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Associate Professor Karen Charlton

B.Sc., PG Dip. Diet., M.Phil (Epidemiology), M.Sc., PhD, APD

Position:

• Associate Professor in School of Health Sciences

Teaching:

• GHMA946 Epidemiology and Toxicology for OHS Practitioners
• GHMD904 Epidemiology
• POP204 Epidemiologyy

Affiliations:

• Dietitians Association of Australia
• Nutrition Society of Australia
• International Union of Nutritional Sciences' (IUNS) Task Force on Diet, Nutrition and Long Term Health
• Smart Foods Centre

Research interests:

• Nutritional epidemiology
• Diet and management and prevention of chronic diseases, particularly hypertension and obesity
• Community-based lifestyle interventions
• Food security in Africa
• Dietary methodology and instrument development and validation
• Nutrition screening in older adults (Member of International Working Group to revise the Mini Nutritional Assessment tool)
• Body composition and ageing
• Nutrition and healthy ageing, including cognitive functioning

Recent Publications:

Searchable RIS publications from 2000 to date

• Charlton, K. E., Steyn, K., Levitt, N., Jonathan, D., Zulu, J. & Nel, J. 2008, 'Development and validation of a short questionnaire to assess sodium intake', Public Health Nutrition, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 83-94.
  
• Charlton, K. E., Kolbe-Alexander, T. & Nel, J. 2007, 'The MNA, but not the DETERMINE, screening tool is a valid indicator of nutritional status in elderly Africans', Nutrition, vol. 23, no. 7-8, pp. 533-542.
  
• Charlton, K. E., MacGregor, E., Vorster, N. H., Levitt, N. S. & Steyn, K. 2007, 'Partial replacement of NaCl can be achieved with potassium, magnesium and calcium salts in brown bread', International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, vol. 58, no. 7, pp. 508-521.
  
• Kolbe-Alexander, T., Lambert, E. V. & Charlton, K. E. 2006, 'Effectiveness of a community based low intensity exercise program for older adults', Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 21-29.
• Charlton, K. E., Kolbe-Alexander, T. & Nel, J. 2005, 'Development of a novel nutrition screening tool for use in elderly South Africans', Public Health Nutrition, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 468-479.
• Charlton, K. E., Steyn, K., Levitt, N., Zulu, J., Jonathan, D., Veldman, F. & Nel, J. 2005, 'Ethnic differences in intake and excretion of sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium in South Africans', European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 355-362.
• Charlton, K. E., Rabinowitz, T. L., Geffen, L. N. & Dhansay, M. A. 2004, 'Lowered Plasma Vitamin C, but not Vitamin E, Concentrations in Dementia Patients', Journal of Nutrition Health and Aging, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 99-107.
• Rose, D. & Charlton, K. E.  2002, 'Prevalence of household food poverty in South Africa: results from a large nationally representative survey', Public Health Nutrition, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 383-389.