Dr Lyza Norton

Position

Adjunct 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.

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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