Browsing Nutrition and Dietetics - Collected Works by Title
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BMI: a simple, rapid and clinically meaningful index of under-nutrition in the oldest old?
(Cambridge University Press, 2009)BMI is commonly used as a sole indicator for the assessment of nutritional status. While it is a good predictor of morbidity and mortality among young and middle-aged adults, its predictive ability among the oldest old ... -
Breaking habits with mindful snacking? An email-based intervention targeting unwanted snacking habits in an Australian sample
(Elsevier, 2018-11-30)Objective To investigate the potential for an email-based, mindful eating exercise to improve unwanted snacking habits. Method Australian participants (N = 78, 86% female) with unwanted snacking habits engaged in a ... -
The Challenge of Appropriate Identification and Treatment of Starvation, Sarcopenia, and Cachexia: A Survey of Australian Dietitians
(Hindawi, 2011-12-25)Malnutrition is an umbrella term that includes starvation, sarcopenia, and cachexia; however, differentiating between these terms is infrequent in clinical practice. Given that the effectiveness of treatment depends on the ... -
Changes in primary school children's behaviour, knowledge, attitudes, and environments related to nutrition and physical activity
(Hindawi, 2013-02-17)Rigorous evaluation of large-scale community-based obesity interventions can provide important guidance to policy and decision makers. The eat well be active (ewba) Community Programs, a five-year multilevel, multistrategy ... -
Characteristics of Smartphone Applications for Nutrition Improvement in Community Settings: A Scoping Review
(Oxford University Press, 2017-03-10)Smartphone applications are increasingly being used to support nutrition improvement in community settings. However, there is a scarcity of practical literature to support researchers and practitioners in choosing or ... -
Cluster randomised trial of a schoolcommunity child health promotion and obesity prevention intervention: findings from the evaluation of fun ‘n healthy in Moreland!
(BioMed Central, 2017-07-24)Background Multi-level, longer-term obesity prevention interventions that focus on inequalities are scarce. Fun ‘n healthy in Moreland! aimed to improve child adiposity, school policies and environments, parent engagement, ... -
Community-based obesity prevention initiatives in aboriginal communities: the experience of the eat well be active community programs in South Australia
(Scientific Research, 2012-12)Childhood obesity is a growing concern world-wide, and obesity rates are higher in certain groups in the developed world, including Australian Aboriginal people. Community-based obesity prevention interventions (CBOPI) can ... -
Comparison of nutrient profiling models for assessing the nutritional quality of foods: a validation study
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-07-17)Nutrient profiling (NP) is a method for evaluating the healthfulness of foods. Although many NP models exist, most have not been validated. This study aimed to examine the content and construct/convergent validity of five ... -
The connecting health and technology study: a 6-month randomized controlled trial to improve nutrition behaviours using a mobile food record and text messaging support in young adults.
(BioMed Central, 2016)BACKGROUND: Early adulthood represents the transition to independent living which is a period when changes in diet and body weight are likely to occur. This presents an ideal time for health interventions to reduce the ... -
CONSORT to community: translation of an RCT to a large-scale community intervention and learnings from evaluation of the upscaled program
(BioMed Central, 2017-11-29)Background Translation encompasses the continuum from clinical efficacy to widespread adoption within the healthcare service and ultimately routine clinical practice. The Parenting, Eating and Activity for Child Health ... -
Consumer concerns relating to food labeling and trust - Australian governance actors respond
(Wiley, 2017-09-07)This study aims to report and critically analyze the responses of governance actors to a set of consumers' concerns relating to food labeling, and by doing so describe how these actors construct both consumer perspectives ... -
Consumer Trust
(Sage, 2015)In the past two decades, food industries in developed countries have experienced increasing numbers of food scares that have resulted in increased consumer concerns about the safety of food. Concerns about the safety and ... -
Consumer trust in the Australian food system – The everyday erosive impact of food labelling
(Elsevier, 2016-04-08)Consumer trust in food system actors is foundational for ensuring consumer confidence in food safety. As food labelling is a direct communication between consumers and food system actors, it may influence consumer perceptions ... -
Consumers respond to a model for (re)building consumer trust in the food system
(Elsevier, 2019-02-28)Researchers and food system actors have developed a best practice model to assist with (re)building or maintaining consumer trust in the food system in the event of a food incident. The aim of the present study was to ... -
Contribution of Discretionary Foods and Drinks to Australian Children’s Intake of Energy, Saturated Fat, Added Sugars and Salt
(MDPI, 2017-12-01)Interventions are required to reduce children’s consumption of discretionary foods and drinks. To intervene we need to identify appropriate discretionary choice targets. This study aimed to determine the main discretionary ... -
Cost-effectiveness of individualized nutrition and exercise therapy for rehabilitation following hip fracture
(Foundation of Rehabilitation Information., 2016-03)OBJECTIVE: To undertake a cost-utility analysis of the Individual Nutrition Therapy and Exercise Regime: A Controlled Trial of Injured, Vulnerable Elderly (INTERACTIVE) trial. DESIGN: Cost-utility analysis of a randomized ... -
Cross-country comparison of strategies for building consumer trust in food
(Oxford University Press, 2019-04-09)Consumer trust in the modern food system is essential given its complexity. Contexts vary across countries with regard to food incidents, regulation and systems. It is therefore of interest to compare how key actors in ... -
Development of a short‐item diet quality questionnaire for Indigenous mothers and their young children: The Menzies remote short‐item dietary assessment tool
(WIley, 2018-04-19)The importance of a healthy diet in facilitating optimal childhood development and preventing chronic disease cannot be overstated. Despite this, unhealthy food patterns frequently occur as early as 9 months of age and ... -
Dietary Protein Intake, Breast Feeding and Growth in Human Milk Fed Preterm Infants
(MDPI, 2018-06-07)Protein intakes of preterm infants are frequently below recommendations, but few studies report accurate intakes due to the difficulty of analysing human milk clinically. This observational analysis from a randomised trial ... -
Dietetic care of hip fracture patients across Australia: Are we doing enough?
(John Wiley and Sons, 2011-09)Aim: To determine the composition of usual nutrition care provided by Australian dietitians to patients with a falls related femoral neck fracture. Methods: A cross-sectional survey administered via the World Wide Web using ...