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Email

j.proietto@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Professor Emeritus)
Department of Medicine
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0002-8517-2076

Prof Joseph Proietto

Honorary (Professor Emeritus)
Department of Medicine

403 Scholarly works
25 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Obesity and climate change: co-crises with common solutions
    DOI: 10.3389/fsci.2025.1613595
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Pharmacotherapy for obesity: hunger suppressors
    DOI: 10.69645/xxbe7050
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Pharmacotherapy for obesity: why it is needed
    DOI: 10.69645/ufhu4202
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Population-level impact of weight loss on predicted healthcare spending and the incidence of obesity-related outcomes in the Asia-Pacific region: a modelling study
    DOI: 10.1186/s44263-024-00094-x
  • 2024

    Journal article

    GPR119 agonists for type 2 diabetes: past failures and future hopes for preclinical and early phase candidates
    DOI: 10.1080/13543784.2024.2321271
  • 2023

    Book Chapter

    The Causes of Obesity
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.1003696
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Comparing Video-Based, Telehealth-Delivered Exercise and Weight Loss Programs With Online Education on Outcomes of Knee Osteoarthritis : A Randomized Trial
    DOI: 10.7326/M21-2388
Joseph Proietto

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


1982
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2023

    Journal article

    Our biology working against us in obesity: A narrative review on implications for management of osteoarthritis
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2023.100407
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Pharmacotherapy for the management of obesity
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Progressive resistance training in young people with Prader-Willi syndrome: Protocol for a randomised trial (PRESTO)
    DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060306
  • 2022

    Journal article

    The Australian Obesity Management Algorithm: A simple tool to guide the management of obesity in primary care
    DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2022.08.003

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2014

    Research Contracts

    Does Pre-Conception Weight Loss Improve Obstetric Outcomes?
  • 2014

    Research Grant

    Investigating a Novel Method to Predict Weight Loss Outcome
  • 2014

    Research Grant

    What Causes Common Obesity?
  • 2013

    Research Grant

    Obesity in the Elderly: Impact of Weight Loss Therapy on Physiology and Function.

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