Dr Lyza Norton

Position

Research Fellow

Biography

Dr Norton has extensive clinical experience as a Senior Paediatric Dietitian working across the acute and community sector in the area of eating disorders, over the past two decades. She is passionate about integrating preventive interventions within the wider community and has research interests include the early years, food communication and preventive interventions. Her PhD; Promoting positive food parenting practices for disordered eating prevention: Adopting a knowledge translation approach (completed in 2023), has resulted in an intervention designed for parents to reduce their child’s risk of developing disordered eating. Dr Norton is passionate about using evidenced based strategies and frameworks adopted from social marketing, co-design and knowledge translation science to assist families in the real world.

Dr Norton is currently employed as a research fellow at Western Sydney University working on the SHiNE project (Supporting Healthful Initiatives in Nutrition Education) and is employed as a senior paediatric dietitian with Gold Coast Health Service. Treehouse Nutrition Services is her consultancy business enabling her to collaborate with other organisations, including The Embrace Collective and Eating Disorder Families Australia (EDFA).

Research Interests

• Early years, food communication and prevention of eating disorders
• Knowledge translation

Qualifications and Recognition

• PhD, MND, B.Sc
• Named chief investigator in successful MRFF grant (2022)

Research & Publications

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