Project
Preventing obesity and disordered eating in upper primary school children: evaluation of a school-based prevention program.
With the prevalence of obesity among children increasing there has been
an emphasis on implementing school-based prevention programs. Recent research
has indicated that while these programs may increase knowledge of healthy
eating habits and the need for exercise they may also, inadvertently,
increase disordered eating. The aim of the present research is to design
and test a program that will target the prevention of both obesity and
disordered eating in children.
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Additional Research Interests
I am currently employed by Professor Neil Brewer as a research assistant
as part of an AIATSIS funded project investigating aspects of tribunal outcomes
for Indigenous footballers.
I am also currently employed by Assoc. Prof. Tracey Wade to Administer
the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) to adolescent girls from the Australian
Twin Registry as part of an NHMRC funded project entitled “Adolescent
girls’ eating: how do genes and the environment influence it?”
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Contact Details
School of Psychology
Flinders University of South Australia
GPO Box 2100
Adelaide, South Australia 5001
Office: 222 Social Sciences North
Phone: (+61 8) 8201 7920
Fax: (+61 8) 8201 3877
Email: carla.welsh@flinders.edu.au
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