Diet and Overweight

Follow the links below to find information on the role of diet in overweight and obesity and on how you can adjust your weight through diet, including information on weight loss diets. 

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Reviewed February 2011

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Title:   Disability - managing underweight
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Weight loss or being underweight can be a concern for some people with a disability. There are various weight management strategies that can help a person with a disability to gain weight or avoid becoming underweight.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Obesity and hormones
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Hormones are one factor in obesity. The hormones leptin, insulin, sex hormones and growth hormone influence appetite, metabolism and body fat distribution. Obese people have levels of these hormones that encourage abnormal metabolism and the accumulation of body fat.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Media release. 'Swap it don't stop it'
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Australian Government has launched its Swap it don't stop it' campaign – a call to make easy, small, healthier lifestyle choices to reduce the risk of illness and disease.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Chocolate
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Chocolate is made from cocoa beans. Components in cocoa beans such as antioxidants may help protect against degenerative illnesses like heart disease and cancer. Chocolate also contains protein, fat, iron, caffeine and other substances. There is no evidence that chocolate causes acne.
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Health risks
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Unhealthy eating and not enough physical activity can easily lead to an increased risk of developing a chronic disease such as some cancers, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes.
Date:   Oct 2010
Title:   The link between chronic disease and lifestyle
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The relationship between lifestyle risk factors and some specific chronic diseases and conditions.
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Meal replacement programs
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Effective weight loss strategies are needed to help overweight and obese people lose weight and maintain weight loss in the long term. Meal replacements for weight loss are available in the community and have become popular for helping many people successfully start losing weight.
Date:   Jun 2010
Title:   Nutrition
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   Poor eating has a direct impact on our health and being overweight can stop us from being our best. If you're not eating well, your body struggles to stay in balance. Rather than giving you energy, it can drain you - leaving you feeling tired.
Date:   Dec 2009
Title:   Nuts
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Eating nuts may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. Most nuts including walnuts, cashew nuts, pecans, brazil nuts, chestnuts and hazelnuts contain mainly mono-unsaturated fats, polyunsaturated fats and other compounds that influence blood cholesterol levels. Peanuts, brazil nuts, almonds and hazelnuts can cause acute allergy in some people.
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   Promoting healthy weight
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Promoting healthy weight focuses on the prevention and management of overweight and obesity. In Australia, the 2007-08 National Health Survey showed that some 61% of the adult population (18 years and over) were overweight or obese, with 25% of these classified as obese.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Weight and your health
Publisher:   Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Description:   Being overweight or obese increases your chance of developing cardiovascular disease (e.g. a heart attack or stroke) and diabetes. More than half of the Australian population are either overweight or obese! Compared to 20 years ago, Australians are now on average 6 to 7 kg heavier!
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Low glycaemic index or low glycaemic load diets for overweight and obesity
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There is a lack of consensus as to the best nutritional management of obesity. We assessed the effects of low glycaemic index or glycaemic load diets in overweight or obese people. Six randomised controlled trials, involving 202 participants, were analy...
Date:   Jul 2006
Title:   NHMRC Publications - Nutrition and Diet
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council
Description:   Contains a comprehensive range of information on Nutrition and Diet for everyday Australians, including families, seniors, parents, singles, teenagers and carers; and specialist information for researchers, clinicians and other health professionals.
Date:   Jun 2005
Title:   Heart health - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   A healthy heart can help to ensure a long, full life. Learn how you can improve your heart health through dieting, exercising and giving up smoking.
Date:   Mar 2003
Title:   Takeaway food - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   In the average household, 8 per cent of the food budget is spent on takeaway food. And the trend could be increasing.
Date:   May 2002

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