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Tony Worsley
| Position | Chair in Behavioural Nutrition |
| anthony.worsley@deakin.edu.au | |
| Area | School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences |
| Phone | +61 3 924 46743 |
| Campus | Burwood |
Role and profile
Professor Tony Worsley is Professor of Behavioural Nutrition in the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences and a member of the Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research (C-PAN). His interests are in social, psychological and biological influences on human food behaviours, with particular interest in nutrition promotion and population food behaviours in the broadest sense.
Professor Worsley has previously held a number of senior public health appointments, most recently Professor of Public Health and Foundation Director of Population Health, the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute at the University of Wollongong, NSW. He has wide experience in the evaluation of public health nutrition programs, and in the promotion and maintenance of food behaviour change and has published widely in scientific and professional journals.
Teaching Responsibilities
Unit chair for HSN 308 and HSN704: Food, Nutrition and Society Supervision of three PhD students
Research Interests
Broad interests include nutrition promotion and food communication as well the study of consumers’ food and nutrition behaviours. Current research includes: examination of the food knowledge required by food consumers, fruit and vegetable promotion policies, the influence of household food purchasing and consumption on obesity risk, consumers’ use of food label information, population cooking skills and the ways to increase skill levels, the food habits of baby boomers, consumers’ food and health concerns. The influence of personal and cultural values and social ideologies on food behaviours.
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1st March 2012