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Mary Forhan
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Latest papers
The legality of weight discrimination in Canada: an environmental scan of case law and the limits of Canadian legislation.
International journal for equity in health · 2025
Improving Muscle Function Through a Multimodal Behavioural Intervention for Knee Osteoarthritis and Obesity: The POMELO Trial.
Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2025
Hidden malnutrition in obesity and knee osteoarthritis: Assessment, overlap with sarcopenic obesity and health outcomes.
Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2025
Latest funding
- $108,500
Informing a national obesity care framework and documenting lived experience of obesity among racialized communities
CIHR · 2022 · Supervisor
- $10,000
Action Team Development for Building A National Obesity Care Framework
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
- $20,000
Priority Setting Partnership: Musculoskeletal Conditions and Obesity Research Priorities in Canada
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
19 publications.
The legality of weight discrimination in Canada: an environmental scan of case law and the limits of Canadian legislation.
Nutter S, Waugh R, McEachran E, Toor A, Shelley J, Alberga AS, Forhan M, Kirk SF, Nagpal TS, Patton I, Ramos Salas X, Russell-Mayhew S
Improving Muscle Function Through a Multimodal Behavioural Intervention for Knee Osteoarthritis and Obesity: The POMELO Trial.
Godziuk K, Forhan M, Vieira FT, Mota JF, Werle J, Batsis JA, Donini LM, Siervo M, Prado CM
Hidden malnutrition in obesity and knee osteoarthritis: Assessment, overlap with sarcopenic obesity and health outcomes.
Vieira FT, Godziuk K, Barazzoni R, Batsis JA, Cederholm T, Donini LM, Gonzalez MC, Jensen GL, Forhan M, Prado CM
Reducing weight bias and stigma in qualitative research interviews: Considerations for researchers.
Hung P, Miciak M, Godziuk K, Gross DP, Forhan M
Transforming the landscape of obesity education - The Canadian obesity education competencies
Roshan JA, Nagpal TS, Pearce N, Dhaliwal KK, El-Hussein M, Forhan M, Hadjiyanakis S, Hawa R, Kushner RF, Lee-Baggley D
Review of an international pilot project to adapt the Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guideline
Salas XR, Contreras MAS, Breen C, Preiss Y, Hussey B, Forhan M, Wharton S, Campbell-Scherer D, Vallis M, Brown J
Patient perceptions about obesity management in the context of concomitant care for other chronic diseases
Patton I, Salas XR, Hussey B, Poddar M, Sockalingam S, Twells L, Mir H, Forhan M, Hung P, Martin A
A scoping review of obesity education interventions for current and prospective medical professionals in Canada
Nagpal TS, Pearce N, Sockalingam S, Hawa R, Dhaliwal KK, Lee-Baggley D, El-Hussein M, Nutter S, Piccinini-Vallis H, Vallis M
Acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of a single-arm 12-week digital behavioral health intervention in patients with knee osteoarthritis.
Godziuk K, Prado CM, Quintanilha M, Forhan M
Protocol for the POMELO (Prevention Of MusclE Loss in Osteoarthritis) randomized pilot feasibility trial.
Godziuk K, Prado CM, Forhan M
Informing a national obesity care framework and documenting lived experience of obesity among racialized communities
Principal investigators: Nagpal, Taniya S
Keywords: Health Equity; Obesity; Patient-Oriented; Weight Stigma
Action Team Development for Building A National Obesity Care Framework
Principal investigators: Forhan, Mary A
Keywords: Obesity
Priority Setting Partnership: Musculoskeletal Conditions and Obesity Research Priorities in Canada
Principal investigators: Forhan, Mary A; Ramos Salas, Ximena R
Keywords: Obesity; Osteoarthritis
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Sanjeev Sockalingam and David Wiljer: 24 shared papers
- Diana Sherifali and Diana Sherifali: 13 shared papers
- Diana Sherifali and Sean Wharton: 9 shared papers
- Diana Sherifali and Ian Patton: 7 shared papers
- Diana Sherifali and Diana Sherifali: 7 shared papers
- Sanjeev Sockalingam and Ian Patton: 7 shared papers
- Sean Wharton and Valerie Taylor: 6 shared papers
- Sean Wharton and Sanjeev Sockalingam: 6 shared papers
- Sanjeev Sockalingam and Mary Forhan: 6 shared papers
- Diana Sherifali and Diana Sherifali: 6 shared papers
- Mary Forhan and Kristine Godziuk: 6 shared papers
- Sean Wharton and Ian Patton: 5 shared papers
- Sean Wharton and Mary Forhan: 5 shared papers
- Ian Patton and Mary Forhan: 5 shared papers
- Ian Patton and Ian Patton: 5 shared papers
- Diana Sherifali and Ian Patton: 4 shared papers
- Diana Sherifali and Ian Patton: 4 shared papers
- Dennis Hong and Valerie Taylor: 4 shared papers
- Sean Wharton and Diana Sherifali: 4 shared papers
- Sean Wharton and Diana Sherifali: 4 shared papers
- Megha Poddar and Sanjeev Sockalingam: 4 shared papers
- Megha Poddar and Ian Patton: 4 shared papers
- Ian Patton and Ian Patton: 4 shared papers
- Diana Sherifali and Ian Patton: 4 shared papers
- Diana Sherifali and Ian Patton: 4 shared papers
- Diana Sherifali and Valerie Taylor: 3 shared papers
- Sean Wharton and Denise Campbell-Scherer: 3 shared papers
- Valerie Taylor and Mary Forhan: 3 shared papers
- Megha Poddar and Laurie Twells: 3 shared papers
- Megha Poddar and Mary Forhan: 3 shared papers
- Laurie Twells and Sanjeev Sockalingam: 3 shared papers
- Laurie Twells and Ian Patton: 3 shared papers
- Laurie Twells and Mary Forhan: 3 shared papers
- Denise Campbell-Scherer and Ian Patton: 3 shared papers
- Denise Campbell-Scherer and Mary Forhan: 3 shared papers
- Ian Patton and Angela Alberga: 3 shared papers
- Angela Alberga and Ian Patton: 3 shared papers
- Diana Sherifali and Dennis Hong: 2 shared papers
- Diana Sherifali and Ellen Toth: 2 shared papers
- Diana Sherifali and Jennifer Kuk: 2 shared papers
- Diana Sherifali and Angela Alberga: 2 shared papers
- Diana Sherifali and Denis Prud'homme: 2 shared papers
- Diana Sherifali and Ian Janssen: 2 shared papers
- Diana Sherifali and Betty Calam: 2 shared papers
- Diana Sherifali and Ellen Toth: 2 shared papers
- Diana Sherifali and Angela Alberga: 2 shared papers
- Diana Sherifali and Mary Forhan: 2 shared papers
- Diana Sherifali and Helena Piccinini-Vallis: 2 shared papers
- Dennis Hong and Sean Wharton: 2 shared papers
- Dennis Hong and Ellen Toth: 2 shared papers
- Dennis Hong and Jennifer Kuk: 2 shared papers
- Dennis Hong and Angela Alberga: 2 shared papers
- Dennis Hong and Denis Prud'homme: 2 shared papers
- Dennis Hong and Ian Janssen: 2 shared papers
- Dennis Hong and Betty Calam: 2 shared papers
- Dennis Hong and Ellen Toth: 2 shared papers
- Dennis Hong and Mary Forhan: 2 shared papers
- Dennis Hong and Helena Piccinini-Vallis: 2 shared papers
- Sean Wharton and Ellen Toth: 2 shared papers
- Sean Wharton and Jennifer Kuk: 2 shared papers
- Sean Wharton and Angela Alberga: 2 shared papers
- Sean Wharton and Denis Prud'homme: 2 shared papers
- Sean Wharton and David Wiljer: 2 shared papers
- Sean Wharton and Ian Janssen: 2 shared papers
- Sean Wharton and Betty Calam: 2 shared papers
- Sean Wharton and Ellen Toth: 2 shared papers
- Sean Wharton and Helena Piccinini-Vallis: 2 shared papers
- Ellen Toth and Mary Forhan: 2 shared papers
- Jennifer Kuk and Mary Forhan: 2 shared papers
- Angela Alberga and Mary Forhan: 2 shared papers
- Denis Prud'homme and Mary Forhan: 2 shared papers
- David Wiljer and Mary Forhan: 2 shared papers
- Ian Janssen and Mary Forhan: 2 shared papers
- Betty Calam and Mary Forhan: 2 shared papers
- Ellen Toth and Mary Forhan: 2 shared papers
- Diana Sherifali and Mary Forhan: 2 shared papers
- Angela Alberga and Mary Forhan: 2 shared papers
- Mary Forhan and Ian Patton: 2 shared papers
- Mary Forhan and Diana Sherifali: 2 shared papers
- Mary Forhan and Helena Piccinini-Vallis: 2 shared papers
- Mary Forhan and Ian Patton: 2 shared papers
- Medicine
- Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
- Family Medicine
- Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
- Education
- Human Kinetics
- Surgery
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Kristine Godziuk
Faculty
6 shared papers, latest 2025
Sanjeev Sockalingam
Faculty
6 shared papers, latest 2023
Sean Wharton
Medicine
5 shared papers, latest 2023
Ian Patton
Faculty
5 shared papers, latest 2025
Megha Poddar
Medicine
3 shared papers, latest 2023
Valerie Taylor
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
3 shared papers, latest 2020
Laurie Twells
Faculty
3 shared papers, latest 2023
Denise Campbell-Scherer
Family Medicine
3 shared papers, latest 2023
Rhonda Bell
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Valerie Taylor
Psychiatry
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Diana Sherifali
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Michael Green
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Helena Piccinini-Vallis
Médecine de famille
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Michael Green
Centre for Urban Health Solutions
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Sanjeev Sockalingam
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Susan Marzolini
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2015
Valerie Taylor
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Rita Henderson
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Ian Patton
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Judy Shiau
Department of Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Yoni Freedhoff
Family Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Ian Patton
Health and Human Performance
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Sara Kirk
Health and Human Performance
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Ellen Toth
Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Michael Green
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Jennifer Kuk
Kinesiology and Health Sciences
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Kristen Jacklin
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Angela Alberga
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Scott Lear
Food, Nutrition and Health
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Denis Prud'homme
Human Kinetics
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Kristen Jacklin
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2020
John Sievenpiper
Nutritional Sciences
2 shared papers, latest 2020
David Wiljer
Education
2 shared papers, latest 2023
Rita Henderson
Psychiatry
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Ian Janssen
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Clement Ma
Biostatistics Division
1 shared papers, latest 2022
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