Personal
- Name
- Professor Neil King
- Position(s)
- Director, Research Training
Faculty of Health,
Faculty - Health - Professor
Faculty of Health,
School - Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - IHBI Member
Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI),
IHBI Health Projects,
IHBI Exercise and Nutrition - HHWB - Discipline *
- Human Movement and Sports Science
- Phone
- +61 7 3138 6444
- Fax
- +61 7 3138 3980
- n.king@qut.edu.au
- Location
- View location details (QUT staff and student access only)
- Qualifications
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Post Docotral Fellow (University of Leeds), Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Ed (University of Leeds)
- Keywords
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Appetite, Diet, Exercise, Food preference, Obesity, Weight Management
Biography
Background
Associate Professor King is nationally and internationally recognised as a key researcher in the field of physical activity, appetite control and energy balance. He is currently responsible for the recently developed Human Appetite Research Centre at QUT.
He has published over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles in quality, multidisciplinary journals with high impact factors, over 100 peer-reviewed conference abstracts and 17 book chapters. Since 1992 King has contributed to the obesity research by publishing a systematic series of 17 landmark publications exclusively on the relationship between exercise and appetite, including several commissioned reviews.
His research has advanced the understanding of the interaction between exercise and appetite, and in particular, the role of exercise in weight management. King has a strong record of successful grant applications and publications. Therefore, he has a proven track record of delivering outcomes. He has over 15 years of managing research projects and conducting clinical trials. To date he has successfully supervised five PhD completions, one Master of Science completion and five honours students. He is currently co-supervising five PhD students, two Master of Science students and one honours student.
Research interests
1. Appetite regulation, obesity and weight management
2. Exercise and/or dietary treatment of obesity
3. Susceptibility to weight gain: psychological and behavioural causes
4. Compensatory responses to exercise and dietary interventions.
Teaching
Unit co-ordinator
- HMB277 (Semester 1)
- HMB275 (Semester 2).
Contribution to teaching and supervision of Nutrition and Dietetics students (PUB720).
Contribution to teaching and supervision of Pscyhology Honours students (PYB450).
Publications
- Zabel RE, Ash S, Bauer JD, King NA, (2009) Assessment of subjective appetite sensations in hemodialysis patients. Agreement and feasibility between traditional paper and pen and a novel electronic appetite rating system, Appetite p525-527
- Bryant EJ, King NA, Blundell JE, (2008) Disinhibition: its effects on appetite and weight regulation, Obesity Reviews p409-419
- Whybrow S, Hughes DA, Ritz P, Johnstone AM, Horgan GW, King NA, Blundell JE, Stubbs RJ, (2008) The effect of an incremental increase in exercise on appetite, eating behaviour and energy balance in lean men and women feeding ad libitum, British Journal of Nutrition p1109-1115
- Blundell JE, Levin F, King NA, Barkeling B, Gustafson T, Hellstrom PM, Holst JJ, Naslund E, (2008) Overconsumption and obesity: Peptides and susceptibility to weight gain, Regulatory Peptides p32-38
- Hills A, King NA, Byrne NM, (2007) Children, Obesity and Exercise: Prevention, Treatment and Management of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity, Routledge
- Gately PJ, King NA, Greatwood HC, Humphrey LC, Radley D, Cooke CB, Hill AJ, (2007) Does a High-Protein Diet Improve Weight Loss in Overweight and Obese Children?, Obesity p1527-1534
- Hills A, King NA, Armstrong TP, (2007) The Contribution of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviours to the Growth and Development of Children and Adolescents, Sports Medicine p533-545
- Drapeau V, King NA, Hetherington M, Doucet E, Blundell JE, Tremblay A, (2007) Appetite Sensations and Satiety Quotient: Predictors of Energy Intake and Weight Loss, Appetite p159-166
- Finlayson G, King NA, Blundell JE, (2007) Liking vs. Wanting Food: Importance for Human Appetite Control and Weight Regulation, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews p987-1002
- Finlayson G, King NA, Blundell JE, (2007) Is it Possible to Dissociate 'Liking' and 'Wanting' for Foods in Humans? A Novel Experimental Procedure, Physiology and Behavior p36-42
For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.
