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Special thanks:

Dr Garry Egger
We would like to extend our sincere thanks and appreciation to Dr Garry Egger for his generous contribution to the content of this web site.

Dr Egger is one of Australia’s leading experts on weight management and the author of numerous publications on weight management. Some of the positions currently held by Dr Egger include:

Scientific Director of Professor Trim’s Medically Supervised Weight Loss Programs
Adjunct Professor, School of Exercise and Nutrition, Deakin University, Melbourne
Adjunct Professor, Centre for Applied Health Promotion, Southern Cross University, Lismore

More information on the Professor Trim’s Medically Supervised Weight Loss Programs can be found at http://www.professortrim.com

Dr Simone Scovell
We would like to also extend our sincere thanks and appreciation to Dr Simone Scovell, The Consummate Edge Pty Ltd, for her extensive literature review and contribution to the content of this web site.

The Consummate Edge provides services in the fields of elite health promotion and corporate management.

Reference Material:

1. National Health and Medical Research Council. Clinical Practice Guidelines For the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults, NH&MRC, Canberra,18 September 2003
   http://www.nhmrc.gov.au
2. Harvard University Men's Guidebook / The Harvard Guide to Men's Health, Harvard University, Copyright 1999, President and Fellows of Harvard College
3. Harvard University Women's Guidebook / The Harvard Guide to Women's Health, Harvard University, Copyright 1999, President and Fellows of Harvard College
4. Dixon JB, Schacter LM, O'Brien PE. Sleep disturbance and obesity: Changes involving surgically-induced weight loss. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2001, 161(1): 102-6
5. National Physical Activity Guidelines, Commonwealth Department of Health, Canberra, 1999.
6. US National Institutes of Health. Clinical Guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults: executive summary. Expert Panel on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight in Adults. Am J Clin Nutr 1998; 68(4):899-917
7. Wing RR, Venditti E, Jakicic JM, Polley BA, Lang W. Lifestyle intervention in overweight individuals with a family history of diabetes Diab Care 998; 21(3): 350-0
8. Dunn AL, Marcus BH, Kampert JB, Garcia ME, Kohl HW 3rd, Blair SN. Comparison of Lifestyle and structured interventions to increase physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness: a randomised trial. JAMA 1999; 281(4): 327-34
9. Kuller LH, Simkin-Silverman LR, Wing RR, Meilahn EN, Ives DG. Women’s Healthy Lifestyle Project: A Randomised Clinical Trial – Results at 54 Months. Circulation 2001; 103(1): 32-7
10. World Health Organisation. Obesity: preventing and managing the global epidemic. Report of a WHO consultation. WHO Tech Rep Ser 200; 894(3): i-xii, 1-253
11. International Diabetes Institute. Diabesity and associated disorders in Australia, 2000: The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab). Melbourne: International Diabetes Institute, 2001.
12. Visscher TL, Seidell JC. The Public Health impact of obesity. Ann Rev Pub Hlth 2001; 22:355-75
13. Egger G, Binns, Binns A. The expert's weight loss guide. Copyright 2001.

Further information:

Australian Sleep Association (ASA)
Phone: 0500 500 701
Fax: 0500 500 702

Sleep Disorders Australia (SDA)
102 Pacific Highway
ROSEVILLE 2069
Phone: (02) 9415 6300
Fax: (02) 9416 9727

Australian National Heart Foundation
Phone: 1300 362 787
www.heartfoundation.com.au