Journal publications co-authored with Health and Wellbeing Queensland
What have equity and human rights got to do with dietetics?
In this invited guest editorial, Dr Robyn Littlewood emphasised the importance of embedding an equity lens into dietetics practice and to advocate for systems that scale services proportionally according to need, ensuring no one is left behind. This approach goes further than traditional tailored care, offering comprehensive and systemic support for each person. While we may not directly control the broader systems and conditions surrounding our patients, we can recognise and work to address systemic barriers that are restricting preventative and quality health care.
Understanding the determinants associated with sustainability of school-based nutrition program, such as Pick of the Crop, is crucial to maximise output from funding, whilst allowing sufficient time for program benefits to be achieved. This study suggests that relationships across government departments, local organisations and communities, need to be nurtured and prioritised from the outset to sustain program implementation beyond its initial funding.
This study aimed to evaluate the implementation and impact of the ‘Pick of the Crop’ (POTC) program. POTC is a whole-school nutrition program aimed at increasing opportunities for primary school students in Queensland to learn about and eat more vegetables and fruit (VF).
This paper described the development of validated “fit-for-purpose” rapid assessment tools (MBQ-B and MBQ-C) to measure 24-hour movement behaviours in children aged 0–5 years. The validation study shows that both the open- and closed-ended versions of the MBQ are valid and reliable rapid assessment tools suitable for research conducted for policy and practice purposes, including the evaluation of scaled-up early obesity prevention programs.
This rapid review summarised the impact of family-based digital interventions for obesity prevention and treatment in children, with a specific focus on diet, physical activity, sedentary behaviour, sleep, and weight-related outcomes in primary school-aged children. The findings were used to inform the development of Podsquad.
This opinion piece described a break–fix model versus a person-centred predict–prevent model in the context of preventative health. Canfell et. al. proposed three horizons for digital health transformation of population health towards precision prevention of chronic disease, demonstrating childhood obesity as a use case.
This protocol paper describes the establishment of Logan Healthy Living – an 8-week, group-based lifestyle management program that includes 1 hour of education and 1 hour of supervised, individually tailored exercise each week, and outlines the evaluation protocol for the service’s type 2 diabetes lifestyle management program.
This protocol paper describes the establishment of Logan Healthy Living – an 8-week, group-based lifestyle management program that includes 1 hour of education and 1 hour of supervised, individually tailored exercise each week, and outlines the evaluation protocol for the service’s type 2 diabetes lifestyle management program.
Last updated 14 October 2025
