At Obesity Matters we want to build a community where we can come together to find ongoing support through forums and conversations, share personal stories and connect with others who have similar goals and challenges. By joining forces we hope to drive change to our personal health journeys as well as yours.
During these unprecedented times, Obesity Matters strives to be a beacon of hope, knowledge and resource for those living with overweight and obesity. We understand that living with excess weight can be challenging and we want to be that resource and support where you can get evidence-based information.
Something I heard: I can’t lie – I felt validated to learn that exercise does not necessarily help you lose …
The organisation seeks to empower individuals who have ‘experienced weight bias, fallen into diet traps and unrealistic goals’, with a …
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by Tanya Bender
A little bit about my journey, I’m sure it seems very familiar to anyone struggling with the extra weight they are carrying, both physically and mentally.
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by Rachel Atkins
Rachel Atkins is the director of strategy at Obesity Matters , where she works to leverage her own experiences — in business and body image – to transform communities, institutions and society to better the lives of Canadians living in larger bodies. She is an advocate for those have been on a similar journey, and her hope is that more can follow the path of positivity and self-love. This is her story.
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by Priti Chawla
Intense diets don’t work, weight management isn’t about ‘willpower,’ and your self-worth isn’t determined by the scale, writes Obesity Matters' Priti Chawla.
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by Andrea Levy
For my part, I tried every diet under the sun. Sometimes I lost weight, sometimes I could not get through a single day of my diet. When I was lucky enough to lose weight, I could never keep it off, resulting, not just in a yoyo, but in a behemoth of a roller coaster.
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by Brian Baumal
It took another five years, until August 2012, for me to understand what was happening to me, and to address the underlying psychological issues that caused this drastic weight cycling! And throughout much of this time, I was a psychotherapist, who ought to have known better, or at least I thought I should have known better.
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by Sandra Elia
Sandra Elia shares her personal story and why she joined Obesity Matters. We hope to bring all the Sandras together to advocate for themselves and their loved ones.
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