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Every city is different but they can learn from each other.
Diets high in ultra-processed foods are linked to many serious diseases, but without recent nutritional surveys there are gaps in understanding the health impacts.
UK children are getting taller. The reason why reveals a troubling story about obesity, inequality and poverty.
Obesity remains a problem in Africa.
Canada has quietly become an unexpected leader in global obesity care guidelines, but care at home — where one in four adults now lives with obesity — remains slow and uneven.
Due to the body’s natural tendency to restore its former weight, many people regain their lost weight when they stop using GLP-1 drugs.
The modernisation of small towns, while positive economically, brings hidden health costs.
Australia’s regulator has issued warnings about the risk of suicidal thoughts and lower effectiveness of contraceptives in those taking Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro.
Additional policy changes can help change key factors that drive obesity.
Obesity needs specialised medical care, not personal judgement. Italy has enshrined this in law.
The evolutionary science of weight regain unpacked.
It might be well-intentioned, but praising someone for losing weight isn’t a good idea. Here’s what to do instead.
Weight doesn’t tell us the whole story about a person’s risk for poor health.
Stories of big babies might make women all over the world cross their legs. But how common are big babies, and does their birth always lead to complications?
Stigma against weight loss drugs is driving some users to take them in secret.
New research finds lowest risk of early death may not sit in the traditional healthy BMI range.
New research shows fast-food outlets and with few healthy food options was strongly linked to indicators of poorer health for both mother and baby.
Semaglutide (better known as Wegovy) may help people with obesity lose up to 25% of their body weight when used at a higher dose.
The habits that prevent disease may not be the ones that extend life.
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Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
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Professor of Health Psychology, University of Surrey
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Clinical Trials Director, Department of Endocrinology, RPA Hospital, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Epidemiology & Equity in Public Health & Director, Institute Health Transformation, Deakin University
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Professor of Health Sciences, Adelaide University
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Public Health, Griffith University
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Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London
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Professor of Medicine, The University of Melbourne
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Co-Director, Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition, Deakin University
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