Food as Medicine 2025 Update - Weight of Change: The Interplay of Nutrition, New Medicine and Stigma in Obesity

We are delighted to invite you to the 2025 Food as Medicine Update - Weight of Change: The Interplay of Nutrition, Medicine and Stigma in Obesity taking place in-person and virtually on Thursday, November 13, 2025 from 8:30 am - 4:00 pm.

The annual Food as Medicine Update addresses the knowledge-gap in nutrition in patient care. In this full day symposium, health-care professionals learn about the most recent clinical research on nutrition for chronic disease management and prevention throughout the lifespan. This group learning continuing medical education (CME) activity is accredited by the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) office at the University of Toronto.

After active engagement in this symposium, participants will be better able to:

1. Evaluate and apply relevant recommendations from the Canadian pediatric and adult obesity guidelines, including evidence-based treatment approaches to patient care.
2. Describe and implement up-to-date nutrition strategies for effective obesity management across the lifespan.
3. Identify and apply practical approaches to reduce weight stigma in clinical, community and public health settings through collaborative practices.
4. Integrate pharmacological treatments and nutrition interventions into comprehensive weight management plans, including long-term care strategies.

A special feature of the Food as Medicine Update is the Rundle-Lister Lectureship in Transformative Nutritional Medical Education. The 2025 Lectureship is awarded to Dr. Mike Lean, MD in recognition of his outstanding contributions to translational research in the field of therapeutic diets and chronic disease prevention. 

Location:
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital and Online
Toronto, ON

For more information about the symposium and to register, visit the event website.