25 Result(s)
within
D. Crawford
Public Health
-
Article
Tracking of dietary intakes in early childhood: the Melbourne InFANT Program
The objectives of the present study were to describe food and nutrient intakes in children aged 9 and 18 months, and to assess tracking of intakes between these two ages.
-
Article
Resilience to obesity among socioeconomically disadvantaged women: the READI study
This cross-sectional study aimed to identify sociodemographic and behavioural characteristics of ‘overweight-resilient’ women, that is, women who were in a healthy body weight range, despite living in socioeco...
-
Article
Associations between mothers' perceptions of the cost of fruit and vegetables and children's diets: Will children pay the price?
Perceptions that fruit and vegetables are expensive are more common among the socio-economically disadvantaged groups and are linked to poor dietary outcomes. Such perceptions may be exacerbated in countries r...
-
Article
Correlates of dietary resilience among socioeconomically disadvantaged adolescents
Despite increased risk for unhealthy diets, some socioeconomically disadvantaged adolescents manage to consume a healthy diet, thereby showing ‘dietary resilience’. This investigation aimed to describe the veg...
-
Article
The longitudinal influence of home and neighbourhood environments on children's body mass index and physical activity over 5 years: the CLAN study
To determine the independent contributions of family and neighbourhood environments to changes in youth physical activity and body mass index (BMI) z-score over 5 years.
-
Article
A prospective examination of children's time spent outdoors, objectively measured physical activity and overweight
Objective: This study aimed to determine whether time spent outdoors was associated with objectively measured physical activity, body mass index (BMI) z-score and overweight in elementary-school aged children, cr...
-
Article
Outcomes of a group-randomized trial to prevent excess weight gain, reduce screen behaviours and promote physical activity in 10-year-old children: Switch-Play
To evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention to prevent excess weight gain, reduce time spent in screen behaviours, promote participation in and enjoyment of physical activity (PA), and improve fundamental...
-
Article
An investigation of psychological, social and environmental correlates of obesity and weight gain in young women
This study explored the biological, psychological, social and environmental correlates of young women's current weight and retrospective 2-year weight change.
-
Article
Public views of the benefits and barriers to the consumption of a plant-based diet
The aim of this study was to examine consumers' perceived benefits and barriers to the consumption of a plant-based diet.
-
Article
Consumers' readiness to eat a plant-based diet
The aim of this study was to examine consumers' readiness to change to a plant-based diet.
-
Article
Weight and place: a multilevel cross-sectional survey of area-level social disadvantage and overweight/obesity in Australia
To estimate variation between small areas in adult body mass index (BMI), and assess the importance of area level socioeconomic disadvantage in predicting BMI.
-
Article
Increasing central adiposity: the Nepean longitudinal study of young people aged 7–8 to 12–13 y
Estimates of the prevalence of overweight and obesity in young people are typically based on body mass index (BMI). However, BMI may not indicate the level of central adiposity. Waist circumference has therefo...
-
Article
Perceptions of local neighbourhood environments and their relationship to childhood overweight and obesity
To examine associations between parent and child perceptions of the local neighbourhood and overweight/obesity among children aged 5–6 and 10–12 y.
-
Article
Public perceptions of the causes and prevention of obesity among primary school children
OBJECTIVE: To investigate lay perceptions of the causes and prevention of obesity among primary school children.
-
Article
Income differences in food consumption in the 1995 Australian National Nutrition Survey
Objective: To assess the relationships between an index of per capita income and the intake of a variety of individual foods as well as groups of food for men and women in different age groups.
-
Article
Social factors and obesity: an investigation of the role of health behaviours
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated a behavioural model of the relation between social factors and obesity, in which differences in body mass index (BMI) across sociodemographic groups were hypothesized to be attrib...
-
Article
Who does not gain weight? Prevalence and predictors of weight maintenance in young women
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence and predictors of weight maintenance over time in a large sample of young Australian women.
-
Article
Dietary patterns of Australian adults and their association with socioeconomic status: results from the 1995 National Nutrition Survey
Objective: To describe dietary patterns among men and women in the Australian population, and to explore how these varied according to socioeconomic status (SES).
-
Article
Which aspects of socioeconomic status are related to obesity among men and women?
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the relationships between body weight and fat distribution, and four empirically derived domains of socioeconomic status: employment, housing, migration status and famil...
-
Article
Beliefs about the causes of weight change in the Australian population
OBJECTIVE: To describe self-reported weight change and beliefs about the causes of weight change and to examine whether these vary by sex and weight status.
