Adjunct Professor
Nuala Byrne
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Research field
Human Movement and Sports Science, Nutrition and Dietetics
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)
- MAppSc (Research) (Queensland University of Technology)
- BHMS (University of Queensland)
Professional memberships and associations
- Australia and New Zealand Obesity Society (ANZOS) President (2009-11), Council (2005 - current)
- North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO)
- American Physiological Society (APS)
Teaching
Publications
- Liu, A., Byrne, N., Kagawa, M., Ma, G., Poh, B., Ismail, M., Kijboonchoo, K., Nasreddine, L., Trinidad, T. & Hills, A. (2011). Ethnic differences in the relationship between body mass index and percentage body fat among Asian children from different backgrounds. British Journal of Nutrition, 106(9), 1390–1397. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/52254
- Byrne, N., Groves, A., McIntyre, D. & Callaway, L. (2011). Changes in resting and walking energy expenditure and walking speed during pregnancy in obese women. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 94(3), 819–830. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/41950
- Horner, K., Byrne, N., Cleghorn, G., Naslund, E. & King, N. (2011). The effects of weight loss strategies on gastric emptying and appetite control. Obesity Reviews, 12(11), 935–951. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/43652
- King, N., Horner, K., Hills, A., Byrne, N., Wood, R., Bryant, E., Caudwell, P., Finlayson, G., Gibbons, C., Hopkins, M., Martins, C. & Blundell, J. (2012). Exercise, appetite and weight management: Understanding the compensatory responses in eating behaviour and how they contribute to variability in exercise-induced weight loss. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 46(5), 315–322. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/54551
- Callaway, L., Colditz, P., Byrne, N., Lingwood, B., Rowlands, I., Foxcroft, K. & McIntyre, D. (2010). Prevention of gestational diabetes: Feasibility issues for an exercise intervention in obese pregnant women. Diabetes Care, 33(7), 1457–1459. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/43187
- Alahmadi, M., Hills, A., King, N. & Byrne, N. (2011). Exercise intensity influences nonexercise activity thermogenesis in overweight and obese adults. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 43(4), 624–631. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/35659
- Hunter, G., Byrne, N., Sirikul, B., Fernandez, J. & Zuckerman, P. (2008). Resistance training conserves fat-free mass and resting energy expenditure following weight loss. Obesity, 16(5), 1045–1051. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/18460
- Colley, R., Hills, A., O'Moore-Sullivan, T., Hickman, I., Prins, J. & Byrne, N. (2008). Variability in adherence to an unsupervised exercise prescription in obese women. International Journal of Obesity, 32(5), 837–844. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/18461
- Hunter, G., McCarthy, J., Bryan, D., Zuckerman, P., Bamman, M. & Byrne, N. (2008). Increased strength and decreased flexibility are related to reduced oxygen cost of walking. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 104(5), 895–901. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/18566
- Byrne, N., Hills, A., Hunter, G., Weinsier, R. & Schutz, Y. (2005). Metabolic Equivalent: One Size Does Not Fit All. Journal of Applied Physiology, 99(3), 1112–1119. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/8497
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Nuala, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Selected research projects
- Title
- Long-term effects of very low energy diet versus conventional diet on adiposity, lean body mass, muscle strength and bone density in obese adults, and mechanisms promoting changes
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1026005
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- Title
- Achieving more effective weight loss with intermittent energy restriction
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1030705
- Start year
- 2013
- Keywords
- obesity; nutrition; energy expenditure; energy intake; energy metabolism
- Title
- Improving Successful Long-term Weight Loss by Deactivating the Human Famine Reaction
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 497223
- Start year
- 2008
- Keywords
- Body Weight Regulation; Obesity; Neuroendocrinology; Energy Metabolism; Weight Loss
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Measuring voluntary dietary change in response to exercise: a focus on dietary fat (2012)
- Body Composition and Its Relationship to Metabolic Risk Factors in Asian Children (2011)
- The Effect of Exercise Intensity on Fat Oxidation and Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis in Overweight/Obese Men (2011)
- Body composition and energy expenditure in men with schizophrenia (2008)
- Energy expenditure and physical activity patterns in children: Applicabiity of simultaneous methods (2008)
- Exercise intensity, exercise training and energy metabolism in overweight and obese males (2008)
- Quantifying the effect of exercise on total energy expenditure in obese women (2007)