Set Point Theory Explained & Bariatric Surgery
We’ve all been there; stuck in a rut with our weight and despite our best efforts, we still seem to end up back where we started when we check the scales. It can become incredibly disheartening, especially when you are making substantial changes and efforts to be...
Age Limits for Bariatric Surgery
We are often asked if somebody is too young or too old for bariatric surgery because of concerns about fairly major surgery for themselves or their family members if they are they are below 20 or above age 65. When somebody presents with obesity at the extremes of age...
What is the post-bariatric surgery diet?
If you have been researching bariatric surgery as a tool to help you return to a healthy weight and lifestyle, you will understand that your eating habits and diet following surgery will need to change significantly. Not only as a result of structural changes to the...
What is the pre-bariatric surgery diet?
A question we are often asked by our patients is whether or not they need to go on a diet before they have bariatric surgery. So today we thought we would explain the pre-surgery diet that we recommend to our patients and why. Why do I need a special diet...
Obesity Medication Perspective by A/Prof Michael Talbot
A counterpoint to the argument for denying effective anti-obesity therapy during a time of medication shortage. In response to criticism about previous statements that were directly stigmatising of persons with a lived experience of severe obesity, the Therapeutics...
Robot-Assisted Bariatric Surgery – the benefits
If you haven't spent much time thinking about surgical operations, you may not have heard about robot-assisted surgery/robotic surgery. A/Prof Michael Talbot saw the potential of this platform many years ago and performed the first ever cases of bariatric, upper...