vice Chair of the Canadian Obesity Network’s Public Engagement Committee. You can find out more about Ian here. A while back, an American colleague of mine was asking about life in Canada. “Are you all [...]
