Dr Brooke Devlin
Lecturer
School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
+61 7 344 34881
Dr Brooke Devlin (BExSci, MNutrDiet, PhD, GradCertHigherEd) is an Accredited Practising Dietitian, Advanced Sports Dietitian and Accredited Exercise Scientist.
Brooke completed her PhD in Sports Nutrition at La Trobe University in 2016. Her current research interests include diet and exercise interventions to optimize blood glucose control and metabolic health.
Brooke is currently a Chief Investigator (CI-D) on a NHMRC MRFF project (2021-2024) titled “What or When to eat to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes (WOW)” and an investigator on a Diabetes Australia Research Project (2021-2023) titled “A time for food: Improving glycaemic control in individuals with type 2 diabetes through time-restricted eating”.
In addition to this, Brooke continues to have an interest and ongoing research in sports nutrition, focusing on nutrition knowledge of athletes and community sport public health interventions.
Keywords:
- Nutrition,
- exercise,
- blood glucose control,
- Type 2 Diabetes,
- sports nutrition
Researcher biography
Dr Brooke Devlin is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian (AdvAPD), Advanced Sports Dietitian (AdvSD), and Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics at the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, University of Queensland. She holds qualifications in exercise science (BExSci) and nutrition and dietetics (MNutrDiet) and completed her PhD in Sports Nutrition at La Trobe University, Melbourne.
Dr Devlin’s research focuses on diet and exercise strategies to optimise blood glucose control and metabolic health, including chrono-nutrition and time-restricted eating. She also maintains an active interest in sports nutrition, currently working with the Queensland Academy of Sport on projects investigating energy requirements in elite cyclists, alongside broader research into nutrition knowledge and dietary behaviours of athletes.
She is currently working with a large multidisciplinary team across Australia on the CARE-T2D project, co-developing an innovative telehealth intervention that integrates continuous glucose monitoring into dietetic practice, in collaboration with Abbott Diabetes Care. Dr Devlin also partners with Logan Healthy Living to co-design a culturally appropriate diabetes prevention program for women who have experienced gestational diabetes, with a focus on improving access and outcomes in rural and remote communities. Her research aims to deliver practical, evidence-based solutions that empower individuals and health professionals to improve metabolic health and performance outcomes.
Book Chapters
Devlin, Brooke L, Jenner, Sarah L and Keenan, Stephen J (2024). Team sport athletes. Nutrition for Sport, Exercise, and Performance. (pp. 236-242) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003321286-22
Keenan, Stephen J. and Devlin, Brooke (2020). Team sport athletes. Nutrition for sport, exercise and performance. (pp. 219-227) London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003116592-19
Journal Articles
Cook, E., Siviour, Z., Mitchell, L., Legrand, S., Ng, H., Radford, B.E., Hall, R.C., Kouw, I.W.K., Johnston, R.D., Hawley, J.A., McCaffrey, T.A., Devlin, B.L. and Parr, E.B. (2025). The effect of changing what or when you eat on diet quality over 6-months in people with type 2 diabetes: Exploratory analyses from the DIETRE study. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 69, 1167-1168. doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2025.07.1060
Garcia, Ana Paula Bravo, Radford, Bridget E., Hall, Rebecca, Broome, Sophie C., Tee, Nicolin, Arthur, Bronte, Janssens, Kristel, Johnston, Rich D., Halson, Shona L., Devlin, Brooke L., Hawley, John A. and Parr, Evelyn B. (2025). Effects Of Time Restricted Eating And Exercise On Glycaemia In Type 2 Diabetes: Trex Study : 798. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 57 (10S), 254-255. doi: 10.1249/01.mss.0001156720.05924.c1
Law, Lynette, Heerey, Joshua J., Devlin, Brooke L., Brukner, Peter, De Livera, Alysha M., Hebert, James R., Price, Sherry, White, Nathan P. and Culvenor, Adam G. (2025). The inflammatory potential of diet in adults with knee osteoarthritis: sex-specific associations with quality of life, sleep, fatigue and mental health. Frontiers in Nutrition, 12 1624852, 1624852-12. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1624852
Law, Lynette, Heerey, Joshua J., Devlin, Brooke L., Brukner, Peter, De Livera, Alysha M., Kemp, Joanne, Attanayake, Amanda, Skou, Søren Thorgaard, Bricca, Alessio and Culvenor, Adam G. (2025). Effect of anti-inflammatory diets on health-related quality of life in adults with chronic disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health, 8 (1) e001257, 1-13. doi: 10.1136/bmjnph-2025-001257
Bravo-García, Ana Paula, Radford, Bridget E., Hall, Rebecca C., Broome, Sophie C., Tee, Nicolin, Arthur, Bronte, Janssens, Kristel, Johnston, Rich D., Halson, Shona L., Devlin, Brooke L., Hawley, John A. and Parr, Evelyn B. (2025). Combined effects of time-restricted eating and exercise on short-term blood glucose management in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus: The TREx study, a randomised controlled trial. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 222 112081, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2025.112081
Law, Lynette, Heerey, Joshua J., Devlin, Brooke L., Brukner, Peter, De Livera, Alysha M., Attanayake, Amanda, Cooper, Indiana, Donato, Amy, Hebert, James R., Price, Sherry, White, Nathan P. and Culvenor, Adam G. (2025). The eFEct of an Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Knee oSTeoarthritis (FEAST) Trial: baseline characteristics and relationships with dietary inflammatory index. Journal of the American Nutrition Association, 33 (6), 556-565. doi: 10.1080/27697061.2025.2461219
Sones, Brooke E. and Devlin, Brooke L. (2025). The impact of time-restricted eating on health-related quality of life: a systematic literature review. Nutrition Reviews, 83 (2), 230-248. doi: 10.1093/nutrit/nuae044
Haganes, Kamilla L., Devlin, Brooke L., Orr, Rosalie K. and Moholdt, Trine (2025). Impact of time-restricted eating and high-intensity exercise on nutrient intake in women with overweight/obesity: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Nutrients, 17 (2) 218, 1-22. doi: 10.3390/nu17020218
Parr, Evelyn B., Radford, Bridget E., Hall, Rebecca C., Steventon-Lorenzen, Nikolai, Flint, Steve A., Siviour, Zoe, Plessas, Connie, Halson, Shona L., Brennan, Leah, Kouw, Imre W.K., Johnston, Rich D., Devlin, Brooke L. and Hawley, John A. (2024). Comparing the effects of time-restricted eating on glycaemic control in people with type 2 diabetes with standard dietetic practice: a randomised controlled trial. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 217 111893, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111893
Charrouf, Rasha, Parr, Evelyn B., Hutchison, Amy T., Flint, Steve A., Teong, Xiao Tong, Wittert, Gary, Vincent, Andrew D., Brennan, Leah, Devlin, Brooke L., Hawley, John A. and Heilbronn, Leonie K. (2024). Effect of time restricted eating versus current practice in dietetics on glycaemic control and cardio-metabolic outcomes in individuals at risk of developing type 2 diabetes: protocol for a multi-centre, parallel group, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 146 107696. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107696
Pye, Caitlin, Parr, Evelyn B., Flint, Steve A. and Devlin, Brooke L. (2024). Exploring Australian dietitians' knowledge, experience and perspectives of time‐restricted eating in private practice: A qualitative study. Clinical Obesity, 14 (5) e12671, 1-11. doi: 10.1111/cob.12671
Devlin, Brooke L. and Heilbronn, Leonie K. (2024). Is it time to consider chrono-nutrition in general practice?. Australian Journal of General Practice, 53 (4), 195-197. doi: 10.31128/ajgp-09-23-6971
Law, Lynette, Heerey, Joshua L., Devlin, Brooke L., Brukner, Peter, Kemp, Joanne L., Attanayake, Amanda, Hulett, Mark D., De Livera, Alysha, Mosler, Andrea B., Morris, Hayden G., White, Nathan P. and Culvenor, Adam G. (2024). Effectiveness of an anti-inflammatory diet versus low-fat diet for knee osteoarthritis: the FEAST randomised controlled trial protocol. BMJ Open, 14 (4) e079374, 1-12. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079374
Moholdt, Trine, Parr, Evelyn B., Devlin, Brooke L., Giskeødegård, Guro F. and Hawley, John A. (2023). Effect of high-fat diet and morning or evening exercise on lipoprotein subfraction profiles: secondary analysis of a randomised trial. Scientific Reports, 13 (1) 4008, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-31082-0
Parr, Evelyn B., Steventon-Lorenzen, Nikolai, Johnston, Richard, Maniar, Nirav, Devlin, Brooke L., Lim, Karen H.C. and Hawley, John A. (2023). Time-restricted eating improves measures of daily glycaemic control in people with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 197 110569, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2023.110569
Devlin, Brooke L., Staley, Kiera J., Trakman, Gina L., Forsyth, Adrienne K., Nicholson, Matthew G., Cosgriff, Grant, Chisholm, Melanie and Belski, Regina (2022). Attitudes and opinions of parents towards water-only drink policy at junior triathlon events. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (14) 8529, 1-9. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19148529
Parr, Evelyn B., Devlin, Brooke L. and Hawley, John A. (2022). Perspective: time-restricted eating-integrating the what with the when. Advances in Nutrition, 13 (3), 699-711. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmac015
Cooper, Indiana, Brukner, Peter, Devlin, Brooke L., Reddy, Anjana J., Fulton, Melanie, Kemp, Joanne L. and Culvenor, Adam G. (2022). An anti-inflammatory diet intervention for knee osteoarthritis: a feasibility study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 23 (1) 47. doi: 10.1186/s12891-022-05003-7
Forsyth, Adrienne, Nicholson, Matthew, Skiadopoulos, Anne, Trakman, Gina, Devlin, Brooke, Belski, Regina, Randle, Erica, O'Halloran, Paul, Cameron, Matthew and Staley, Kiera (2021). Interventions to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage consumption using a nudge approach in Victorian community sports settings. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45 (6), 592-598. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13182
Janiczak, Amy, Devlin, Brooke L., Forsyth, Adrienne and Trakman, Gina Louise (2021). A systematic review update of athletes’ nutrition knowledge and association with dietary intake. British Journal of Nutrition, 128 (6) PII S0007114521004311, 1-14. doi: 10.1017/s0007114521004311
Callahan, Marcus J., Parr, Evelyn B., Snijders, Tim, Conceicao, Miguel S., Radford, Bridget E., Timmins, Ryan G., Devlin, Brooke L., Hawley, John A. and Camera, Donny M. (2021). Skeletal muscle adaptive responses to different types of short-term exercise training and detraining in middle-age men. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 53 (10), 2023-2036. doi: 10.1249/mss.0000000000002684
Trakman, Gina, Staley, Kiera, Forsyth, Adrienne, Devlin, Brooke, Skiadopoulos, Anne, Pearce, Karen, Nicholson, Matthew and Belski, Regina (2021). Healthy-canteen displays: A tactic to encourage community sport canteens to provide healthier food and beverage options. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (19) 10194, 10194. doi: 10.3390/ijerph181910194
Moholdt, Trine, Parr, Evelyn B., Devlin, Brooke L., Debik, Julia, Giskeødegård, Guro and Hawley, John A. (2021). The effect of morning vs evening exercise training on glycaemic control and serum metabolites in overweight/obese men: a randomised trial. Diabetologia, 64 (9), 2061-2076. doi: 10.1007/s00125-021-05477-5
Jenner, Sarah, Belski, Regina, Devlin, Brooke, Coutts, Aaron, Kempton, Thomas and Forsyth, Adrienne (2021). A qualitative investigation of factors influencing the dietary intakes of professional Australian football players. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (8) 4205, 4205. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18084205
Devlin, Brooke L., Parr, Evelyn B., Radford, Bridget E. and Hawley, John A. (2021). Lower nocturnal blood glucose response to a potato-based mixed evening meal compared to rice in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Clinical Nutrition, 40 (4), 2200-2209. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2020.09.049
Lundell, Leonidas S., Parr, Evelyn B., Devlin, Brooke L., Ingerslev, Lars R., Altıntaş, Ali, Sato, Shogo, Sassone-Corsi, Paolo, Barrès, Romain, Zierath, Juleen R. and Hawley, John A. (2020). Time-restricted feeding alters lipid and amino acid metabolite rhythmicity without perturbing clock gene expression. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 4643. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18412-w
Parr, Evelyn B., Devlin, Brooke L., Lim, Karen H. C., Moresi, Laura N. Z., Geils, Claudia, Brennan, Leah and Hawley, John A. (2020). Time-restricted eating as a nutrition strategy for individuals with type 2 diabetes: a feasibility study. Nutrients, 12 (11) 3228, 1-22. doi: 10.3390/nu12113228
Jenner, Sarah L., Devlin, Brooke L., Forsyth, Adrienne K. and Belski, Regina (2020). Assessing the nutrition knowledge of professional female Australian football (AFLW) athletes. Science and Medicine in Football, 4 (3), 240-245. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2020.1752929
Parr, Evelyn B., Devlin, Brooke L., Radford, Bridget E. and Hawley, John A. (2020). A delayed morning and earlier evening time-restricted feeding protocol for improving glycemic control and dietary adherence in men with overweight/obesity: a randomized controlled trial. Nutrients, 12 (2) 505, 505. doi: 10.3390/nu12020505
Moholdt, Trine, Devlin, Brooke L. and Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund (2019). Intake of boiled potato in relation to cardiovascular disease risk factors in a large Norwegian cohort: the HUNT study. Nutrients, 12 (1) 73, 73. doi: 10.3390/nu12010073
Jenner, Sarah L., Devlin, Brooke L., Forsyth, Adrienne K. and Belski, Regina (2019). Dietary intakes of professional Australian football league women's (AFLW) athletes during a preseason training week. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 22 (11), 1266-1271. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2019.06.014
Jenner, Sarah L., Buckley, Georgina L., Belski, Regina, Devlin, Brooke L. and Forsyth, Adrienne K. (2019). Dietary intakes of professional and semi-professional team sport athletes do not meet sport nutrition recommendations—a systematic literature review. Nutrients, 11 (5) 1160, 1160. doi: 10.3390/nu11051160
Shamim, Baubak, Devlin, Brooke L., Timmins, Ryan G., Tofari, Paul, Lee Dow, Connor, Coffey, Vernon G., Hawley, John A. and Camera, Donny M. (2018). Adaptations to concurrent training in combination with high protein availability: A comparative trial in healthy, recreationally active men. Sports Medicine, 48 (12), 2869-2883. doi: 10.1007/s40279-018-0999-9
Sato, Shogo, Parr, Evelyn B., Devlin, Brooke L., Hawley, John A. and Sassone-Corsi, Paolo (2018). Human metabolomics reveal daily variations under nutritional challenges specific to serum and skeletal muscle. Molecular Metabolism, 16, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2018.06.008
Varsamis, Pia, Formosa, Melissa F., Larsen, Robyn N., Reddy-Luthmoodoo, Medini, Jennings, Garry L., Cohen, Neale D., Grace, Megan, Hawley, John A., Devlin, Brooke L., Owen, Neville, Dunstan, David W., Dempsey, Paddy C. and Kingwell, Bronwyn A. (2018). Between-meal sucrose-sweetened beverage consumption impairs glycaemia and lipid metabolism during prolonged sitting: A randomized controlled trial. Clinical Nutrition, 38 (4), 1536-1543. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2018.08.021
Parr, Evelyn B., Devlin, Brooke L., Pinto, Samuel K., Dunstan, David W. and Hawley, John A. (2018). Impact of first meal size during prolonged sitting on postprandial glycaemia in individuals with prediabetes: A randomised, crossover study. Nutrients, 10 (6) 733, 733. doi: 10.3390/nu10060733
Leckey, Jill J., Hoffman, Nolan J., Parr, Evelyn B., Devlin, Brooke L., Trewin, Adam J., Stepto, Nigel K., Morton, James P., Burke, Louise M. and Hawley, John A. (2018). High dietary fat intake increases fat oxidation and reduces skeletal muscle mitochondrial respiration in trained humans. FASEB Journal, 32 (6), 2979-2991. doi: 10.1096/fj.201700993R
Parr, Evelyn B., Devlin, Brooke L., Callahan, Marcus J., Radford, Bridget E., Blankenship, Jennifer M., Dunstan, David W. and Hawley, John A. (2018). Effects of providing high-fat versus high-carbohydrate meals on daily and postprandial physical activity and glucose patterns: A randomised controlled trial. Nutrients, 10 (5) 557, 557. doi: 10.3390/nu10050557
Devlin, Brooke L., Kingsley, Michael, Leveritt, Michael D. and Belski, Regina (2017). Seasonal changes in soccer players' body composition and dietary intake practices. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 31 (12), 3319-3326. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000001751
Devlin, Brooke L., Leveritt, Michael D., Kingsley, Michael and Belski, Regina (2017). Dietary intake, body composition, and nutrition knowledge of Australian football and soccer players: implications for sports nutrition professionals in practice. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, 27 (2), 130-138. doi: 10.1123/ijsnem.2016-0191
Trakman, Gina L., Forsyth, Adrienne, Devlin, Brooke L. and Belski, Regina (2016). A systematic review of athletes’ and coaches’ nutrition knowledge and reflections on the quality of current nutrition knowledge measures. Nutrients, 8 (9) 570, 570. doi: 10.3390/nu8090570
Devlin, Brooke L. and Belski, Regina (2015). Exploring general and sports nutrition and food knowledge in elite male australian athletes. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, 25 (3), 225-232. doi: 10.1123/ijsnem.2013-0259
Desbrow, Ben, Biddulph, Caren, Devlin, Brooke, Grant, Gary D., Anoopkumar-Dukie, Shailendra and Leveritt, Michael D. (2012). The effects of different doses of caffeine on endurance cycling performance. Journal of Sports Sciences, 30 (2), 115-120. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2011.632431
Conference Papers
Parr, E. B., Charrouf, R., Hutchison, A. T., Flint, S. A., Teong, X., Vincent, A. D., Bravo-Garcia, A., Siviour, Z., Wittert, G., Brennan, L., Devlin, B. L., Hawley, J. A. and Heilbronn, L. K. (2025). Time-restricted eating vs individualised dietetic guidance on glycaemia in adults. NEW YORK: SPRINGER.
Culvenor, A., Devlin, B., Brukner, P., Kemp, J., Attanayake, A., Skou, S., Bricca, A., Heerey, J. and Law, L. (2025). The impact of anti-inflammatory dietary interventions on health-related quality of life in adults with chronic diseases. 48th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society of Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 3-6 December 2024. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/S0029665125001028
Law, Lynette, Heerey, Josh, Devlin, Brooke L., Brukner, Peter, Livera, Alysha De, Attanayake, Amanda, Cooper, Indiana, Donato, Amy, Hebert, James, Price, Sherry, White, Nathan and Culvenor, Adam (2025). The Effect Of An Anti-inflammatory Diet For Knee Osteoarthritis (FEAST) Trial: Baseline Characteristics And Relationships With Dietary Inflammatory Index. OARSI 2025 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Incheon, South Korea, 24-27 April 2025. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2025.02.734
Law, L., Heerey, J., Devlin, B., Brukner, P., Kemp, J., Attanayake, A., Skou, S., Bricca, A. and Culvenor, A. (2024). The impact of anti-inflammatory dietary interventions on health-related quality of life in adults with chronic diseases. 2024 SMA & ACSEP Joint Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 16-19 October 2024. Chatswood, NSW Australia: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2024.08.189
Parr, E. B., Devlin, B. L., Radford, B. E., Hall, R. C., Flint, S. A., Steventon-Lorenzen, N., Halson, S. L., Johnston, R. D., Brennan, L., Kouw, I. W. K. and Hawley, J. A. (2023). Time-restricted eating and personalised dietary advice induce similar effects on HbA1c over six months in people with type 2 diabetes. 59th Annual Meeting of the European-Association-for-the-Study-of-Diabetes (EASD), Hamburg, Germany, 2-6 October 2023. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.
Moholdt, T., Parr, E. B., Devlin, B. L., Giskeodegaard, G. and Hawley, J. A. (2022). Effect of high-fat diet and exercise in the morning or evening on lipid subfractions among men with overweight/obesity: a randomised trial. ESC Congress 2022, Barcelona, Spain, 26-29 August 2022. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.2447