The Collective often develops and issues statements and consultation feedback. In our typical process, our core team works on a draft which is then circulated for comments and feedback from our teams of advisers before it is finalised, and submitted or published....
We applaud the Australian government for developing the Measuring What Matters wellbeing framework. This is a progressive step towards measuring progress through wellbeing indicators in addition to traditional macroeconomic indicators such a GDP. It represents a real...
There has been a sustained media focus on obesity over the past few months. This has mostly been a step in the right direction, with increased reporting on the lived experience perspective, the systemic issues and biological drivers associated with obesity. However,...
We are thrilled that Australia’s clinical practice guidelines for the management of obesity are being updated! Australia’s previous clinical guidelines were first published in 2010 and were rescinded in 2018, leaving clinicians without guidelines or a framework of...
At the Collective, we regularly receive media requests, which offer important opportunities to raise awareness of the science and reality of obesity and directly speak about the harms of stigma. Recently there has been a lot of interest in a GLP-1 agonist treatment...
