A Guide to Success After Bariatric Surgery
Bariatric surgery is a fantastic tool to be used to help those that are obese or morbidly obese to reduce their excess weight dramatically. Studies show that 90% of patients are able to lose and maintain a weight loss of 50% excess weight or more. In order to be...
RACGP Obesity Prevention & Management Position Statement
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) continually release position statements on topics such as clinical/practice management and health and environmental systems. These reflect the RACGps core values and act as an information base for GPs in...
Fat Shaming & Obesity Stigma – a deterrent to good health
Dictionary Definition: Fat Shaming (noun) - the action or practice of humiliating someone judged to be fat or overweight by making mocking or critical comments about their size. Fat shaming - the majority of us have experienced this first hand. Whether we ourselves...