Sarah McNaughton

Associate Professor McNaughton from the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition at Deakin University is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian and a nutritional epidemiologist, supported by an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship. She is also Head of Discipline for Dietetics, in the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences.

A/Prof McNaughton’s current research interests include the assessment of dietary behaviours, diet quality and dietary patterns across the life-course, their determinants and role in health. Her research program focuses on developing methods of assessing food intake and dietary patterns, examining dietary behaviours and their determinants across the life-course focusing on children, young adults and older adults; and examining the influence of dietary patterns on key drivers of morbidity and mortality, and biological mediators of health risk.