Professor Kylie Ball
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| Position: |
Professor |
| School: |
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9251 7310 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
kball@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Women's body weight, obesity, eating/diet and physical activity. Weight change/obesity in the Australian population. Socioeconomic status, diet, physical activity and weight. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, diet/dieting, obesity, nutrition |
Dr Karen Campbell
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| Position: |
Senior Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Geelong Waterfront Campus |
| Business Phone: |
03 5227 8414 |
| Mobile: |
0414 600 130 |
| Email: |
kcamp@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Obesity prevention in children. Home environments as predictors of children's eating. Childhood obesity prevention interventions with parents with a focus on skills development of parents around children's eating, physical activity and sedentary behaviours. |
| Category: |
obesity, children, health and wellbeing, nutrition |
Professor David Crawford
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| Position: |
Head of School |
| School: |
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Mebourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9244 6616 |
| Mobile: |
0405 228 060 |
| Email: |
dcraw@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Population health aspects of nutrition and physical activity. Epidemiology and prevention of obesity in children and adults. |
| Category: |
nutrition, exercise/physical activity, obesity, health and wellbeing |
Dr Lynn Riddell
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| Position: |
Associate Head of School Teaching and Learning |
| School: |
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9251 7270 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
lriddell@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Salt and health. Dietary iron and health. Sugar sweetened beverages. Caffeine in food. General nutrition. Overweight and obesity. |
| Category: |
nutrition, obesity |
Professor Jo Salmon
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| Position: |
Associate Head of School (Research) |
| School: |
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9251 7254 |
| Mobile: |
0425 735 445 |
| Email: |
jsalmon@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Physical activity in the population using a behavioural epidemiological approach. Physical activity measurement—development and use of survey instruments (for monitoring and research), accelerometers (activity monitors), pedometers. Sedentary behaviours—television viewing, electronic games, computer use. Physical activity of special population groups—children, adolescents, adults, older adults. Prevention of overweight/obesity, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis. Mental health. |
| Category: |
children, health and wellbeing, youth/young people's issues, obesity, disease, exercise/physical activity, mental health |
Professor Steve Selig
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| Position: |
Chair, Clinical Exercise Science |
| School: |
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
03 9251 7165 |
| Mobile: |
0418 570 772 |
| Email: |
sselig@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Exercise for people with chronic cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, depression or risk factors for any of those conditions. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, obesity, diabetes, disease, mental health |
Dr Helen Skouteris
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| Position: |
Associate Professor |
| School: |
School of Psychology |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
03 9251 7699 |
| Mobile: |
0414 409 563 |
| Email: |
helens@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Infant and child development. Childhood and maternal obesity prevention. Maternal health and wellbeing. Gestational weight gain. Body image. Innovation in teaching and learning for the 21st century. Depression in fathers pre and post birth. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, obesity, body image, mental health |
Professor Boyd Swinburn
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| Position: |
Alfred Deakin Professor |
| School: |
School of Health and Social Development |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
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| Mobile: |
64 22 167 9636 |
| Email: |
swinburn@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Obesity prevention. Intervention programs. Childhood obesity. Promotion of nutrition and physical activity. (Please note that Boyd works part time for Deakin and the rest of the time at the University of Auckland.) |
| Category: |
obesity, nutrition, health and wellbeing, children, exercise/physical activity |
Dr Anna Timperio
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| Position: |
Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9251 7165 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
timperio@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Population physical activity among adults and children. Particular research interests include: obesity, physical activity measurement, personal, social and environmental influences on physical activity, special population groups. |
| Category: |
exercise/physical activity, children, health and wellbeing, youth/young people's issues, obesity |
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