In 2008, the Canadian Obesity Network’s Board of Directors identified weight bias and stigma as one of the Network’s top strategic priority. The board firmly believes that everyone deserv...
https://www.drsharma.ca/leading-the-charge-in-addressing-weight-bias-in-canada
I am honestly delighted to see that Dr Sharma’s Obesity Notes are in good company among the recently announced best obesity blogs curated for 2015 by Healthline. Here is the list of other blo...
A study by Paula Brochu and colleagues, published in Health Psychology, suggests that the often unflattering depiction of people living with obesity in the media (as in the typical images of...
https://www.drsharma.ca/does-the-media-depiction-of-obesity-hinder-efforts-to-address-it
Yesterday, I posted about my daughter Linnie von Sky’s 2nd children’s book Pom Pom A Flightless Bully Tale, that is now available here. Today, I would like to introduce you to Sadly The Line...
https://www.drsharma.ca/introducing-sadly-the-line-dancing-owl
Today’s post is to announce the arrival of my daughter Linnie von Sky’s second children’s book, “Pom Pom A Flightless Bully Tale“, that hundreds of you helped fund by pre-ordering your...
https://www.drsharma.ca/pom-pom-a-flightless-bully-tale-takes-flight
Building on the resounding success of Kananaskis, Montreal and Vancouver, the biennial Canadian Obesity Summit is now setting its sights on Toronto. If you have a professional interest in obesit...
https://www.drsharma.ca/call-for-abstracts-canadian-obesity-summit-toronto-april-28-may-2-2015
Social media are not just a means of sharing your life with the world – they also open your life to praise (likes and positive comments) or criticism. Thus, it is easy to see how avid use of su...
https://www.drsharma.ca/does-facebook-use-promote-eating-disorders
As I look forward to a wild and crazy week of performances and shenanigans at North America’s largest and longest running 33rd International Fringe Theatre festival here a short glimpse of a fe...
As I prepare for my upcoming comedy show, “Weighty Confessions of an Obesity Guru” at the 33rd Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, I am swamped with media interest in the notion ...
Over the next three days, I will be in Waterloo, Ontario, attending the 4th biennial Canadian Obesity Student Meeting (COSM 2014), a rather unique capacity building event organised by the Canadia...
https://www.drsharma.ca/4th-canadian-obesity-student-meeting-cosm-2014