A5030050502- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Physical Activity and Health
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Muscle metabolism and nutrition
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Noise Effects and Management
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
Deakin University
2016-2025
Monash University
2023
Nutrition Sciences (Belgium)
2018-2023
Curtin University
2015
University of Auckland
2015
University of Nebraska Medical Center
2002
Laboratoire de Chimie
1937
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
1937
Social norms are theoretically hypothesized to influence health-related behaviors such as physical activity and eating behaviors. However, empirical evidence relating social these behaviors, independently of other more commonly-investigated constructs support, is scarce findings equivocal, perhaps due limitations in the ways which have been conceptualized assessed. This study investigated associations between clearly-defined a range amongst women, adjusting for effects support.Self-report...
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effectiveness of a parent-focused intervention on infants’ obesity-risk behaviors and BMI. METHODS: This cluster randomized controlled trial recruited 542 parents their infants (mean age 3.8 months at baseline) from 62 first-time parent groups. Parents were offered six 2-hour dietitian-delivered sessions over 15 focusing parental knowledge, skills, social support around infant feeding, diet, physical activity, television viewing. Control group received 6 newsletters...
Abstract Background There is an increased risk of obesity amongst socioeconomically disadvantaged populations and emerging evidence suggests that psychological stress may be a key factor in this relationship. This paper reports the results cross-sectional longitudinal analyses relationships between perceived stress, weight weight-related behaviours cohort women. Methods study used baseline follow-up self-report survey data from Resilience for Eating Activity Despite Inequality study,...
This cross-sectional study aimed to describe parents' views regarding self-efficacy influence children's eating and sedentary behaviours at two time points in early childhood, examine associations between these behaviours.Mothers of 1-year (n=60) 5-year-old children (n=80) were recruited through Maternal Child Health Centres kindergartens Victoria, Australia. Mothers reported dietary intake, television viewing perceptions their behaviours.Overall, consumed significantly more energy-dense...
Parks are generally an under-utilized resource in the community with great potential to enhance levels of physical activity. If parks attract more visitors across a broad cross-section population and facilitate increased activity, research is needed better understand park visitor characteristics how spend their time parks. The Recording EValuating Activity Modified Park (REVAMP) study natural experiment monitoring upgrade low socioeconomic status (SES) neighborhood. This described observed...
Traditional approaches to understanding the behavioural determinants of adiposity have considered diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviour in isolation. Although integrative identified a variety lifestyle patterns children at preschool-age or older, along with some variability by socio-economic positions, this has rarely been examined younger cohorts. We aimed identify 1.5, 3.5 5 years, including dietary intake, outdoor time television viewing time, assess associations maternal...
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is predominantly managed by lifestyle intervention, in the absence of effective pharmacotherapies. Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) recommended diet, albeit with limited evidence.To compare an ad libitum MedDiet to low-fat (LFD) patients NAFLD for reducing intrahepatic lipids (IHL) proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1 H-MRS). Secondary outcomes include insulin resistance homeostatic model assessment (HOMA-IR), visceral fat bioelectrical impedance...
Abstract Background Low muscle mass (MM) is a common component of cancer‐related malnutrition and sarcopenia, conditions that are all independently associated with an increased risk mortality. This study aimed to (1) compare the prevalence low MM, malnutrition, sarcopenia their association survival in adults cancer from UK Biobank (2) explore influence different allometric scaling (height [m 2 ] or body index [BMI]) on MM estimates. Methods Participants diagnosis within years baseline...
Little is known about neighbourhood environments and children's sedentary behaviour outside school hours.This study aims to examine the associations between public open spaces (POS), parent perceptions of behaviours.Parents reported their child's television viewing computer/electronic game time physical social neighbourhood. Children's was objectively assessed. The closest POS audited.Cross-sectionally, living near a with water feature greater parental satisfaction quality were negatively...
Disadvantaged communities provide adverse psychosocial exposures that have been linked to high levels of stress, and this may one explanatory pathway linking socioeconomic disadvantage obesity. This study used hair cortisol analysis quantify associations between stress body mass index (BMI), perceived psychological levels, in women children living socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Participants were a volunteer sample 70 from the Resilience for Eating Activity Despite Inequality...
Designing parks that optimise visitation and support visitors to be active is important for public health. Yet there very little evidence about whether playground refurbishment achieves these objectives. This study examined the impact of installation a play-scape in large metropolitan park Melbourne, Australia. Natural experiment (intervention vs control). At both parks, physical activity were assessed before (T1, 2013) after intervention at 12 (T2, 2014) 24 months (T3, 2015). each time...
Abstract Background Few studies have examined the relationship between motor skill competence and device-measured physical activity in large samples none used non-linear modelling. This study assessed linear associations children using pooled data from eight studies. Methods Cross-sectional ActiGraph accelerometer skills 988 (50.8% boys) aged 3–11 years were included. Total, object control locomotor Test of Gross Motor Skill Development. Linear mixed models fitted to examine activity. Then,...
Abstract Background The association between the residential fast food environment and diet has gained growing attention. However, why affects consumption is under-examined. This study aimed to investigate neighbourhood social norms with respect as a potential mediating pathway outlet exposure residents’ consumption. Methods A correlational was conducted in which nationwide sample of 1038 respondents living across Netherlands completed survey. Respondents reported their (amount/week) well...
Abstract This study examined the perceived talent development environment (TDE) of youth track and field athletes within Caribbean region explores relationship with their subjective wellbeing burnout levels. A sample 400 (male = 198, female 202; age 13–20 years) participated in this cross‐sectional study. Athletes responded to a survey which included Talent Development Environment Questionnaire (TDEQ‐5), World Health Organization Wellbeing Index (WHO‐5) Athlete Burnout (ABQ). Structural...
To examine associations of unhealthy lifestyle and genetics with risk all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD) myocardial infarction (MI) stroke. We used data on 76,958 adults from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study. Favourable included no overweight/obesity, not smoking, physical activity, sedentary, healthy diet adequate sleep. A Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) was derived using 300 CVD-related single nucleotide polymorphisms. Cox proportional hazard ratios (HR) were to model...
To examine associations of three diet quality indices and a polygenic risk score with incidence all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD) myocardial infarction (MI) stroke.
In people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), low carbohydrate diets (LCD), defined as 10-<26% total energy intake from carbohydrate, have indicated improved glycaemic control and clinical outcomes. Web-based interventions can help overcome significant challenges of accessibility availability dietary education support for T2DM. No previous study had evaluated a web-based LCD intervention using randomised controlled trial (RCT) design. The objective this was to assess whether programme...