Exploring our lives, as GPs, outside the clinic

Obesity is prevalent and tertiary prevention of the complications of obesity can be provided through publicly funded obesity management clinics as well as private obesity or general practice clinics.

Readers express their thoughts on books they have reviewed for AJGP.

This article provides an update on pharmacotherapy for the management of overweight and obesity.

This paper describes the overall number of prescriptions and unique medicines dispensed and costs borne by a cohort of patients treated with lipid-lowering therapy.

General practitioners are in an ideal place to assist in the stabilising of the health of those in custody and maintenance of the health of those released from prison.

Consults involving obesity and weight management can be complex, often requiring a biopsychosocial approach and consideration of the stigma from both the general population and within healthcare.

Little is known about how didactic online learning materials curated by general practice faculty influence medical student impressions of general practice.

Overweight and obesity is the leading disease burden risk factor in Australia. In this issue we explore the dietary, pharmacological and surgical management options, and the systems we work within.

Readers express their opinions on published articles and topics of interest.

Conventionally prescribed for treatment of diabetes, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists are also increasingly used in weight management as the prevalence of obesity rises.

A case presentation of a patient with fatigue and chronic anaemia.

This paper provides a commentary on four popular diets highlighting potential considerations, advantages and disadvantages.

This paper evaluates the efficacy, indications, outcomes and long-term considerations of bariatric surgery.

The aim of this review is to draw attention to a preventable childhood condition, detailing the clinical presentation, diagnostic pathway and management.