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Weight loss medication and dietitian referrals must go hand in hand

Dietitians Australia, the peak body for dietitians and nutrition professionals, is insisting anyone prescribed a weight loss medication in Australia must also receive a referral to a dietitian for ongoing support.

Dietitians welcome global move away from BMI, but urge caution around focusing on body size as an indicator of health

Dietitians Australia welcomes the global discussion sparked following the release of the Lancet Commission’s definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity – as an opportunity to continue the conversation urgently needed in the global healthcare community to ensure people, regardless of their body size, receive the healthcare they need.

Designing mental health services in the ACT

Released June 2023 - Submission to the ACT Government on the design of mental health services in the ACT.

Fad diets

A fad diet is an eating plan that often promotes quick and easy weight loss or radically improved health. Fad diets can be tempting as they offer a quick fix to either real or perceived problems. But they have little scientific evidence to support their claims.

Federal Budget 2023–24

Dietitians Australia made 8 recommendations for expenditure in the 2023-24 Federal Budget related to Aged Care, preventive health and Medicare.

Low-carbohydrate diets for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes

If you’re thinking about starting a low-carb diet to manage your diabetes, here’s what you need to know.

Intermittent fasting

Intermittent fasting is an approach to eating that alternates between periods of fasting and eating. And whilst intermittent fasting can work well for some people, it is not a magic bullet to improved health. There are also some groups of people who should give intermittent fasting a miss.

AIHW report confirms unhealthy eating has become the new smoking - Media release

A recent report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has confirmed that unhealthy eating is the new smoking with ‘overweight and obesity’ the number one risk factor contributing the highest cost to Australia’s health system, at $4.3billion versus $3.3billion for smoking.

Protecting children from unhealthy food marketing - Joint position statement

Dietitians Australia joined Cancer Council NSW and 12 other health organisations in a call for the NSW government to remove unhealthy food advertising from property owned by, or contracted to, the NSW Government.

Draft National Obesity Strategy - Submission 2021

Released November 2021 - We are supportive of government strategies that aim to promote the health of Australians and address key chronic disease risk factors, such as overweight and obesity. We support the National Obesity Prevention Strategy and its ambitions but have given some recommendations.

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