Australia's peak health body for obesity. Advocates for evidence-based prevention & treatment to reduce the impact and stigma of obesity.
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📢 The 2025 World Obesity Day recording is now available! It's time for real change in healthcare, policy & access to treatment. youtu.be/mBa_0aNwriI?feature…
🚨 Just 1 day to go! 🚨
Don’t miss our 6th annual seminar on inequities in obesity prevention & care for World Obesity Day 2025. March 6th 12pm-1:30pm AEDT
📅 Register now: events.humanitix.com/world-o…
#WorldObesityDay #ObesityEquity #HealthForAll
📢 World Obesity Day 2025 is on March 4! Join our 6th annual seminar on inequities in obesity prevention & care.
🔗Register now: events.humanitix.com/world-o…
#WorldObesityDay #ObesityEquity #HealthForAll #ObesityAwareness
“The first 50 years of my life were a good indicator of weight management failings.”
Watch WIN’s Lisa Mullen discuss her lived experience with #obesity and how a holistic, patient-centred approach allowed her to regain control of her health.
#WOD24
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"We need to support community action and invest in this area. We need resources for local communities to proactively reduce obesity risk."
Watch @elizz82 discuss grassroots action on obesity at our #worldobesityday event earlier this year.
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#obesity
“It’s time to mandate our health star ratings, strengthen them, and apply them across the food supply.”
Regulating packaged foods is essential for obesity prevention. Watch @carolinemiller0 discuss this at out #worldobesity event earlier this year.
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Did you know more than half the worlds population is currently living under a #sugartax on sugary drinks?
Learn more about the benefits of introducing a sugar tax in Australia with @janemartinFHA for our #WOD24 event.
#obesity #publichealth
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"Australia really could be an interventional leader with strong marketing laws that prioritise our children health over corporate wealth."
Watch @KBackholer discuss the impact of marketing discretionary foods towards children at our #WOD24 event.
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"Obesity is a systems and societal challenge, not a personal failure."
Watch MP @gedkearney discuss the role of a collaborative and non-stigmatising approach to tackling #obesity in Australia for our #worldobesitydayevent earlier this year.
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“We have a clear opportunity to leverage the national obesity strategy and provide bold leadership."
Watch Dr Jo Mitchell & @allendersteve discuss how whole system collaboration is essential to tackle #obesity in Australia.
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#publichealth #WOD24
“Small, one-off initiatives won’t suffice. Australia needs coordinated and sustained action supported by government leadership.”
Watch Tim Gill (@nutriotim) advocate for systems change to address #obesity for #WOD24.
#actiononobesity #worldobesityday
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Have 5 minutes to spare? Take part in our community survey for 2024: us2.list-manage.com/survey?u…
#obesity #actiononobesity #survey
"We’ve come to learn that blaming individuals currently doesn't work, and actually sets us back.”
Watch @AnnetteSchmied3 discuss the urgency of #obesity action for #WOD24.
#worldobesityday #obesityaction #publichealth
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Welcome Tim Gill – the new Executive Director of The Obesity Collective!
Media Release: theobesitycollective.org.au/…
"After learning about my condition and losing some of the stigma I was able to engage with the treatments that were offered and began to build my life.”
Listen to @AndrewW49533845 passionately represent The Weight Issues Network for #WOD24.
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Catch up with all our latest news in our recent newsletter, including an exciting new Executive Director announcement! 🎉 Read more here: mailchi.mp/3db8194f5ca7/catc…
Thank you to the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal for highlighting our advocacy and free e-learn module for primary care professionals!
anmj.org.au/nurses-poised-to…
To mark Medicare’s 40th anniversary, you can now nominate those who have made an outstanding contribution to Australia’s primary care sector.
Learn more here: health.gov.au/medicare-turns…
Congrats to Dr. Terri-Lynne South & @AndrewW49533845 on the @RACGP and @NSWHealth podcast!
Explore how positive interactions with healthcare providers can transform weight management. Gain insights from GPs & personal stories.
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We shared our Collective approach in Australia in a pro bono interview with the @economistimpact team. A radical and collaborative approach is needed.
@allendersteve
impact.economist.com/health/…