Dr Peter Brukner OAM: Defeating Diabetes

Dr Peter Brukner OAM is coming to Tangambalanga!

Join us for this FREE community event and discover practical ways to improve your health, age well, and prevent or even reverse Type 2 Diabetes. Hosted by the Kiewa Branch of the CWA, the evening includes a delicious supper and the opportunity to hear from one of Australia's most respected health experts.

Dr Brukner is the Founder and Chair of Defeat Diabetes and was named the 2025 Victorian Senior Australian of the Year.

A world-renowned sports medicine physician, Peter has served as team doctor for professional football clubs and Australian national athletics, swimming, soccer and men's hockey teams, including at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games. He was Socceroos Team Doctor at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, later became Head of Sports Medicine and Sports Science at Liverpool Football Club, served as Australian Cricket Team Doctor, and was a consultant to the Melbourne Football Club's 2021 premiership team.

Peter is also co-founder of the SugarByHalf public health campaign and has dedicated his career to improving health through better nutrition and physical activity. He is the bestselling author of A Fat Lot of Good (2018) and The Diabetes Plan (2023), and created the app and web-based Defeat Diabetes program to help people improve diabetes management through dietary change.