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Karen WaltonDr Karen Walton

BSc (Nutrition & Chemistry), MSc (Nutrition & Dietetics), PhD, APD

Position:

  • Lecturer
  • Nutrition and Public Health Honours Coordinator

Teaching and Coordinating:

  • BND434/GHMA934 Dietetics
  • POP401 Honours
  • SFC901 Contemporary Issues in Food and Nutrition

Research Interests:

  • Nutrition support for long stay hospital patients
  • Malnutrition and the elderly
  • Functional foods

Affiliations:

  • Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST)
  • Coeliac Society of Australia
  • Nutrition Society of Australia
  • Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA)
  • Institute of Hospitality in Healthcare (IHHC)

Publications:

Searchable RIS publications from 2000 to date

Walton .K, Williams P., Tapsell L. (2006). What do stakeholders consider the key issues affecting the quality of food service provision for long stay patients? Journal of Foodservice; 17(5-6): 212-225.

Walton K.L., Williams P., Tapsell L.C. & Batterham M. (2007). Rehabilitation inpatients are not meeting their energy and protein needs. e-SPEN the European e-Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism; 2(6):e120-e126.

Walton K., Williams P., Bracks J., Zhang Q., Pond L., Smoothy R., Tapsell L., Batterham M. & Vari L. (2008). A volunteer feeding assistance program can improve dietary intakes of elderly patients - A pilot study. Appetite;51:224-248.

Email: kwalton@uow.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 4221 5197
Office: B41.226
 
   

Last reviewed: 14 August, 2009 

 
   
 
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