Diet, energy balance and factors associated with overweight and obesity

In 2010, the Australian Government’s Department of Health and Ageing commissioned the NHMRC to develop Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Overweight and Obesity for Adults, Adolescents and Children in Australia. Minor amendments were made to the Guidelines in September 2013.

Provides resources from the 2015 and 2016 summits and other resources including No Time To Weight reports.

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has compiled a website on overweight and obesity using statistical information.

The Healthy Weight Guide is a comprehensive source of information available to the Australian public on how to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. It is based on Australian and international research and has been developed by the Australian Government.

The aim of this Queensland Government campaign is to get people to stop and think about what they did in the last week and then perform an honest evaluation of their lifestyle and diet through the Health & Fitness Age calculator.

A public health education program launched in 2012 in Western Australia to encourage people to eat well, be physically active and maintain a healthy weight.

Shape Up Australia was an initiative designed to help Australians reduce their waist measurements and improve their overall health and wellbeing. The former Australian National Preventive Health Agency (ANPHA) launched Shape Up Australia in February 2013 to follow on from Swap It, Don't Stop It.

The national Swap It, Don't Stop It campaign funded through the National Partnership Agreement on Preventive Health ran from March 2011 to March 2013. It formed phase two of the Measure Up campaign

Measure Up was a social marketing campaign which aimed to raise awareness of the healthy choices that can help protect people from chronic diseases, beginning with physical activity and healthy eating. As phase one of the Australian Better Health Initiative (ABHI) social marketing campaign Measure Up launched in 2008.