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 [...]
Did you know that endometrial cancer has been on the rise in Canada over the past 20 years? People who are older and living with obesity are more likely to be diagnosed with endometrial cancer. However, it can occur in younger [...]
March 4 is World Obesity Day. For the past few years, all of the major global obesity organizations including World Obesity Federation, European Association for the Study of Obesity, The Obesity Society, Global Obesity Patient Alliance, Obesity Action Coalition, Obesity Canada [...]
Blog post written by Ximena Ramos Salas, PhD. During the COVID-19 lockdown, we have observed an increase in weight biased memes and fat jokes as well as a lot of posts about individuals feeling worried or anxious about gaining weight during [...]
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 [...]
Obesity Canada is pleased to announce that Dr. Rebecca Puhl of the University of Connecticut Rudd Center is the 2021 recipient of our Distinguished Lecturer Award. Dr. Puhl completed her B.A.H in psychology at Queen’s University in 1999. She earned her M.S [...]
Three Easy Ways to Join Obesity Canada in Supporting Obesity Care Week 2021! Obesity Care Week (OCW) is an annual awareness week dedicated to raise awareness, educate and advocate for a better world for people living with obesity. Obesity Care Week [...]
Mark Your Calendars! Obesity Care Week, organized by our partners at the Obesity Action Coalition, is set for February 28th – March 6th, 2021 and each day is dedicated to a specific topic to highlight issues impacting people with obesity: February [...]
Dear Parents, Fat. Chubby. Overweight. Too big. How do you feel when you read those words? We know that many parents worry about their children’s weight. Our parents did. You see, we grew up in larger bodies. But sometimes, we felt [...]
Image: weareteachers.com Today's post comes from Keshinee Moonian, BSc (Honors) Student in Computing Science. Children and youth in larger bodies sometimes face difficult, uncomfortable, or embarrassing situations simply because of their weight. While we might think – or at least we would [...]
