Several health conditions affect Māori and Pacific people disproportionately. Culturally competent healthcare addresses these ethnic discrepancies.
Articles on Bariatric surgery
Displaying all articles
Obesity is a complex condition and not simply a result of eating too much or exercising too little.
Accessing super early may be the only way for some people to access life-changing medical care. But there aren’t currently enough safeguards to protect consumers from potential exploitation.
Despite the prevalent view that people with large bodies should simply eat less and move more, it’s nearly impossible to fight our genetic heritage or other factors that are not within our control.
It’s important to think about the weight-related outcomes are you’re hoping for and what other approaches could be tried first.
Nearly 40% of Americans are obese, and the numbers are climbing. The U.S. needs to get serious about solutions.
Bariatric surgery can be life changing, so why are so few being offered the procedure in England?
Dieting fads have been around for more than a century, but none of them has been shown to curb obesity long-term. The good news is that scientific evidence is revealing treatments that do work.
Diabetes afflicts nearly 30 million people in the U.S., but 86 million more are pre-diabetic. There are effective ways to screen those people, too – and it isn’t all about fat.
You don’t need an expert to tell you obesity has become a major health problem worldwide. The World Health Organisation estimates 35% of the world’s adults are overweight and 11% obese, double the rate…
Lap band surgery is an effective long-term measure for managing obesity, according to a 15-year study of thousands of patients who have undergone the procedure. The study, from Monash University’s Centre…
People with private health insurance are nine times more likely than those without to have bariatric weight-loss surgery, a new study has found. Bariatric surgery, which includes gastric banding, sleeve…
Researchers have conducted the first high-quality, randomised trial comparing the effect on obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA…
Around 2.6 million or 10% of Australians are obese. Obesity contributes to other diseases, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, obstructive sleep apnoea, infertility, depression and cancer. The strength…
Type 2 diabetes is the fastest growing epidemic worldwide. By 2020, it is expected to be the number one disease in Australia in men and second only to breast cancer in women. Treating this illness has…
Top contributors
-
Professor and Chair, Monash University Department of Surgery, School of Translational Medicine, Alfred Health, Monash University
-
Professor (Hon) at Monash University, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
-
Professor of Public Health , University of Florida
-
Director, Metabolism & Obesity Service, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney
-
Emeritus Director, Centre for Obesity Research & Education & Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Monash University
-
Research Fellow, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University
-
PhD Student, Garvan Institute
-
Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
-
Professor Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
-
Assistant (Adjunct) professor, Deptartment of Internal Medicine, McMaster University
-
Associate Professor of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago
-
Conjoint senior lecturer, University of Sydney
-
Professor of Public Health, Queen Mary University of London
-
Dean of the Sol Price School of Public Policy; Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy, Public Policy, and Economics, University of Southern California
-
Adjunct professor, Department of Medicine, McMaster University