Weight Loss Resources for Health Care Providers
If you are a healthcare professional interested in learning more about treating patients living with obesity, here are some important resources that you should know about:
AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR PATIENTS:
Support for patients:
Constant Health: https://www.constanthealth.ca/
Macklin Method: https://macklinmethod.com/
AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR PROVIDERS:
Provider education:
Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines: https://obesitycanada.ca/guidelines/
i-ACT (7.5 credits): https://i-act.ca/obesity/
Echo Ontario Bariatric Network (OBN): https://obn.echoontario.ca/
Macklin Method: https://macklinmethod.com/
CERTIFICATIONS FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS:
Obesity Canada:
Canadian Advanced Learning in Bariatric Care (Calibre): https://obesitycanada.ca/calibre/
Certified Bariatric Educator (CBE): https://obesitycanada.ca/resources/cbe/
Other:
American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM): https://www.abom.org/
Strategic Centre for Obesity Professional Education (SCOPE): https://www.worldobesity.org/training-and-events/scope
Up to date as of 11/10/2022