About the Authors

Dr. Julia Anwar-McHenry, BA, BAHons, PhD, is the Evaluation Officer for
Mentally Healthy WA’s Act-Belong-Commit campaign at Curtin University.
Her professional and research interests include mental health and wellbeing,
social determinants of health, the arts and health, and regional development.

Ross Arena, PhD, PT, FAHA, FESC, FESPM, FACSM, is professor and head
of the Physical Therapy Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He
is also chairman of the European Society of Preventive Medicine. Dr. Arena’s
scholarly interests include healthy lifestyle interventions across the prevention
spectrum, as well as exercise testing and training in patients diagnosed with
cardiopulmonary disease/dysfunction. He is also a fellow of the American Heart
Association, European Society of Cardiology, and American College of Sports
Medicine, as well as a founding fellow of the European Society of Preventive
Medicine.

Malcolm Battersby, PhD, FRANZCP, FAChAM, MBBS, is professor of

psychiatry and director of the Flinders Human Behavior and Health Research
Unit and course leader of the Mental Health Science programs at Flinders
University, Adelaide. He is also director of the State-wide Gambling Therapy
Service. He trained with Professor Isaac Marks at the Institute of Psychiatry,
London, in behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders and severe neurotic condi-
tions. He was awarded a Harkness Research Fellowship in the study of chronic
conditions self-management in the United States during 2003–04 and has led
the development of the Flinders program of chronic condition management,
now provided across Australia and internationally.

Dr. Mike Climstein, PhD, FASMF, FACSM, FAAESS, DE, is a clinical exer-
cise physiologist, director of Chronic Disease Rehabilitation at Freshwater
Rehabilitation (one of Australia’s largest community rehabilitation pro-
grams), and director of Diabetes Rehabilitation at the Vale Medical Clinic.
Mike is adjunct clinical associate professor with the Faculty of Health
Sciences, Australian Catholic University (NSW). He is also on the editorial
board for the Australian Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport and a
columnist for “Research Reviews” in the Australian Fitness Network
magazine.

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Dr. Maximilian de Courten, MD, MPH (University Basel, Switzerland), is

Professor of Global Public Health with Victoria University in Melbourne. His
medical education started in Switzerland where he undertook clinical research
in the area of hypertension and insulin resistance. In the United States he worked
at the National Institutes of Health on diabetes. His international experience was
enhanced through positions at the World Health Organization as a scientist at
HQ and as Medical Officer, Chronic Disease Control, for the South Pacific.

Barbora de Courten is associate professor at Monash University, National

Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow with the Monash Center for Health
Research and Implementation, and a general physician (specialist in inter-
nal medicine) at Monash Health. She has extensive experience in clinical
research, clinical trials, epidemiology, and public health in the area of non-
communicable diseases, in particular, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovas-
cular diseases.

Rosanne Coutts, BHM, ExSci (Hons), AEp Sp MAAESS, is an accredited

exercise physiologist and sports scientist. She is a member of the Australian
Psychological Society and lectures at Southern Cross University in sports and
exercise psychology. Her interests include the support of a lifestyle approach
to the enhancement of health and well-being. She also coordinates the Exercise
Physiology Clinic within the School of Health and Human Sciences at Southern
Cross University.

Associate Professor John Dixon, MBBS, FRACGP, PhD, is an NHMRC Senior

Research Fellow with a combined position at both Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes
Institute and Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. With over 120 papers
published in peer-reviewed journals, his research bridges gaps in communica-
tion between advances in surgery for weight loss, metabolic research, clinical
practice, and evidence-based medicine. He is the immediate past president of
the Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society, an executive member of the
Obesity Surgeons Society of Australia and New Zealand, and serves on both the
research and program committees of the American Society for Metabolic and
Bariatric Surgery as a physician member.

Professor Rob Donovan, PhD (Psychology), is professor of behavioral

research at the Center for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control in the Division
of Health Sciences at Curtin University and professor of social marketing and
director of the Social Marketing Research Unit in the Curtin Business School.
Current interests include regulation of the marketing of “sin” products, mental
health promotion, racism, violence against women, Indigenous issues, and dop-
ing in sport.

Dr. Bernadette Drummond, BDS, MS, PhD, FRACDS, is a specialist in

and associate professor of pediatric dentistry in the Faculty of Dentistry at
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the University of Otago in Dunedin. She is an active clinician, teacher, and

researcher with a particular interest in understanding and preventing dental
problems in young people.

Dr. Michael Gillman, MBBS, FRACGP, is the director of the Brisbane Health
Institute for Men. He has worked in the area of men’s health for over 15 years
and sits on several national advisory boards concerned with male sexual health.
He has given presentations extensively throughout Australia and internationally
to medical and community groups, has a regular statewide radio talkback seg-
ment, and is actively involved in clinical work and clinical research.

Dr. Ross Hansen, BSc, MPH, PhD, is a clinical physiologist in the Gastrointestinal
Investigation Unit of the Department of Gastroenterology, Royal North Shore
Hospital, Sydney. He is also a clinical associate professor in the Sydney Medical
School, University of Sydney. His clinical and research interests include physi-
ological monitoring of gut function, interactions between lifestyle and function,
and body composition and metabolism in health and disease.

Dr. Chris Hayes, FFPMANZCA, FANZCA, MMed, is a pain medicine special-

ist working at Hunter Integrated Pain Service and based at John Hunter Hospital
in Newcastle, Australia. With a background in anesthetics, he is now working
exclusively in pain management. He is interested in holistic models of health
care delivery and the emerging paradigm in pain medicine.

Dr. Julian Henwood, BSc, PhD, is a medical writer and managing director
of PharmaView, a medical education agency based in Sydney. He trained as a
pharmacologist in the United Kingdom and has spent 20 years researching and
writing about drugs. He has written for independent international publications
aimed at specialists (e.g., the journal Drugs) or at general practitioners (e.g.,
the monthly magazine Medical Progress), as well as on numerous publications
supported by the pharmaceutical industry.

Dr. David L. Katz, MD, MPH; FACPM, FACP, FACLM, is the Founding
Director of Yale University’s Prevention Research Center. He is Past-President
of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and Founder of the True Health
Initiative.

Dr. Neil King, BSc, PhD, is a senior lecturer at Queensland University of

Technology in Brisbane. He is an expert on the relationships between physical
activity, appetite control, and energy balance. He has published extensively on
physical activity, diet, and obesity.

Rob Lawson, BSc, MBChB, MRCGP, FRCGP, is a UK GP and a long-time

proponent of Lifestyle Medicine. In 2016, he cofounded the British Society of
Lifestyle Medicine, a registered charity and is its current Chairman.
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Dr. John Litt, MBBS Dip RACOG MSc (Epid) FRACGP, FAFPHM, PhD,
is an academic general practitioner and public health physician at Flinders
University in Adelaide. He is also the Deputy Chair of the Royal Australian
College of General Practitioners National Quality Committee. He has been
involved in prevention research and teaching for 15 years and was a key
contributor to the RACGP monograph Guidelines for prevention in general
practice. He has been involved in running lifestyle intervention workshops
for many years.

Dr. Joanna McMillan Price, BSc (Hons), PhD, is a nutrition scientist and fit-
ness leader, based in Sydney. She is a popular media spokesperson, appearing
regularly on the Today show, a health writer for Life etc magazine, and an author
of several nutrition books. Her PhD looked at the role of the glycemic index
and protein intake in weight loss, body composition, and cardiovascular disease
risk.

Amy McNeil, BA, has been an instructor of writing in the Department of

Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Chicago for five years. She is a student
in the PhD program in the same department and studies health literacy.

Dr. Hamish Meldrum, MBChB, FRACGP, DRANZCOG, is the President

of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine and cofounder of the Ochre
Health Group.

Dr. Hugh F. Molloy*, MRCS (Eng), LRCP (Lond), DObst RCOG (Lond),
DDM (Syd), FACD, is a retired Sydney dermatologist. He began his medi-
cal career as a GP in the United Kingdom, before becoming a surgeon at sea.
He then moved to Australia where he trained and practiced in dermatology.
In the 1980s, he spent time in Oxford investigating the effects of overheating,
especially at night in bed using doonas (duvets). He has a particular interest
in the effects of the local environment on skin and general body functions.
(*Dr. Molloy passed away in 2012.)

Dr. Bob Morgan, EdD, is an Aboriginal educator with over 40 years’ experience
in Australia and internationally. He is a Conjunct Professor with the Wollotuka
Institute, University of Newcastle, and is Chair of the Board of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Education and Research. He is a Visiting Professor with
Minzu University, China, Co-Chair of the National Indigenous Elders Alliance,
and is also Chair of the World Council of Indigenous People’s Education.

Dr. Suzanne Pearson, BBiolSc (Hons), MNutrDiet, is a practicing dietitian

and consultant working in Sydney. She completed her undergraduate training in
Canada and her PhD in nutrition at the University of Sydney.
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Dr. Robert Reznik, MBBS, MPH, MSc, MD, FAFPHM, FRANZCP, is a con-
sultant psychiatrist in private practice in Sydney. He also works as a consultant
psychiatrist for a rural area of NSW, is part of the chronic pain management
team at the Prince of Wales Private Hospital, and is a senior forensic psychiatrist
for justice health within NSW Correctional Services. He was previously the
director of community medicine at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and part of the
WHO Collaborative Center for Early Intervention for Alcohol Abuse at Royal
Prince Alfred Hospital and had a major interest in the effects of cardiovascular
disease in the community.

John Stevens, RN, PhD, FACN, is a health scientist and Associate Professor
with Southern Cross University’s School of Health and Human Sciences in
Australia. He is also the director of a number of companies engaged in health
education and research. In the past John has been Head of the School of Nursing
and Health Practices (SCU), Director of Postgraduate Studies (which included
convening the first ever Master’s Award in Lifestyle Medicine), and Director of
Professional Development and Enterprise. He has over 60 peer-reviewed publi-
cations including a book on dementia. In 2008 John cofounded the Australasian
Society of Lifestyle Medicine and remains a member of the board.

Dr. Caroline West, MBBS, specializes in healthy lifestyle medicine. Her areas
of interest include preventative health, weight management, smoking cessation,
mental well-being, and sleep medicine. She combines her clinical work in a
busy Sydney city medical practice with her role in the media. She is a well-
known print and television health journalist, and her credits include presenting
for the television shows Beyond Tomorrow, Beyond 2000, and Good Medicine.

Dr. Kevin Wolfenden, PHD, MHA, has over 30 years of practice and policy
experience in mental health and population health. He has worked as a senior
clinical psychologist and been a mental health consultant to the Australian
Government. As a population health practitioner, his specialist area has been
injury prevention. He has held senior population health positions in Australia
and been a long-term international consultant.