Associate Professor Karen Charlton

Karen Charlton

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

Position:

Associate Professor in School of Health Sciences

Teaching:

Epidemiology
Food & Nutrition Monitoring & Surveillance

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.