Brukner, Peter

Dr Peter Brukner OAM

Medical Doctor, Specialist Sports and Exercise Medicine Physician
Peter Brukner OAM, MBBS, FACSP, FACSM, FASMF, FFSEM is a medical doctor and specialist sports and exercise medicine physician. Peter is a world renowned sports medicine clinician and researcher. He was the founding partner at the Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Melbourne, and is the co-author of the ‘bible’ of sports medicine Brukner & Khan’s Clinical Sports Medicine.
Peter believes that most of what we have been told about what to eat over the last 40 years has been wrong, and as a result we have epidemics of obesity and chronic diseases such as Type 2 diabetes. Peter is the Founder and Chair of the SugarByHalf campaign and has authored the popular book A Fat Lot of Good.

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How Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) remission sounds impossible, but is achievable and endorsed by Diabetes Australia in their "Type 2 Diabetes Position Statement" October 2021, and The compelling and beneficial impact of introducing a low carb dietary intervention to patients with T2D, rather than surgery or prescribing more drugs.

How Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) remission sounds impossible, but is achievable and endorsed by Diabetes Australia in their "Type 2 Diabetes Position Statement" October 2021, and The compelling and beneficial impact of introducing a low carb dietary intervention to patients with T2D, rather than surgery or prescribing more drugs.

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Final Healthed Webcast for this year!

Malnutrition and frailty in older adults - The importance of screening and early intervention

Tuesday 25th November, 7pm - 9pm AEDT

Speaker

Prof Carol Wham

Dietitian; Professor Emerita of Public Health Nutrition at Massey University, New Zealand

We invite you to our final webcast of 2025, where Prof Carol Wham will speak on frailty and malnutrition in older adults. Earn up to 4 hours CPD. RACGP & ACRRM accredited.