markmellor43Jul 261 min readHealth Equity For All: Addressing the Need for Treatment for People with Obesity in AustraliaWe call on the Australian Government to provide funded access to safe and effective pharmacotherapies for obesity treatment to improve...
markmellor43May 311 min readNutritional priorities for people using GLP-1 medicationA consensus statement was recently published (USA) about the priorities for good nutrition in people using GLP-1 medication. The...
markmellor43May 211 min readBMI is ok afterallThis recent journal article published in JAMA shows that BMI afterall is a very good approximation of excess adiposity (obesity). This is...
markmellor43Apr 211 min readThe pitfalls of accessing weight loss medication via Telehealth companiesWhilst it might be tempting to access weight loss medication from a Telehealth-only provider for easy access, some are not doing due...
markmellor43Apr 201 min readUnhealthy food promotions are adding to the obesogenic environment in WASupermarkets promote unhealthy food much more than healthy food. This adds to the obesogenic environment making it more challenging for...
markmellor43Apr 201 min readAffordable access to care is needed to support people living with obesity to access safe and effective treatmentGPs are incentivisied by Medicare to provide short consultations. The Medicare rebate gets progressively lower for longer consultations...
markmellor43Apr 201 min readDefining and diagnosing obesitySince 1948 the universally accepted definition of obesity was a condition of excess adiposity that presents a riusk to health....