Amanda Watson is a Research Associate at the University of South Australia. She is an experienced primary school teacher and holds a Masters in Public Health from the University of Adelaide and a PhD in Phyiscal Activity and Nutrition from Deakin University. Her PhD focussed on how participation in phyiscal activity affects children's academic outcomes. She is currently project manager for a large scale project focused on how children’s diet and use of time differ between in-school and summer holiday periods and how these differences may affect their health and fitness.