Professor Joseph Proietto

MBBS, PhD, FRACP

Joseph Proietto is Professor Emeritus at the University of Melbourne in the Department of Medicine Austin Health and an Endocrinologist specialising in Diabetes and Obesity. He established the first obesity clinic in Victoria, initially at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and then at the Austin Hospital.

Professor Proietto was the inaugural Sir Edward Dunlop Medical Research Foundation, Professor of Medicine, and Head of the Metabolic Disorders Research Group in the Department of Medicine, Austin Health. He was on the executive of World Obesity and Chair of the Clinical Care Committee.

Professor Proietto has published over 200 articles and several book chapters on obesity and diabetes. He is the Author of “Body Weight Regulation: Essential Knowledge to lose weight and keep it off” which is available to purchase from our clinic.

Body Weight Regulation

Consults at: Ivanhoe and Vermont South clinics

 
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Weight management resources

 
 

Understanding energy expenditure

To help guide patients in their journey, the first aspect is to understand the energy expenditure. This can be done by leveraging our easy to use calculator / spreadsheet to provide the energy expenditure in Kilojoules and Calories. Information you will need to input in the spreadsheet is the patient’s:

  • weight (kg),

  • height (centimetres),

  • age (years) and a

  • factor for the activity level. Note with most city-living patients the factor is 1.3 (light activity). In bold on the right-hand side of the male and female formulae are the values for the different levels of activity. 

Remember to deduct the value by 1230 kj or 300 calories if the patient is more than 5 % below their peak weight. 

You will need Microsoft Excel to open the downloaded spreadsheet. The formulae can be displayed by clicking on the result cell. The one on the left is in kilojoules and the cell on the right is the conversion to calories by dividing the kilojoules by 4.1. The formulae for men and women are different.

Diet Sheet (VLED)

This two-page diet sheet describes how to do the diet.

On page 1 are a list of foods, herbs and drinks that can be consumed without clearing the ketones.

On page 2 are all the foods that should be avoided when trying to maintain ketosis.