Clíona Ní Mhurchú

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Clíona Ní Mhurchú
Born
Dublin
Alma materUniversity of Southampton
Scientific career
Fieldspopulation nutrition
InstitutionsUniversity of Auckland
Thesis

Clíona Ní Mhurchú is a New Zealand population nutrition academic, she is currently a professor at the University of Auckland[1] and Nutrition Lead at the National Institute for Health Innovation.

Career[]

After training at Trinity College Dublin and a PhD from the University of Southampton entitled 'Effectiveness of motivational interviewing in dietary education for people with hyperlipidaemia' , Ní Mhurchú stated work at the University of Auckland where she rose to full professor.[1]

In 1999-02 and 2010–13 Ní Mhurchú received funding from the [1] and she is on a number of national and international technical advisory groups.[2][3]

Her research regularly gets covered in the mainstream New Zealand press.[4][5][6][7][8]

Selected works[]

  • Anderson, Craig; Sally Rubenach; Cliona Ni Mhurchu; Michael Clark; Carol Spencer, and Adrian Winsor. "Home or hospital for stroke rehabilitation? Results of a randomized controlled trial." Stroke 31, no. 5 (2000): 1024–1031.
  • James, W. Philip T., Rachel Jackson-Leach, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Eleni Kalamara, Maryam Shayeghi, Neville J. Rigby, Chizuru Nishida, and Anthony Rodgers. "Overweight and obesity (high body mass index)." Comparative quantification of health risks: global and regional burden of disease attribution to selected major risk factors 1 (2004): 497–596.
  • Maddison, Ralph, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Andrew Jull, Yannan Jiang, Harry Prapavessis, and Anthony Rodgers. "Energy expended playing video console games: an opportunity to increase children’s physical activity?." 19, no. 3 (2007): 334–343.
  • Utter, Jennifer, Robert Scragg, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, and David Schaaf. "At-home breakfast consumption among New Zealand children: associations with body mass index and related nutrition behaviors." Journal of the American Dietetic Association 107, no. 4 (2007): 570–576.
  • Maddison, Ralph, Louise Foley, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Yannan Jiang, Andrew Jull, Harry Prapavessis, Maea Hohepa, and Anthony Rodgers. "Effects of active video games on body composition: a randomized controlled trial." The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 94, no. 1 (2011): 156–163.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Professor Cliona Ni Mhurchu – The University of Auckland". Unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Professor Cliona Ni Mhurchu | DIET". Diet.auckland.ac.nz. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Professor Cliona Ni Mhurchu – Healthier Lives". Healthierlives.co.nz. 20 June 2014. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Food labels little used: research". NZ Herald. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Kiwi kids are exposed to 27 junk food advertisements a day, study finds". Stuff. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Kiwi kids bombarded with junk food ads – study". Newshub.co.nz. 2 January 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Call for plain packaging on soft drinks | Radio New Zealand News". Radionz.co.nz. September 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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