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Clinically reviewed writing on metabolic health and what the evidence supports.

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.

What the system gets wrong about weight

Two-thirds of Australian adults live with overweight or obesity. The standard advice has not worked. The failing isn't yours; it's structural. The science has moved on, the clinical conversation hasn't.

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A health and wellbeing publication, built around a clinician-governed medical weight loss program. GP co-care, behavioural change and treatment run as one.

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Dr Andrew Sax Clinical Lead, General Practitioner

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Natalie Turvey Behavioural Method Lead, Psychologist

Wrote the Anova Method: the behavioural build that stays when medication stops.

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