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Associate Professor Adrienne Forsyth

Associate Professor, Nutrition & Dietetics
School of Behavioural and Health Sciences

Areas of expertise: nutrition; exercise; sport; health; education

Email: adrienne.forsyth@acu.edu.au

Location: ACU Melbourne Campus

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1692-2638

Adrienne Forsyth is an academic dietitian, sports dietitian and exercise physiologist. She enjoys supervising collaborative, solutions-focused research investigating practical issues related to nutrition for health and performance. Adrienne coordinates research units in the Master of Dietetic Practice at ACU and is the co-editor of textbooks in lifespan nutrition and sports nutrition.

Select publications

Representative publications

• Bramley, A., Forsyth, A. and McKenna, L. (2022). Validity and educational impact of clinical entrustable professional activities linked to the nutrition care process for work-based assessment of entry-level dietetics students: evaluation of a 3-year implementation study in Australia. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2022.09.009
• Burrows, T., Teasdale, S., Rocks, T., Whatnall, M., Schindlmayr, J., Plain, J., Robertson, M., Latimer, G., Harris, D. and Forsyth, A. (2022). Effectiveness of dietary interventions in mental health treatment (disordered eating, severe mental illness, substance use, depression and anxiety): A rapid review of reviews. Nutrition & Dietetics, 79, 279-290. https://doi.org/10.1111/1747-0080.12754
• Croxford, S., Stirling, E., McLeod, S., Biesiekierski, J., Murray, E., Ng, A., Bramley, A. and Forsyth, A. (2022). An exploratory study of industry perspectives to inform undergraduate nutrition employability initiatives. Nutrition & Dietetics. Online ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1111/1747-0080.12731
• Forsyth, A., Deane, F. and Williams, P. (2015). A lifestyle intervention for primary care patients with depression and anxiety: A randomised controlled trial. Psychiatry Research, 230(2), 537-544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2015.10.001
• Forsyth, A., Nicholson, M., Skiadopoulos, A., Trakman, G., Devlin, B., Belski, R., Randle, E., O'Halloran, P., Cameron, M. and Staley, K. (2021). Interventions to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage consumption using a Nudge approach in Victorian community sport settings. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45(6), 592-598. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13182
• Janiczak, A., Devlin, B., Forsyth, A. and Trakman, G. (2021). A systematic review update of athletes' nutrition knowledge and association with dietary intake. British Journal of Nutrition. Online ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114521004311
• Jenner, S., Belski, R., Devlin, B., Coutts, A., Kempton, T. and Forsyth, A. (2021). A qualitative investigation of factors influencing the dietary intakes of professional Australian football players. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(8), 4205. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084205
• Kennedy, E., Gordon, B., Ng, A., Smith, G. and Forsyth, A. (2021). Barriers and enablers to health service access amongst people with diabetes: An exploration of the perceptions of health care staff in regional Australia. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(1), e234-e244. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13433
• Lambell, K., Earthman, C., Tierney, A., Goh, G., Forsyth, A. and King, S. (2021). How does muscularity assessed by bedside methods compare to computed tomography muscle area at intensive care unit admission? A pilot prospective cross-sectional study. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 34(2), 345-355. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.12804
• Murnane, L., Forsyth, A., Pilgrim, C., Tierney, A. and Burton, P. (2021). Myosteatosis predicts higher complications and reduced overall survival following radical oesophageal and gastric cancer surgery. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 47(9), 2295-2303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2021.02.008

Books

• Belski, R., Forsyth, A., & Mantzioris, E. (2019). Nutrition for Sport, Exercise and Performance. Routledge. ISBN 9781760297497
• Croxford, S., Itsiopoulos, C., Forsyth, A., Belski, R., Thodis, A., Shepherd, S., & Tierney, A. (2015). Food & Nutrition Throughout Life. Routledge. ISBN 9781743316757

Projects

Selected Funded Projects

• Addressing the mental health of people with chronic disease in the Yarra Ranges (2022-25)
• Effectiveness of a digitally delivered continuous care intervention on the self-management of type 2 diabetes (2022-25)
• Adding an anti-inflammatory diet to an online delivered education and exercise-therapy program in young adults with kneecap pain: A proof of concept trial (2021-22)