Area of research
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health · Physiology
Research interest
Research interests include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Physical Activity and Health, Children's Physical and Motor Development, and Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins.
Commercial Determinants and Influences on Physical Activity: Is Physical Activity a Unique Issue?
Stakeholder perceptions of the utility of SNA visuals in strengthening community-based health programmes
Predictive equation derived from 6,497 doubly labelled water measurements enables the detection of erroneous self-reported energy intake
Energy expenditure and obesity across the economic spectrum
Author Correction: Predictive equation derived from 6,497 doubly labelled water measurements enables the detection of erroneous self-reported energy intake
Tool for assessing food industry commitments and practices to address the double burden of malnutrition: a Delphi study.
Toxic metals impact gut microbiota and metabolic risk in five African-origin populations.
Results From South Africa's 2022 Healthy Active Kids' Report Card on Physical Activity, Body Composition Proxies, and Nutritional Status in Children and Adolescents.
Toxic Metals Impact Gut Microbiota and Metabolic Risk in Five African-Origin Populations
Gut microbiota and fecal short chain fatty acids differ with adiposity and country of origin: the METS-microbiome study
Status and Trends of Physical Activity Surveillance, Policy, and Research in 164 Countries: Findings From the Global Observatory for Physical Activity-GoPA! 2015 and 2020 Surveys.
Using the COM-B model and Behaviour Change Wheel to develop a theory and evidence-based intervention for women with gestational diabetes (IINDIAGO).
Multi-country collaborative citizen science projects to co-design cardiovascular disease prevention strategies and advocacy: findings from Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, and South Africa
Cost-effectiveness of <i>Lifestyle Africa</i>: an adaptation of the diabetes prevention programme for delivery by community health workers in urban South Africa.
If You Build It Will They Come? Park Upgrades, Park Use and Park-Based Physical Activity in Urban Cape Town, South Africa-The SUN Study.
Association of Perceived Neighbourhood Walkability with Self-Reported Physical Activity and Body Mass Index in South African Adolescents.
Using social networks to scale up and sustain community-based programmes to improve physical activity and diet in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review.
Global Matrix 4.0 Physical Activity Report Card Grades for Children and Adolescents: Results and Analyses From 57 Countries.
Variation in human water turnover associated with environmental and lifestyle factors
Variation in human water turnover associated with environmental and lifestyle factors.
Building knowledge, optimising physical and mental health and setting up healthier life trajectories in South African women (<i>Bukhali</i>): a preconception randomised control trial part of the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI)
Total energy expenditure is repeatable in adults but not associated with short-term changes in body composition
Variability in energy expenditure is much greater in males than females.
Evaluation of an adapted version of the Diabetes Prevention Program for low- and middle-income countries: A cluster randomized trial to evaluate "Lifestyle Africa" in South Africa.
Human total, basal and activity energy expenditures are independent of ambient environmental temperature.
Sleep characteristics associated with nocturnal blood pressure nondipping in healthy individuals: a systematic review.
Implementing and Evaluating Community Health Worker-Led Cardiovascular Disease Risk Screening Intervention in Sub-Saharan Africa Communities: A Participatory Implementation Research Protocol.
Total energy expenditure is repeatable in adults but not associated with short-term changes in body composition.
Why are COVID-19 effects less severe in Sub-Saharan Africa? Moving more and sitting less may be a primary reason.
Utility of silhouette showcards to assess adiposity in three countries across the epidemiological transition.