Insights
One publication, six spokes. Forty-plus articles and growing, each one evidence-led.
Why adolescence is the window that matters most for weight, and why we keep waiting
The number of fat cells a person carries through adult life is largely set by the end of adolescence. So are many habits, and much of how a young person sees themselves. That makes it the worst time to wait and see.
Your fat cells: why the number is set young, and why size is what changes
By your early twenties the number of fat cells you carry is largely fixed. Weight gain and loss after that mostly change how full they are. That one fact explains a lot, including why weight lost so often comes back.
Same scales, different bodies: what men and women don't know about how the other gains weight
At the same weight and height, a woman typically carries around 10 percentage points more body fat than a man, and stores it somewhere safer. Then, in midlife, both bodies change the rules.
Fibre first, protein last
Protein dominates the conversation. Fibre has the stronger evidence and falls away faster when portions shrink. What the data says, which supplements matter, and protein in food, not arithmetic.
Why some foods never fill you up, and who built them that way
Crisps, biscuits, pastries, muesli bars, cinema popcorn, chocolate, juice and cereals deliver energy and almost no fullness. They look unrelated. They share a specification.
Harder, not longer: what exercise intensity actually changes about your body composition
Most exercise advice is about volume. For body composition, how hard you train may matter more than how much. What the evidence says, and what it means for someone with less spare energy.
The exercise myth that won't die: cardio for weight loss
Running for weight loss often doesn't move the scale, and the reason is physiological, not a failure of effort. Here is what the evidence actually says, and what works better.
Sleep, from the basics up: what to fix first, and when to escalate
Most sleep advice arrives as a pile of tips with no order. The actual order: foundations first, then supplements, then medical treatment for sleep apnoea. Start at the bottom, escalate only when needed.
What separates long-term success from regain: vigilant cognitive restraint, and the support that makes it possible
Long-term follow-up of people who have lost significant weight points to a single pattern in those who hold the loss: a sustained, flexible kind of attention that researchers call vigilant cognitive restraint.
Your body changes faster than your self-image does
Many people who lose a significant amount of weight are surprised to find that the person in the mirror does not feel like them yet. The mind's picture of the body lags behind the body itself, sometimes by a long way.
Movement, for people who genuinely don't exercise
Most advice about exercise is written for people who already, on some level, exercise.
Shift workers and weight: the hardest version of the problem
For shift workers, weight is harder to manage and rarely their fault. What circadian disruption does to the body, what is realistic when you can't fix the roster, and why this is a conversation a GP should start.
The sugar you cut, the sugar you didn't
Most Australians have cut obvious sugar and still consume 14 teaspoons daily. Most hides in food that doesn't taste sweet. Here's the mechanism, why exercise changes the picture, and where to look on the label.
More than 1 in 5 men and young Australians don't see a GP. What that changes about care.
More than one in five Australian men don't see a GP in any given year. With no established GP relationship (or any particular desire for one), a telehealth avenue is a frictionless one.
What changed: the modern environment and your body
The body walking into a 2026 appointment is biologically the same as in 1975. The environment around it is not. The honest weight conversation starts with what changed, not with the person.
Popular but wrong: "just eat less and move more"
The most-repeated piece of weight advice in English is technically correct and practically misleading. The body actively defends its weight. Here's what the science says instead.
Top 5 things diet, exercise, sleep, and stress actually do for weight
The standard advice treats diet, exercise, sleep, and stress as roughly equal levers. The evidence says they aren't. Knowing what each lever actually delivers makes the conversation honest.