How You Can Help

Childhood overweight and obesity rates are rising in Canada. Obesity rates in children have almost tripled in the last 25 years. Approximately 26% of Canadian children ages 2-17 years old are currently overweight or obese.

We need your help!

Please consider donating to the Childhood Obesity Foundation. The Childhood Obesity Foundation is a Canadian registered charity. All donations over $20 are eligible for a tax receipt.

Your donation will help:

• maintain this website as source of current and accurate information for Canadian families, educators, communities, business and government
• expand this website to include other languages such as Chinese and Punjabi
• deliver our key healthy eating and active living messages to at-risk communities throughout the province via community forums
• fund the invaluable research needed to identify and evaluate best practices in the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity.

You can donate on-line to the Childhood Obesity Foundation through Canada Helps, a Canadian registered charity that processes donations on behalf of the Childhood Obesity Foundation. Please click on the Canada Helps logo below to make a donation.Thank you.

 
   

 

You can also donate by sending a cheque to:

• Childhood Obesity Foundation
• c/o BC Pediatric Society
• Room 2D12, BC Children's Hospital
• 4480 Oak Street
• Vancouver, BC V6H 3V4

Thank you!