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Jennifer Brown is a nationally recognized registered dietitian, obesity care expert, and healthcare leader with nearly two decades of experience advancing nutrition science, clinical practice, and health system innovation. As Director of Program Innovation at Obesity Canada, she provides strategic leadership for national initiatives that bridge research, education, healthcare, and public policy to improve obesity care and health outcomes across Canada.

Jennifer brings a unique perspective on the complex relationship between human biology, appetite regulation, nutrition, and evolving approaches to obesity treatment. Her clinical and research expertise includes obesity medications, metabolic bariatric surgery, dietary behaviours, and the biological mechanisms influencing appetite and weight regulation. She holds a Master of Science in Human Kinetics from the University of Ottawa, where her research examined appetite regulation and the physiological mechanisms influencing weight, food cravings, and incretin-hormones (including GLP-1).

Before joining Obesity Canada, Jennifer spent 18 years at The Ottawa Hospital Bariatric Centre of Excellence. She was a lead author of the Medical Nutrition Therapy chapter of the 2020 Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines and has contributed to international nutrition and obesity care guidelines and scientific publications. She currently co-chairs the Obesity Guideline Committee at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and serves on Obesity Canada’s Scientific Advisory Committee.

Through her work, Jennifer brings together scientific evidence, clinical experience, and systems-level thinking to inform conversations about nutrition, health, and how advances in obesity science are shaping the evolving needs and dietary behaviours of Canadians.