FIT Weight Loss Surgery

03/06/2025

Weight loss is personal. So your support team should also support you in the same way!

Starting the weight loss journey can seem like you are about to climb Mt Everest, and the good news is, that support can come from many different sources.

As a medical specialist in weight loss, meeting a patient for the first time is centred on hearing about your goals and struggles. Together, we will tailor the right weight loss solution or combination of solutions, all under my medically trained watchful eye and team!

If you are about to start your weight loss journey or have started the climb and are stuck, then we should definitely have the opportunity to connect and discuss your options and next steps.

WhatsApp Dr Valibhoy today for a confidential chat!

23/05/2025

Weight loss is sometimes not as simple as just watching your food. Interesting post discussing the impact of the emotional and mental journey. It is very important that as a bariatric specialist, we take care of all aspects of our patients journey.

09/05/2025

Hi everyone, many of you would know me as a bariatric surgeon in the Kimberley region and in Perth. I have a special interest in tackling "Defended Weight" in obese and overweight people. What is Defended Weight? Think about the number of times people have lost weight on different weight loss programmes, only to regain this weight on cessation of these programmes. Defended weight is just that; the body defending itself from losing those fat deposits.
If you have tried to lose weight, and struggled, then this is my specialty area. Whether it is with surgery or non-surgical tools, I will cater an individualised solution to overcome this defence.

10/03/2025

Discover why weight loss is challenging and how understanding obesity’s biology can help break the cycle for lasting results and improved well-being.

10/03/2025

18/01/2025

"THE FIRST STEP TO SOLVING A PROBLEM IS KNOWING WHAT THE PROBLEM IS."

The problem is NOT simply eating too much and exercising too little. At FWLS, we understand that it is not just about willpower. We are backed up by Science when we say this and we are here to help you with disease that is Obesity.

(Photo by Pablo Merchán Montes on Unsplash)

10/01/2025

Discover weight loss treatment options.

07/01/2025

Ultra-processed foods can cause epigenetic changes that disrupt our body's effective regulation of our weight, leading to obesity.

These changes can be reducible through a variety of methods.

A new study finds that higher intake of ultra-processed foods is associated with greater body mass index (BMI). The findings also demonstrate how adherence to the Mediterranean diet may help lower BMI.

07/01/2025

Dr Valibhoy and FWLS hope all in the Kimberley area are having a fabulous start to the New Year!

Dr Valibhoy will announce the date of his next Broome and Kununurra clinic soon.

31/12/2024

WORK IS GOOD FOR YOU. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

As we come to the end of 2024, I reflect on the year gone by. The benefits of work are numerous, extending beyond the tangible provision of financial security. Work provides a sense of achievement which along with the awareness of contributing to society, contributes to the individual’s overall sense of well-being.
For years, I have endeavoured to support our working population by having a short wait time to surgery for hernia repairs so that injured workers have minimal down time. However, I have also always wondered what else can I do to help our work population. If I assist with one getting employment, I know this will contribute to one’s mental health and avoid an individual downward spiral.
This is why I was extremely pleased and am very grateful to The Australian and New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine (ANZSOM) for involving me in their 2024 bi-national conference, where I was given the topic to present “CURRENT AND FUTURE MANAGEMENT OF OBESITY. BENEFITS FOR THE WORKFORCE.“, a topic close to my heart. Whilst I believe all in the audience knew that weight loss has benefits to the workforce both at the individual and community level, I do hope I emphasized the actual marked degree to which this benefits the workforce.
I continue to be puzzled as to why our policy makers are not rushing to fund weight loss programmes, ranging from lifestyle modification to bariatric surgery and everything in between, like GLP-1 medications. Whilst these policy makers may mean well and have budgetary constraints, it may be that they are not aware of the significant potential cost savings if they funded weight loss treatment. Hopefully in 2025, this message permeates the board rooms of policy makers.
On a positive note, I was pleasantly surprised that just a week before I took the podium to present, the UK government and Eli Lilly announced the world’s first study to assess the benefits on the workforce of government funding of GLP-1 medication (Mounjaro) at a population level.
Everyone wins when we successfully tackle the obesity epidemic (some would say pandemic)!
Happy New Year! Wishing all a wonderful 2025! To Better Health!