• Your Guide to Bariatric Surgery (pdf)
• The Ottawa Hospital Bariatric Centre of Excellence
• Vitamin and Mineral Supplements for Life (pdf)
• Protein
• Carbohydrate
• Fibre
• Snack and Meal Ideas

• Ontario Bariatric Network
• Obesity Canada
• Obesity Action Coalition
• Seamless MD – available 30 days prior to surgery date (organized by The Ottawa Hospital Bariatric Centre of Excellence)

• Obesity Canada
• Science of Obesity
• Beyond Weight: “Poodle Science”
• Weight of Living Blog
• The GateKeeper, The GoGetter & The Sleepy Executive

General Nutrition

• Dietitians of Canada
• Unlock Food
• Canada’s Food Guide

Recipes

• Unlock Food
• Cookspiration –  (also available as an app)

Food Journaling Tools

• My Fitness Pal – available as an app
• Baritastic – available as an app

Find a Registered Dietitian in the Community

• Loblaws dietitian programs
• Shoppers Drug Mart dietitian services
  • Call: 1-844-668-6012
  • Email: deititians@shoppersdrugmart.ca
• LEAF Weight Management Clinic
• Sustain Bariatric Nutrition
• Bariatric Surgery Nutrition
• Family Health Team dietitians
• Community Health Centre dietitians
• Employee Assistance Plans and Programs
• Health Benefits packages (may cover private practice dietitians)

• Mental Health Crisis Services – 613-722-6914 or 1-866-996-0991
• Distress Centre of Ottawa – 613-238-3311
• Big White Wall
• Royal Ottawa Hospital (ROH)
• The Centre of Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
• “Mind Over Mood: Change how you feel by changing the way you think” – Dennis Greenberger and Christine Padesky

Addiction

• Service Access to Recovery (SAR) formerly Ottawa Addictions Access and Referral Services (OAARS)
• Rideauwood Addictions and Family Services
• Sandy Hill Community Health Centre

Behaviour Change Resources

• “Healthy Habits Suck: How to Get Off the Couch and Live a Healthy Life… Even If You Don’t Want To” – Dayna Lee-Baggley
• “The Diet Trap: Feed Your Psychological Needs and End the Weight Loss Struggle Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy” – Jason Lillis, Jo Anne Dahl, & Sandra M. Weineland

Body Positive

• Dare Magazine Canada
• Online workbooks
  • “Antidepressant Skills Workbook” by D. Bilsker and R. Paterson
  • Positive Coping with Health Conditions
  • The Centre for Clinical Intervention
  • “Substance Misuse Workbook”
• Online courses
  • Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (self-guided course)

Other Resources

• Ottawa Academy of Psychology
• Coalition of Community Health and Resource Centres of Ottawa
• Anxiety Canada
• Family Services
• Connecting Ottawa
• CMHA Living Life to the Full
• Sleep Education