Scale Up Your Practice by Obesity Canada
Episodes
Navigating obesity pharmacotherapy in clinical practice with Dr. Sean Wharton
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What changes when obesity care stops being about willpower and starts with biology? In this episode, Dr. Roshan Abraham speaks with Dr. Sean Wharton a...
The Science of Obesity as a Chronic Disease with Dr. Arya Sharma
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️This episode is sponsored by an unrestricted education grant from Eli Lilly CanadaWhy is obesity still treated differently from other chronic d...
Obesity Canada's Roadmap for Change with Lisa Schaffer & Dr. Sanjeev Sockalingam
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️This episode is sponsored by an unrestricted education grant from Eli Lilly CanadaWhat does it take to move obesity care forward in Canada? In ...
Mental health & obesity: What clinicians need to know with Dr. Sanjeev Sockalingam
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️This episode is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Eli Lilly Canada.When conversations about obesity focus only on food, movem...
Liver health & obesity with Dr. Giada Sebastiani
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️This episode is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Eli Lilly Canada.Metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease...
Understanding PCOS and obesity with Dr. Emilia Huvinen
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ This episode is sponsored. Obesity Canada received an unrestricted educational grant from Eli Lilly Canada to produce this episode. 🎙️Pol...
Multidisciplinary care in adult obesity management: Dr. Rishi Handa & Pharmacist Khalid Bhatti
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ This episode is sponsored. Obesity Canada received an unrestricted educational grant from Eli Lilly Canada to produce this episode. 🎙️Mul...
Knee & hip replacement recommendations for people living with obesity with Dr. Harman Chaudhry
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Delays, denials, and BMI cut-offs have long shaped access to joint replacement surgeryfor people living with obesity. Orthopaedic surgeon and steerin...
Advocating for patients in obesity care with Dr. Ian Patton
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ This episode is sponsored. Obesity Canada received an unrestricted educational grant from Eli Lilly Canada to produce this episode. 🎙️Acc...
Behaviour change counselling in obesity & chronic disease management with Dr. Michael Vallis & Dr. Tiffany Shepherd
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Behaviour change in obesity and chronic disease care is complex, relational, and happens far beyond the clinic visit—so our conversations with patie...
Pediatric Obesity Care with Dr. Stasia Hadjiyannakis
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ This episode is sponsored. Obesity Canada received an unrestricted educational grant from Eli Lilly Canada to produce this episode. 🎙️Ped...
Reframing Nutrition in Obesity Management with Dr. Flavio Vieira
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ This episode is sponsored. Obesity Canada received an unrestricted educational grant from Eli Lilly Canada to produce this episode. 🎙️Nut...
Pharmacotherapy in Obesity Management with Dr. Sue Pedersen
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sue Pedersen returns to walk us through the just-released update to Obesity Canada’s Clinical Practice Guideline for Pharmacotherapy.In this epi...
Pregnancy & weight bias with Taniya Nagpal, PhD
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pregnancy brings big changes, frequent healthcare visits, and a lot of emotions. But for many pregnant people living in larger bodies, it can also com...
Understanding the connection between sleep & obesity with Dr. Michael Mak
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Psychiatrist and sleep medicine specialist Dr. Michael Mak returns to explore how sleep health fits into the patient journey of obesity care.For many ...
Celebrating Canadian Excellence: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Mak
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ This episode is sponsored. Obesity Canada received an unrestricted educational grant from Eli Lilly Canada to produce this episode. 🎙️Psy...
The Impact of Weight Bias & Stigma with Dr. Angela Alberga
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
National obesity researcher Dr. Angela Alberga returns for a deep dive into one of the most pervasive and harmful forces in society: weight bias and s...
Celebrating Canadian Excellence: A Conversation with Dr. Angela Alberga
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ This episode is sponsored. Obesity Canada received an unrestricted educational grant from Eli Lilly Canada to produce this episode. 🎙️In ...
Becoming comfortable with discomfort: Why nutrition in obesity care needs to feel different with Jennifer Brown, RD, CBE
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Scale Up Your Practice, we dive into the kind of discomfort that sparks real change—in ourselves, in our conversations, and in ho...
Celebrating Canadian Excellence: A Conversation with Dr. Sue Pedersen
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ This episode is sponsored. Obesity Canada received an unrestricted educational grant from Eli Lilly Canada to produce this episode. 🎙️Wel...
What's new in pediatric obesity care with Dr. Geoff Ball and Dr. Catherine Birken
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How can we better support kids and families living with obesity? That’s the question we’re exploring in this episode—with help from the experts ...
Weight is not a behaviour with Dr. Michael Vallis
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Scale Up Your Practice, registered psychologist and global obesity expert Dr. Michael Vallis returns to talk about a critical topic...
Celebrating Canadian Excellence: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Vallis
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ This episode is sponsored. Obesity Canada received an unrestricted educational grant from Eli Lilly Canada to produce this episode. 🎙️In ...
Celebrating Canadian Excellence: A Conversation with Dr. Sean Wharton
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ This episode is sponsored. Obesity Canada received an unrestricted educational grant from Eli Lilly Canada to produce this episode. 🎙️In ...
Introduction to Obesity Canada with Lisa Schaffer, Executive Director
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Scale Up Your Practice, we sit down with Lisa Schaffer, Executive Director of Obesity Canada, to explore how the organization suppo...
Redefining Obesity & Understanding it as a Chronic Disease with Dr. Sean Wharton
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Scale Up Your Practice, we’re joined by global obesity expert Dr. Sean Wharton, lead author of the Canadian Adult Obesity Clinica...
Welcome to Scale Up Your Practice
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the very first episode of Scale Up Your Practice, the podcast created for healthcare professionals who want to deliver better, evidence-bas...