January 10, 2024
1. The Mini Gastric Bypass is here for good Gastric Sleeve surgery (or Sleeve Gastrectomy) is the “go to surgery” for uncomplicated obesity or type 2 […]
December 11, 2023
1. The Reality of Holiday Weight Gain The average patient will put on 0.48kg over every Xmas period according to The New England Journal of Medicine. […]
November 20, 2023
Conversations about weight gain can be a delicate matter for doctors when engaging with their patients. To provide practical guidance on this issue, we’ve compiled some […]
October 22, 2023
Exercise is a feasible, doable and clinically effective adjunct therapy for bariatric surgery patients, and critical for long-term weight loss maintenance and lasting remission of Type […]
August 17, 2023
GPs play a crucial role in the management of obesity and recent 2022 revisions to BMI guidelines now allow more patients in Australia to meet eligibility […]
July 6, 2023
An alarming 4 billion of the world’s population will be obese by 2035 according to the World Obesity Atlas 2023. This will mean a global […]
May 16, 2023
What is the relationship between mental health and obesity? Obesity and depression are both notoriously difficult medical issues to treat – not only because they are […]
April 12, 2023
The blockbuster drug Wegovy, recently approved in Australia by the TGA, is likely to be a weight game-changer. Already for months, there have been supply shortages […]
July 29, 2022
Here at Winnett Specialist Group, our head Bariatric Surgeon and founder Jason Winnett has built a clinic on professionalism and most importantly, personable care, but who […]
March 1, 2022
If you’re investigating the benefits of a gastric sleeve, you’ve probably tried every fad diet known to humankind to shift your excess weight. While strict eating […]