Today's blog is written by Jennifer Brown, Registered Dietitian at The Ottawa Hospital Bariatric Centre of Excellence. Since 2021, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) has been transforming clinical practice, staff education, and patient-care to be aligned with the key [...]
The goal of the International Obesity Collaborative (IOC) is to bring our individual organizations together to identify how we can work together to improve access to obesity care and decrease the stigma and bias faced by persons living with obesity. One [...]
The goal of the International Obesity Collaborative (IOC) is to bring our individual organizations together to identify how we can work together to improve access to obesity care and decrease the stigma and bias faced by persons living with obesity. One [...]
Obesity Canada’s Education Action Team has been working diligently and has recently published a robust obesity education competency set. Below is the abstract for the paper. Background With ongoing gaps in obesity education delivery for health professions in Canada and around [...]
We are delighted to share the results of our review on the international pilot project to adapt the Canadian Adult Clinical Practice Guideline. Below is the abstract. Background The evidence-based Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) released in August 2020 [...]
Today's blog post has been written by Jennifer Brown, MSc., RD, CBE A proof-of-concept project that implements the Canadian Adult Obesity CPGs into practice. "Individuals living with obesity are subjected to weight bias, stigma and discrimination, particularly evident from the healthcare [...]
Ireland becomes the first country of many to use Canada’s exhaustive 2020 clinical practice guidelines as the foundation for a new national approach to treating obesity EDMONTON, October 25, 2022 – Canadian expertise in obesity prevention and treatment has made the [...]
As Obesity Canada (OC) continues to work to make the Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) the standard of care in this country, efforts in Chile and Ireland to translate the CPGs are nearing completion. Teams from all three countries [...]
Obesity Canada is pleased to announce the launch of our new professional education platform. Obesity Canada is a leader in providing practice-changing continuing education on obesity care for healthcare professionals. Our new learning pathway has been developed to help family and [...]
Miss the live presentation? Listen to the recording here! Adult Obesity Guidelines Webinar Series Obesity Canada, the University of Alberta’s Office of Lifelong Learning and the authors of the new Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines launched on August [...]
