“The Centre of Research Excellence In the Early Prevention of Obesity in Childhood (EPOCH CRE) brings together researchers, practitioners and policy-makers to work collaboratively to prevent obesity in the first years of life.”
- Golley
Obesity affects children even prior to school entry: 1 in 5 Australian children experience overweight or obesity by age 5 years. Early childhood is the key time when risk factors – such as poor eating habits and physical inactivity - are established. It is also a time when children and their families are open to change, and programs are more likely to have sustained effects on health. The evidence base for interventions needs to be further developed, and translated into policy and practice environments.
The EPOCH CRE’s research work is organised as four inter-related research Streams:
Tools to measure food intake, diet quality and obesity-related behaviours across childhood
From Flinders
Prof Rebecca Golley
Dr Brittany Johnson
Dr Dorota Zarnowiecki
Commenced: 2016
Completion due: 2021
Funder National Health and Medical Research Council (1001675)
Value $2,500,000
University of Sydney, Deakin University, Queensland University of Technology
Sturt Rd, Bedford Park
South Australia 5042
South Australia | Northern Territory
Global | Online
CRICOS Provider: 00114A TEQSA Provider ID: PRV12097 TEQSA category: Australian University
Flinders University uses cookies to ensure website functionality, personalisation, and for a variety of purposes described in the website privacy statement. For details about these cookies and how to set your cookie preferences, refer to our website privacy statement.
You consent to the use of our cookies if you proceed.