Browsing Nutrition and Dietetics - Collected Works by Title
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A 3-year follow-up study of inpatients with lower limb ulcers: evidence of an obesity paradox?
(Dove Press, 2012-08-09)Objectives: To determine whether body composition is related to long-term outcomes amongst vascular inpatients with lower limb ulcers. Design: Prospective study with 3 years follow-up. Materials and methods: Body mass index ... -
Addressing Uncomfortable Issues: Reflexivity as a Tool for Culturally Safe Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
(Cambridge University Press, 2014-11-10)It is well recognised that research with Aboriginal communities needs to be ethical, meaningful and useful, in a way that is defined by communities themselves. This article provides an example of how reflexivity, from a ... -
Are Clean Eating Blogs a Source of Healthy Recipes? A Comparative Study of the Nutrient Composition of Foods with and without Clean Eating Claims
(MDPI, 2018-10-05)Food blogs are an increasingly popular source of information about food and nutrition. There is a perception that foods published on clean eating blogs, which promote unprocessed foods, are healthier than comparable foods ... -
Assessment of wound healing: validity, reliability and sensitivity of available instruments
(Australian Wound Management Association, 2009)Objectives: If wound assessment instruments are to be used in the periodic assessment of wound healing, they must prove to be valid, reliable and sensitive measures of wound healing. Thus, this systematic literature review ... -
Association between Malnutrition and 28-Day Mortality and Intensive Care Length-of-Stay in the Critically ill: A Prospective Cohort Study
(MDPI, 2017-12-23)There is limited evidence for the association between malnutrition and mortality as well as Intensive Care Unit length-of-stay (ICU-LOS) in critically ill patients. We aimed to examine the aforementioned associations by ... -
Attitudes and characteristics of health professionals working in Aboriginal health
(James Cook University, 2015-03-30)There is an unacceptable gap in health status between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Australia. Linked to social inequalities in health and political and historical marginalisation, this health gap must be urgently ... -
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 ...