Barriers to obesity care in Australia include unrealistic expectations from both people with obesity and healthcare professionals, lack of evidence-based strategies and insufficient training.

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

Meanings of fatness and obesity are plural and have changed across history and within and between cultures.

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.

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.

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 potential benefits and risks of bariatric surgery with respect to maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes in future pregnancies need to be carefully considered on an individual basis.

This article discusses the novel concept of chrono-nutrition through time-restricted eating. When we eat might be as critical for chronic disease prevention and management as what and how much we eat.

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.

To improve the effectiveness of interventions in primary care, unpacking the how and why interventions work is important.

Programmed shared medical appointments are effective, well accepted and cost efficient for body weight management.

Australia’s outdated definition of obesity likely hinders management and contributes to the observed gap between clinical guidelines and current practice.

The aim of this paper is to discuss considerations of eating disorders in people seeking treatment for obesity and recommendations for future research.

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is associated with high levels of patient satisfaction, with physical and psychosocial benefits beyond metabolic improvements.