Nutrition and Dietetics

Research in Nutrition and Dietetics focuses on understanding and promoting the role and effect of food on human health and wellbeing.

Our research delivers outstanding outcomes across a portfolio of basic, applied, and clinical research. Our research is underpinned by collaborative multidisciplinary partnerships between clinicians and academics across research institutions, hospitals and health services, and industry, ensuring that our research is directly translated into policy and service delivery improvements.

Areas of Interest

Researchers within the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Science contribute to research across a number of key topic areas. Our areas of expertise include:

• Public Health Nutrition and Nutrition Policy
• Nutrition promotion
• Childhood and Paediatric nutrition
• Sports Nutrition
• Aged Care
• Primary care
• Metabolic Health and Type 2 diabetes 
• Food and Nutrition Literacy
• Food and nutrition sustainability
• Dietetic Education Research

 Our people

Researchers in the discipline of nutrition and dietetics are members of key research centres across The University of Queensland including:

• Health and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation
• Centre for Community Health and Wellbeing
• Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Professor Sarah McNaughton, Discipline Lead of Nutrition and Dietetics
Professor Lauren Ball 
Dr Karly Bartrim
Dr Nathan Cook
Dr Brooke Devlin
Dr Tina Gingell
Dr Breanna Lepre
Dr Meron Lewis
Dr Jacki Walker
Dr Olivia Wright
Kath Nolan

PhD students

Key Projects

Healthy Diets ASAP - Australian Standardised Affordability and Pricing
An Empowering Healthy Weight Program for Rural First Nations Adolescents
 

Nutrition and Dietetics Research Group