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Are you tired of the never ending bombardment of shady diet culture misinformation? Are you interested in learning the truth about obesity, how it is a complex, chronic disease and what we really know about effective, evidence-based treatment and management? Are [...]
Today’s post comes from Audrey St-Laurent in collaboration with six OC-SNP chapters. Audrey is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Nutrition at Laval University. She is also the current Chair of the OC-SNP National Executive. Six OC-SNP chapters generously provided [...]
This needs assessment survey has closed. Thank you for your participation. Obesity Canada prides itself on providing engaging, practical education opportunities on obesity management, and we need to know what you want to see in future programs. Please take a three-minute [...]
On June 10th, 2021 the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health (CADTH), an independant, not-for-profit organization responsible for providing Canadian decision makers with objective evidence about the optimal usage of drugs and medical devices, released a draft of their [...]
Today's blog is by Ximena Ramos Salas, PhD, Director of Research and Policy at Obesity Canada. Obesity is a stigmatized disease and individuals living with this complex disease face continuous prejudice in healthcare, employment, education, and home settings. Most of the literature investigating [...]
Today’s post comes from Audrey St-Laurent. Audrey is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Nutrition at Laval University. She is also the current Chair of the OC-SNP National Executive. The OC-SNP National Executive just wrapped up their annual Infographic Competition [...]
Obesity Canada’s mission is to improve the lives of Canadians living with obesity through research, education, and advocacy. This is why we have entered the Great Canadian Giving Challenge, hosted by CanadaHelps. With every dollar you donate, our organization is entered [...]
Today's blog post comes from Marcus Moore. Marcus is the Resource Coordinator of the Students and New Professionals National Executive and a law student at Western University. You can read his full bio on our SNP National Executive page. In the [...]
Please join me in officially welcoming Dr. Mary Forhan, Chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy and Associate Professor, Faculty of Rehabilitation at the University of Alberta as our new Scientific Director. Mary has volunteered with OC since before day one, [...]
