A5091431904- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Physical Activity and Health
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Multimodal Machine Learning Applications
- Robot Manipulation and Learning
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Physical Education and Pedagogy
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Art Therapy and Mental Health
- Diverse Educational Innovations Studies
- Speech and dialogue systems
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
University of Newcastle Australia
2018-2025
Hunter Medical Research Institute
2022-2025
Meta (Israel)
2021
Abstract Aim This study examined the effects of different types classroom physical activity breaks on children’s on‐task behaviour, academic achievement and cognition. Methods Participants were 87 Australian primary school students (mean age 9.11 ± 0.62 years), recruited from one school. Three classes randomly assigned either to only (n = 29), mathematics combined or control conditions involving mathematical content 29). Students engaged in five minutes breaks, three times per week, for four...
Objective: Obesity and depression are major, inter-related health concerns for men, yet many do not receive support to manage these conditions. This study investigated whether a self-guided, eHealth program (SHED-IT: Recharge) could reduce weight depressive symptoms in men with overweight or obesity low mood. Method: Overall, 125 [Body Mass Index (BMI) 25-42 kg/m2] [Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) score ≥5] were recruited 6-month RCT. Men randomized (a) the SHED-IT: Recharge group (n...
Abstract Background Targeting fathers may be a key strategy to increase physical activity among their preschool-aged children, but limited research exists in this area. The primary study aim was examine the impact of lifestyle program for and children on child levels. Methods A total 125 (aged: 38 ± 5.4 years, BMI: 28.1 4.9 kg/m 2 ) 3.9 0.8 BMI z-score: 0.3 0.9, 39.2% girls) recruited from Newcastle, Australia, NSW were randomised (i) Healthy Youngsters, Dads (HYHD) program, or (ii)...
ABSTRACT While psychotherapy is effective for treating depression, men are less likely than women to attend and more drop out. The value of alternative therapeutic approaches needs be investigated. In this randomised pilot trial, we investigated the feasibility preliminary efficacy outdoor ‘walk‐and‐talk’ therapy compared conventional indoor 37 with low mood (mean [SD] PHQ‐9 score = 11.4 [5.0]; mean age 44.1 [15.8] years). Over 6 weeks at University Newcastle participants received weekly...
Purpose : Physical activity is beneficial for children’s health and well-being, but competing demands on schools has reduced the amount of time children are active. Integrating physical into school curriculum shown promise improving educational outcomes including enjoyment, engagement, perceived well-being. This study evaluated feasibility Make Basketball Count program, which combined basketball skills with mathematics concepts. Methods Grade 3 students ( n = 104, aged 9–11 years) from two...
The 'Dads And Daughters Exercising and Empowered' (DADEE) program significantly improved physical activity levels of fathers their daughters in an efficacy trial. However, the effectiveness interventions when delivered real-world settings needs to be established.
Few lifestyle programs for young children have targeted fathers. This study examined the feasibility of a intervention fathers and their preschool-aged children.A total 24 father/preschool child dyads were recruited from Newcastle, Australia, into single-arm, trial (baseline 3-mo postbaseline assessments). The 9-session program aimed to improve physical activity dietary habits children. A priori benchmarks recruitment (15 dyads), eligibility rate (>60%), attendance (80%), retention (≥85%),...
Abstract Background Depression and obesity are major health concerns commonly co-exist, but men rarely seek help for these conditions. SHED-IT: Recharge was a gender-tailored eHealth program that generated clinically meaningful improvements in weight depressive symptoms. Purpose To evaluate behavioral psychological outcomes from the intervention designed overweight/obese with low mood. Methods Overall, 125 (18–70 years) BMI between 25 42 kg/m2 symptoms (PHQ-9 ≥ 5) were randomly allocated to...
Despite increasing rates of co-morbid depression and obesity, few interventions target both conditions simultaneously, particularly in men. The
Several barriers can preclude people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) from in-person exercise session participation. Telehealth may be an alternative mode of service delivery to increase uptake. We evaluated the feasibility, safety and preliminary efficacy delivering group via telehealth for T2D.
In recent years, there have been significant advances in building end-to-end Machine Learning (ML) systems that learn at scale. But most of these are: (a) isolated (perception, speech, or language only); (b) trained on static datasets. On the other hand, field robotics, large-scale learning has always difficult. Supervision is hard to gather and real world physical interactions are expensive.In this work we introduce open-source droidlet, a modular, heterogeneous agent architecture platform....
In recent years, there have been significant advances in building end-to-end Machine Learning (ML) systems that learn at scale. But most of these are: (a) isolated (perception, speech, or language only); (b) trained on static datasets. On the other hand, field robotics, large-scale learning has always difficult. Supervision is hard to gather and real world physical interactions are expensive. this work we introduce open-source droidlet, a modular, heterogeneous agent architecture platform....