Work remains ongoing to complete an update of Canada's Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for Managing Pediatric Obesity. Recent achievements and activities include: - Our systematic reviews and meta-analyses on the effectiveness and safety of (1) pharmacotherapy and (2) surgery for managing pediatric [...]
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 [...]
The Education Action Team has been working towards creating the Canadian Obesity Education Competencies. Below is an abbreviated abstract. Full abstract and link to publication will be posted when it becomes available. Background/Purpose: With ongoing gaps in obesity education delivery in [...]
Obesity Canada and Hypertension Canada are pleased to invite you to our upcoming conference: Obesity and Hypertension in Canada: From Science to Solutions in Banff Alberta on April 3-6, 2024. This conference truly will be an integrated program with broad topics [...]
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 [...]
Written by Dr. Sue Pedersen, MD, FRCPC DABOM and published in Canadian Diabetes & Endocrinology Today: Science for the Real World Approximately 90% of people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) have overweight or obesity. Thus, weight management is a highly relevant [...]
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 [...]
