Exclusive Interview: Professor Garry Egger on Lifestyle Medicine in Australasia

Professor Garry Egger is known around the world as one of the pioneers of Lifestyle Medicine. He is a Professor of Health and Human Sciences at Southern Cross university and an Advisor to the World Health Organisation. Garry has worked in public, corporate and clinical health for over 4 decades, and is the author of 30 books and over 160 peer-reviewed scientific and research articles. In the 1990s Dr Egger initiated the GutBusters, men's waist loss program, the first of its kind in the world. He started training programs for Fitness Leaders in Australia in 1982, was one of the initiators of the Australian Lifestyle Medicine Association (ALMA) in 2008 and runs training programs in Lifestyle Medicine for doctors and allied health professionals around Australia and the Pacific. In 2012 he received an Australia Medal for his services to medical education and health promotion.