Ray Kelly is a proud Gomeroi man and one of Australia’s leading health professionals, with over 30 years’ experience in the health and sports industries. He is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist and with a Master of Teaching (PDHPE) and a Bachelor of Research where he focused on the reversal of type 2 diabetes in the Indigenous community. He is currently completing his Doctor of Philosophy in ‘Analysis of the factors contributing to the successful reversal of type 2 diabetes through lifestyle change by Indigenous people in Australia’.
Type 2 Diabetes is a significant issue in Aboriginal communities. Ray Kelly shares his experience and what work is being done to support our community health.
It’s been 41 years since the government first acknowledged that the physical environment needs to change, and that Aboriginal people need involvement at all levels, yet we are still hearing the same statements