The award will be presented during a plenary session at which the recipient will be invited to present the TOPS New Investigator Research Award Lecture. Award recipients must be able to attend the Canadian Obesity Summit hosted by Obesity Canada (OC) [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
By Dr. Ian Patton, Director of Advocacy and Public Engagement for Obesity Canada In January of 2021 Obesity Canada was approached by our colleagues at Obesity Action Coalition who asked if I would be open to help with a project related [...]
Learn-as-you-go modules and live online sessions designed to help clinicians implement Canadian adult obesity clinical guidelines into practice Obesity Canada (OC), the Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism (CSEM) and the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) have launched [...]
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 [...]
Today’s post is written by Neha Saroya, A research coordinator student assisting Obesity Canada’s Community Action Team. Obesity is a complex, progressive, relapsing chronic disease where excess or abnormal adipose tissue impairs health. However, most Canadians living with obesity can [...]
