Research interests
Dr Kristy Bolton is currently involved in a variety of obesity-related research projects. Her research focuses on the correlates of overweight and obesity in infants, children and adolescents. These correlates include dietary and physical activity-related behaviours, quality of life, ethnicity, anthropometry and genetics. Kristy has applied this knowledge to designing, implementing and evaluating community-based obesity prevention interventions. Kristy is also currently involved in assessing dietary salt intake in adults.
Affiliations
Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society (ANZOS)
Teaching interests
Kristy has been involved in teaching several units at both undergraduate and post-graduate level in the area of public health; including obesity prevention, population nutrition, epidemiology and biostatistics.
Units taught
HSN734 - Obesity Prevention
HSN705 - Public Health Nutrition
HSN302 - Population Nutrition
HSN101 - Foundations of Food, Nutrition and Health
HSN103 - Food: the Environment and Consumers
Taught into HME101-HME401 Public Health Medicine stream.
Conferences
Kristy has presented her work at over 20 national and international conferences in her field.
Research groups
Global Obesity Centre (GLOBE)
Projects
Projects:
• Kristy is currently an implementation specialist involved in implementing and evaluating a complex community-based systems approach tackling childhood obesity across Great South Coast of Victoria (Whole of Systems Trial of Prevention Strategies for Childhood Obesity: WHO STOPS Childhood Obesity, funded by an NHMRC Partnerships Project grant)
• Kristy is currently evaluating a salt reduction program by assessing sodium consumption in adults via urine collection and dietary recall (funded by an NHMRC Partnerships Project grant)
• Kristy is also examining infant feeding practices (breastfeeding/formula feeding/introduction of solids) and infant growth trajectories in Chinese immigrants compared to non-immigrants living in Australia
Kristy has been involved in the following projects:
• Evaluating a community-based obesity prevention intervention: Health Promoting Communities: Being Active Eating Well initiative; a large-scale, multi-setting project spanning six communities across Victoria (>5,000 primary and secondary school students, 500 working adults)
• Investigating associations of adolescent health-related quality of life with weight status, age, gender, geographic location (i.e. rural vs. urban)
Publications
Miaobing Zheng, Steven Bowe, Kylie Hesketh, Kristy Bolton, Rachel Laws, Peter Kremer, Ken Ong, Sandrine Lioret, Elizabeth Denney-Wilson, Karen Campbell
(2019), Vol. 33, pp. 172-180, Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology, Chichester, Eng., C1
Translating systems thinking into practice for community action on childhood obesity
S Allender, A Brown, K Bolton, P Fraser, J Lowe, P Hovmand
(2019), Obesity reviews, Chichester, Eng., C1
M Zheng, K Lamb, C Grimes, R Laws, K Bolton, K Ong, K Campbell
(2018), Vol. 19, pp. 321-332, Obesity reviews, Chichester, Eng., C1
Rohan Sweeney, Marj Moodie, Phuong Nguyen, Penny Fraser, Kristy Bolton, Andrew Brown, Jennifer Marks, Nic Crooks, Claudia Strugnell, Colin Bell, Lynne Millar, Liliana Orellana, Steven Allender
(2018), Vol. 8, pp. 1-10, BMJ Open, London, ENg., C1
Kristy Bolton, Peter Kremer, Kylie Hesketh, Rachel Laws, Konsita Kuswara, Karen Campbell
(2018), Vol. 18, pp. 1-9, BMC pediatrics, London, Eng., C1
K Bolton, P Kremer, L Gibbs, E Waters, B Swinburn, A de Silva
(2017), Vol. 41, pp. 1080-1090, International journal of obesity, London, Eng., C1
K Bolton, P Kremer, L Gibbs, B Swinburn, E Waters, A de Silva
(2016), Vol. 10, pp. 197-206, Obesity research and clinical practice, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
K Bolton, F Jacka, S Allender, P Kremer, L Gibbs, E Waters, A de Silva
(2016), Vol. 24, pp. 317-325, Australian journal of rural health, London, Eng., C1
T Pettman, R Armstrong, E Waters, S Allender, P Love, T Gill, J Coveney, S Boylan, S Booth, K Bolton, B Swinburn
(2016), Vol. 12, pp. 109-126, Evidence and policy, Bristol, Eng., C1
The Chinese-born immigrant infant feeding and growth hypothesis
K Bolton, P Kremer, K Hesketh, R Laws, K Campbell
(2016), Vol. 16, pp. 1-5, BMC public health, London, Eng., C1
J Whelan, P Love, A Romanus, T Pettman, K Bolton, E Smith, T Gill, J Coveney, E Waters, S Allender
(2015), Vol. 39, pp. 168-171, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Australia, C1
A snapshot of the scope of obesity prevention practice in Australia.
T Pettman, K Bolton, P Love, E Waters, T Gill, J Whelan, S Boylan, R Armstrong, J Coveney, S Booth, B Swinburn, S Allender
(2015), Health Promotion International, C1
K Bolton, P Kremer, N Rossthorn, M Moodie, L Gibbs, E Waters, B Swinburn, A de Silva
(2014), Vol. 14, pp. 1-8, BMC public health, London, England, C1
K Bolton, D Segal, K Walder
(2012), Vol. 6, pp. 67-72, Biologics : targets and therapy, Auckland, New Zealand, C1
Government food service policies and guidelines do not create healthy school canteens
A De Silva-Sanigorski, T Breheny, L Jones, K Lacy, P Kremer, L Carpenter, K Bolton, L Prosser, L Gibbs, E Waters, B Swinburn
(2011), Vol. 35, pp. 117-121, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, C1
A De Silva-Sanigorski, K Bolton, M Haby, P Kremer, L Gibbs, E Waters, B Swinburn
(2010), Vol. 10, BMC Public Health, C1
Identification of secreted proteins associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes in Psammomys obesus
K Bolton, D Segal, J McMillan, A Sanigorski, G Collier, K Walder
(2009), Vol. 33, pp. 1153-1165, International Journal of Obesity, C1
Decorin is a secreted protein associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes
K Bolton, D Segal, J McMillan, J Jowett, L Heilbronn, K Abberton, P Zimmet, D Chisholm, G Collier, K Walder
(2008), Vol. 32, pp. 1113-1121, International Journal of Obesity, C1-1
Chemerin is a novel adipokine associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome
K Bozaoglu, K Bolton, J McMillan, P Zimmet, J Jowett, G Collier, K Walder, D Segal
(2007), Vol. 148, pp. 4687-4694, Endocrinology, C1
J Trevaskis, K Walder, V Foletta, L Kerr-Bayles, J McMillan, A Cooper, S Lee, K Bolton, M Prior, R Fahey, K Whitecross, G Morton, M Schwartz, G Collier
(2005), Vol. 146, pp. 3757-3764, Endocrinology, C1-1
Y Gao, H Feng, K Walder, K Bolton, T Sunderland, N Bishara, M Quick, L Kantham, G Collier
(2004), Vol. 563, pp. 185-190, FEBS Letters, C1
MERP1: a mammalian ependymin-related protein gene differentially expressed in hematopoietic cells
C Gregorio-King, J McLeod, F Collier, G Collier, K Bolton, G Van Der Meer, J Apostolopoulos, M Kirkland
(2002), Vol. 286, pp. 249-257, Gene : an international journal on genes and genomes, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Effect of oxysterols on hematopoietic progenitor cells
C Gregorio-King, F Collier, K Bolton, M Ferguson, J Hosking, G Collier, M Kirkland
(2002), Vol. 30, pp. 670-678, Experimental hematology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Industry and Other Funding
What is the relationship between diet quality and health-related quality of life in rural, Victorian adolescents (12-18 years old)?
Dr Kristy Bolton, Prof Steven Allender
- 2014: $14,991
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report