Grant: Patient-Oriented Research Collaboration Grants

The objectives of this activity are to bring together researchers, people with obesity, and decision makers to discuss: a) where we are at with respect to weight bias intervention research/evidence? b) where people with obesity and decision makers feel there is a pressing need to intervene or act? and c) how we can collaborate on future action to create change? This activity builds on the work that Canadian weight bias researchers and knowledge users such as the Canadian Obesity Network have been doing for the last five years. Although, researchers and knowledge users have raised awareness of the importance of weight bias in health care, education, and publi policy areas, there is an urgent need to move beyond raising awareness towards creating practice, policy, and social change. Under the umbrella of the Canadian Obesity Network, researchers, people with obesity, and decision makers have decided to form a collaborative (EveryBODY Matters) that will work on strategic research and knowledge translation initiatives to reduce weight bias in Canada. As a first point of action, this collaborative will host a meeting to develop consensus on common weight bias reduction messages that can be tailored and translated in future weight bias interventions. Following this meeting, the group will collaboratively implement strategic research and knowledge translation initiatives building on each others' strengths and leveraging research-knowledge user partnership opportunities