A big congratulations to all of those who successfully completed the Certified Bariatric Educator examination on November 26, 2022 and now hold the CBE designation! The Certified Bariatric Educator designation signifies advanced knowledge and principles of obesity management in alignment with [...]
Congratulations to our Chilean colleagues who have published an adapted version of the Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines; Obesity in adults: Clinical practice guideline adapted for Chile. After over a year of hard work, the summary publication is now available. [...]
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? Purchase 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 11, [...]
by Ximena Ramos Salas, PhD, Director of Research and Policy, and Ian Patton, PhD, Director of Public Engagement and Advocacy It has been almost 15 years since Obesity Canada (formerly the Canadian Obesity Network) was established by the Canadian government under the [...]
On September 1, 2020 between 16:15 and 17:45 PM Central European Time, Dr. Mary Forhan and Dr. Ximena Ramos Salas will be participating in the Obesity Stigma Workshop hosted in collaboration with the European Association for the Study of Obesity, the [...]
Today’s post comes from Ian Patton, PhD. Ian is the Director of Advocacy and Public Engagement at Obesity Canada. Over the past few weeks there has been a ton of media attention and discussion about the release of the new Clinical [...]
