Today's blog post is brought to you by Dawn Hatanaka, Executive Director of Obesity Canada. There has been quite a bit of media attention around the recently released Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With [...]
Chile launches evidence-based approach to obesity care rooted in Canada’s watershed 2020 clinical practice guidelines EDMONTON, November 11, 2022 – Canada’s leadership in obesity care and related research is on display in Latin America today, as several healthcare associations in Chile [...]
Blog post written by Ximena Ramos Salas, PhD In August 2021, Chile and Ireland started a pilot project to adapt the Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines. The objective of this pilot project was to assess the feasibility of tailoring [...]
Emerging research captured in revised chapters summarizing evidence for medical nutrition therapy and pharmacotherapy EDMONTON, October 21, 2022 – Canadian healthcare professionals who support patients living with obesity now have up-to-date information on the latest evidence for two important obesity treatment [...]
Living with obesity comes with many challenges, from the impact on health to social or environmental limitations. These challenges are hard enough on their own without being made unnecessarily worse from the people and systems that are supposed to help, however [...]
Summary Objective To assess stakeholder ratings of health indicators and subgroup analyses in systematic reviews used to update the Canadian Clinical Practice Guideline for Managing Paediatric Obesity. Methods Stakeholders (caregivers of children with obesity and Clinical Practice Guideline Steering Committee members) completed [...]
Congratuations to the newest Certified Bariatric Educators! The Certified Bariatric Educator (CBE®) is a designated credential signifying advanced knowledge in the management of obesity awarded by Obesity Canada. The Certified Bariatric Educator exam is open globally with designations being available in [...]
Updating the Canadian CPGs for Managaing Pediatric Obesity: A Protocol Work continues on updating the Canadian Clinical Practice Guideline for Managing Pediatric Obesity. Over the past several months, activities have included: Completing 5 literature reviews (4 systematic reviews and meta-analyses [...]
Today’s blog post is brought to you by Ian Patton, Director of Advocacy and Public Engagement for Obesity Canada The publication of new Clinical Practice Guidelines for obesity in 2020 has shifted the narrative around obesity in Canada and highlighted the [...]
By Ximena Ramos Salas, Director of Research & Policy & Miguel Alejandro Saquimux Contreras, Research Assistant, Obesity Canada In January 2021, Obesity Canada launched a pilot project to create a process for adapting and implementing the Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice [...]
