Category: News & Articles
... not just about weight While weight gain can increase your risk of health problems, recent research suggests having healthy eating patterns ... diet. While higher diet quality is associated with better overall health, increasing your diet quality can also help reduce weight 4 tips ... associated higher self-esteem and other indicators of better mental health. Eat more vegetables and fruit A US study of 133,468 adults found ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... process for students into medicine Weight bias and stigmatisation in health professionals Unmet needs of haematological cancer survivors ... Medication adherence in cancer survivors Physical activity and mental health in children/adolescents Why did you get into research? As a public health academic, I am intertested in conducting research that has a ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... I am interested in researching psychological interventions for mental health and alcohol and other drug issues. I am also interested in researching comorbid mental health disorders and developing/ identifying interventions that help ... and post-traumatic stress disorder. She has conducted research on adolescent drinking, motivational interviewing and comorbid mental ...
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... three Fellowships and a Postgraduate Scholarship aimed at improving health outcomes. Researchers from the University of Newcastle (UON) and ... Institute (HMRI) have been awarded more than $600,000 in National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding to support three Fellowships and a Postgraduate Scholarship aimed at improving health outcomes . Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation), ...
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... Burrows are conducted in conjunction with the HMRI’s Cardiovascular Health Program. The prestigious Scopus Awards recognise outstanding ... Professor Lubans also led a research project into the link between adolescent boys, the amount of time that they spend in front of a ... and reducing sedentary behaviour to improve health and wellbeing in adolescent boys who are ‘at-risk’ of obesity. Dr Burrows has been ...
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... most pressing global issues.” News & Articles $1.2m ARC funding for health researchers HMRI-affiliated researchers have shared in over $5.7 ... Research Council, grants, funding, UON $1.2m ARC funding for health researchers | HMRI $1.2m ARC funding for health researchers ...
Category: Research
... of depression in adults, however the majority of research in adolescent major depressive disorder (MDD) over the past decade has ... review of the use of exercise in the prevention and treatment of adolescent depression concluded that MDD is common among adolescents, ... to address the efficacy of exercise intervention in the treatment of adolescent MDD, a well designed clinical trial addressing the ...
Category: Research
... alone watching television and using computers, is a major public health issue. Current estimates suggest that young people spend 5-10 ... recreational screen-time is associated with a range of psychological health concerns, including social anxiety, attention problems and low ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... an obesity crisis that is associated with serious physical and mental health consequences and crippling health care costs. In particular, ... community- based interventions to prevent or treat obesity in child, adolescent and adult populations. The major community-based health ... impact of community-based interventions to prevent obesity in child, adolescent and adult populations. Professor Phil Morgan, Healthy Dads, ...
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The project aims to reduce the number of disadvantaged adolescents across the Hunter New England region from taking up smoking and using alcohol and illict drugs.
