Nutrition and Physical Activity
Postgraduate Supervision
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
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Physical activity and body weight - behavioural, biological and epidemiology determinant |
Obesity prevention and behavioural epidemiology of food/exercise
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Role of exercise, calcium, vitamin D and protein for preventing chronic diseases; osteoporosis, sarcopenia, falls and diabetes; clinical and community intervention trials. |
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Osteoporosis and calcium; hypertension and salt intake; twin studies |
Physical activity: measurement (accelerometers), predictors, children, adults; sedentary behaviour, choice and health outcomes |
Exercise effects and chronic disease |
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Obesity,over-nutrition and weight loss practices; social nutrition; food poverty |
Associate Professor Mark Lawrence Food policy; folate fortification. |
Acculturation; cultural competence in health care; migration and health outcomes; refugee public health and nutrition; nutrition and food security in developing countries |
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Athlete monitoring and performance management; workload and performance analysis; training methodology; energy system contributions to exercise; evaluation of high performance programs |
Obesity prevention and promotion of healthy eating; physical activity and reduced sedentary behaviours in children 0-12 years |
Environmental influences on children's active transport and other physical activities; interventions to reduce childrens' sedentary behaviours and increase their physical activity |
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Nutritional epidemiology; dietary patterns and chronic disease |
Occupational biomechanics; physical employment standards for challenging occupations; applied sports biomechanics; optimising athletic performance; assessing motor ability of young infants |
Motor learning and skill aquisition |
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Child and adolescent physical activity and eating behaviours; social and environmental influence |
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Geelong Waterfront Campus |
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Associate Professor Evie Leslie Physical activity; behavioural epidemiology; social and environmental influences |
Behavioural, social and environmental influences on nutrition in children and adolescents |
Evaluation of community based interventions aiming to prevent childhood obesity; reducing health inequalities of children |
