We're pleased to bring to you in print a comprehensive overview of Weight stigma experienced by patients with obesity in healthcare settings. Thank you to the reviewers that responded to a plea on twitter to get this over the line! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ob…

#weightstigma must be addressed in healthcare systems if we value living in a fair, inclusive, and just society. Thank you Leona Ryan,PhD and team in Ireland for contributing to the growing global #weightstigma evidence ICPO ASOI Replica Communications

Hey @Nasa ⁦SpaceX⁩ ⁦Blue Origin⁩ ⁦Virgin Galactic⁩ ⁦Elon Musk⁩: A group of 10 and 11 yr old ⁦HWDSB⁩ students wrote a book this year: How to Move to Mars. They did their own research and writing, and it’s pretty great! hwdsb.on.ca/dundascentral/…

1/ 🧵... #SELECT trial reaffirms that obesity is an independent causal factor for CVD. Given the results, society must determine how to appropriately allocate #semaglutide. Therefore, we must identify individuals most likely to benefit from this life-altering therapy.📸via NYT

Is it easier to get a prescription that causes obesity than one that helps reverse it? So it seems, if you look at a new paper from @gudzune Jessica Schwartz & Erik Almazan. Not good. conscienhealth.org/2023/08/prescr…

So CBC News and Lauren Pelley get "immunity" into the subhead, and inject a fair bit of "let's just live with it" into the article, but in ~1500 words they make not a single mention of long #COVID and other lasting effects of infection. cbc.ca/news/health/co…

Health systems and #CulturalBias have built an almost impenetrable wall around #ObesityCare. Nine out of ten Rx's for #ObesityMeds never get filled says a new study in JMCP. conscienhealth.org/2023/08/surpri…

Shortage of diabetes, weight-loss drug Ozempic expected in Canada, says manufacturer | CBC News cbc.ca/news/health/sh…

While #Canada burns, maybe a better article for young people (& old) would be i) a historical overview of the political parties & corporations whose actions/inactions have fuelled climate change & ii) current parties'/corps.' policies/actions? CBC News cbc.ca/news/science/c….

The road to hell is paved with pseudoscience—constructed by personal anecdotes, conspiracy theories, and narcissism.

In other words, the entire hospital is a patient area, and masks make sense.

more work needed to do to support Canadians living with obesity and related chronic diseases. more people living with obesity perceiving obesity as a chronic disease! A lot of work to do to address internalised weight bias authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S26… Replica Communications Obesity Canada

We said at the time the Chilean and Irish adaptations of Canadian adult #obesity guidelines were published that it "takes a village" to make these things happen. More like, it takes a small army. Find out what we learned together ⬇️

New paper w/ colleagues from around the world World Obesity Obesity Canada Healthy Caribbean Coalition Important to take a global perspective to change stigmatising #obesity narratives. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… EASO The Obesity Society OAC ECPO

While there are certainly pockets of good discourse on what's left of Twitter, we prefer to share and connect on LinkedIn. (Best of luck to all those who persevere here, but we hope to see you there!). linkedin.com/company/replic…

We were challenged with identifying opportunities for public and private investments in #obesity #prevention, so we sat down with 12 KOLs working in prevention research, program development and policy. The result? It's complicated. EASO replicacomms.medium.com/prevention-ret…