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73
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21833
World Ranking
631
National Ranking
43

Overview

Luke Wolfenden is affiliated with the University of Newcastle Australia. Their research focuses primarily on Medicine and Health Professions, with significant contributions in General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. The scientist has a strong presence in the fields of obesity, physical activity, diet, health policy implementation science, and child nutrition and feeding issues.

Their key research topics include:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Children's Physical and Motor Development

Wolfenden has published extensively in several prominent journals, with frequent works appearing in:

  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • BMC Public Health

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Designing and undertaking randomised implementation trials: guide for researchers," 2021, BMJ
  • "Guidance for conducting feasibility and pilot studies for implementation trials," 2020, Pilot and Feasibility Studies
  • "Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under," 2020, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • "Barriers and facilitators influencing the sustainment of health behaviour interventions in schools and childcare services: a systematic review," 2021, Implementation Science
  • "Intervention Scalability Assessment Tool: A decision support tool for health policy makers and implementers," 2020, Health Research Policy and Systems

Wolfenden's collaborations include frequent coauthors such as Rachel Sutherland, Sze Lin Yoong, Nicole Nathan, John Wiggers, and Alix Hall. Their scholarly work contributes to advancing strategies in health policies, public health interventions, and behavioral nutrition.

Best Publications

  • The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change: The Lancet Commission report

    Boyd A Swinburn;Boyd A Swinburn;Vivica I Kraak;Steven Allender;Vincent J Atkins

  • Systematic Review of Universal Resilience-Focused Interventions Targeting Child and Adolescent Mental Health in the School Setting

    Julia Dray;Jenny Bowman;Elizabeth Campbell;Megan Freund

  • Guidance for conducting feasibility and pilot studies for implementation trials

    Nicole Pearson;Patti-Jean Naylor;Maureen C. Ashe;Maria Fernandez

  • Associations between characteristics of the home food environment and fruit and vegetable intake in preschool children: A cross-sectional study

    Rebecca Wyse;Elizabeth Campbell;Nicole Nathan;Luke Wolfenden

  • Musculoskeletal conditions may increase the risk of chronic disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

    Amanda Williams;Steven J. Kamper;John H. Wiggers;Kate M. O’Brien

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity levels in elementary school physical education lessons.

    Jenna L. Hollis;Amanda J. Williams;Rachel Sutherland;Elizabeth Campbell

  • Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under

    Rebecca K Hodder;Fiona G Stacey;Kate M O'Brien;Rebecca J Wyse

  • A cluster randomised trial of a telephone-based intervention for parents to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in their 3- to 5-year-old children: study protocol

    Rebecca J Wyse;Luke Wolfenden;Elizabeth Campbell;Elizabeth Campbell;Leah Brennan

  • Strategies to improve the implementation of healthy eating, physical activity and obesity prevention policies, practices or programmes within childcare services

    Luke Wolfenden;Jannah Jones;Christopher M Williams;Meghan Finch

  • Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of physical activity policies in schools: A systematic review.

    Nicole Nathan;Ben Elton;Mark Babic;Nicole McCarthy

  • Scaling-up evidence-based obesity interventions: A systematic review assessing intervention adaptations and effectiveness and quantifying the scale-up penalty.

    Sam McCrabb;Cassandra Lane;Alix Hall;Andrew Milat

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity levels in secondary school physical education lessons

    Jenna L. Hollis;Rachel Sutherland;Amanda J. Williams;Elizabeth Campbell

  • Barriers and facilitators influencing the sustainment of health behaviour interventions in schools and childcare services: a systematic review.

    Adam Shoesmith;Adam Shoesmith;Alix Hall;Luke Wolfenden;Rachel C. Shelton

  • Intervention Scalability Assessment Tool: A decision support tool for health policy makers and implementers

    Andrew Milat;Andrew Milat;Karen Lee;Kathleen Conte;Anne Grunseit

  • Designing and undertaking randomised implementation trials: guide for researchers

    Luke Wolfenden;Robbie Foy;Justin Presseau;Justin Presseau;Jeremy M Grimshaw;Jeremy M Grimshaw

  • A guide to scaling up population health interventions

    Andrew J Milat;Robyn Newson;Lesley King;Chris Rissel

  • Increasing the scale and adoption of population health interventions: experiences and perspectives of policy makers, practitioners, and researchers

    Andrew J Milat;Andrew J Milat;Lesley King;Robyn Newson;Luke Wolfenden

  • Strategies for enhancing the implementation of school-based policies or practices targeting risk factors for chronic disease.

    Luke Wolfenden;Nicole K Nathan;Rachel Sutherland;Sze Lin Yoong

  • Parental influences on child physical activity and screen viewing time: a population based study

    Benjamin John Smith;Anne Grunseit;Louise Hardy;Lesley King

  • Implementation and scale-up of physical activity and behavioural nutrition interventions: an evaluation roadmap

    Heather McKay;Heather McKay;Patti-Jean Naylor;Erica Lau;Erica Lau;Samantha M. Gray

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of whole of community interventions to prevent excessive population weight gain

    Luke Wolfenden;Rebecca Wyse;Melanie Nichols;Steven Allender

  • Strategies to improve the implementation of workplace‐based policies or practices targeting tobacco, alcohol, diet, physical activity and obesity

    Luke Wolfenden;Sharni Goldman;Fiona G Stacey;Alice Grady

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Milat
Andrew Milat New South Wales Department of Health
Amanda L. Baker
Amanda L. Baker University of Newcastle Australia
Chris Rissel
Chris Rissel Flinders University
Gregory Carter
Gregory Carter University of Newcastle Australia
Philip J. Morgan
Philip J. Morgan University of Newcastle Australia
Christopher M. Doran
Christopher M. Doran Central Queensland University
David R. Lubans
David R. Lubans University of Newcastle Australia
Judith J. Prochaska
Judith J. Prochaska Stanford University
Lesley King
Lesley King University of Sydney
Richard Saitz
Richard Saitz Boston University

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