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Associate Professor Fiona O'Leary

PhD, Grad Dip Nutr & Diet, BSc (Hons)

Associate Professor
Discipline of Nutrition and Dietetics
Sydney Nursing School
Faculty of Medicine and Health

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Email

fiona.oleary@sydney.edu.au

Details

Member of the Charles Perkins Centre

Websites

Room 4E80, D17 - Charles Perkins Centre

Biographical details

DR FIONA OLEARY BSc (Hons), GradDipND, PhD, Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian has extensive clinical experience in dietetics and ageing, having worked in hospitals, an aged care assessment team and as consultant to the residential aged care sector. Her PhD was on the impact of nutrition on physical function in rehabilitation. She was a reviewer for the Australian Dietary Guidelines and is associate investigator in the NHMRC funded Maintain your Brain dementia prevention trial.

Research interests

Her research is in dietary assessment, nutritional status, malnutrition and disease risk, public health nutrition and evidence translation especially related to healthy ageing. Fiona has 33 peer-reviewed publications, the majority in ageing and/or dementia.

Teaching and supervision

Fiona is the course co-ordinator for Dietetic Professional Studies course and lectures in the Medical Nutrition Therapy course components for the Masters of Nutrition and Dietetics degree, The University of Sydney.

Current Research Students

Associate supervisor PhD: Nutrition and Cognitive Function in Older Adults

Associate supervisor PhD: Nutrition and oral health among older men using data from the Concord health and Ageing in men study

Associate supervisor MPhil: Development of a Nutritional Biomarker Panel

Current projects

1. Maintain your Brain. A randomised controlled multi -interventional dementia prevention study; NHMRC funded trial; Associate investigator.

2. Secondary analysis of the Australian National Nutrition Survey to determine dietary patterns of older Australians.

3. Dietary protein supplementation in chronic obstructive airways disease pilot study.

4. Strengthening food and nutrition security through family poultry and crop integration in Tanzania and Zambia, a food security initiative aiming to improve household nutrition and reduce childhood malnutrition.

Associations

Member of the Dietitian's Association of Australia.

Member of the following research nodes at the Charles Perkins Centre: Brain and Body, Biology of ageing,Healthy food systems.

Deputy Chair Clinical Education and Advisory Committee - 2018-2020

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Awards and honours

Advanced Accredited Practicing Dietitian

Themes

Food and nutrition, Biochemistry and metabolism, Human health

Publications

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Book Chapters

Ginige, A., Boulamatsis, C., Heffernan, M., San Jose, J., Chuprov, I., Chau, T., Maeder, A., Valenzuela, M., Fiatarone Singh, M., Mavros, Y., Noble, Y., Radd-Vagenas, S., Guerrero Ayala, Y., Jain, N., O'Leary, F., et al (2020). Fully-Online, Interoperable Clinical Trial Management System for Multi-Interventional RCT: Maintain Your Brain Digital Platform. In Anthony J. Maeder, Stephanie Champion, Carly Moores, Rebecca Golley (Eds.), Information Technology Based Methods for Health Behaviours: Selected Papers from Global Telehealth 2019, (pp. 97-112). Amsterdam: IOS Press. [More Information]

Journals

Jeon, Y., Hobbs, A., Nelson, K., Fethney, J., Comans, T., Conway, J., Mowszowski, L., Hill, K., Wesson, J., Hewitt, J., Watson, K., Togher, L., Allman-Farinelli, M., Petrie, G., O'Leary, F., Hilmer, S., Little, S., et al (2024). Evaluation of the Interdisciplinary Care Home-bAsed Reablement Program (I-CHARP) for People Living With Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Care Homes. Journal of Advanced Nursing. [More Information]
Liang, S., Mijatovic, J., Li, A., Koemel, N., Nasir, J., Toniutti, C., Bell-Anderson, K., Skilton, M., O'Leary, F. (2023). Dietary Patterns and Non-Communicable Disease Biomarkers: A Network Meta-Analysis and Nutritional Geometry Approach. Nutrients, 15(1), 76. [More Information]
Turner, A., LaMonica, H., Moroney, C., O'Leary, F., Naismith, S., Flood, V. (2023). Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviours Concerning the Mediterranean Diet Among Older Adults in Australia. Journal of Community Health, 48(6), 951-962. [More Information]
Xi, C., Liu, Z., Sachdev, P., Kochan, N., O'Leary, F., Brodaty, H. (2022). Association of dietary patterns with cognitive function and cognitive decline in Sydney Memory and Ageing Study: a longitudinal analysis/Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Journal of The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 122(5), 949-960. [More Information]
Liang, S., Nasir, J., Bell-Anderson, K., Toniutti, C., O'Leary, F., Skilton, M. (2022). Biomarkers of dietary patterns: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Nutrition Reviews, 80(8), 1856-1895. [More Information]
Lee, J., Nguyen, J., O'Leary, F. (2022). Content, Quality and Accuracy of Online Nutrition Resources for the Prevention and Treatment of Dementia: A Review of Online Content. Dietetics, 1(3), 148-163.
Chen, X., Brodaty, H., O'Leary, F. (2022). Nutrition senolytics - illusion or reality for cognitive ageing? Current Opinion In Clinical Nutrition And Metabolic Care, 25(1), 7-28. [More Information]
Chen, X., Liu, Z., Sachdev, P., Kochan, N., Brodaty, H., O'Leary, F. (2021). Association of adherence to the Australian Dietary Guidelines with cognitive performance and cognitive decline in the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study: A longitudinal analysis. Journal of Nutritional Science, 10, e86. [More Information]
Chen, X., Liu, Z., Sachdev, P., Kochan, N., O'Leary, F., Brodaty, H. (2021). Dietary Patterns and Cognitive Health in Older Adults: Findings from the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study. Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, 25(2), 255-262. [More Information]
Lancaster, R., Radd-Vagenas, S., Fiatarone Singh, M., Dam, Y., Daniel, K., Mavros, Y., Sachdev, P., Lautenschlager, N., Cox, K., Brodaty, H., O'Leary, F., Flood, V. (2021). Electronic food records among middle-aged and older people: A comparison of self-reported and dietitian-assisted information. Nutrition and Dietetics, 78(2), 145-153. [More Information]
Chin, S., Wong, R., Hirani, V., O'Leary, F. (2021). Nutrition Knowledge Assessment Tools for Older Adults and their Carers: A Scoping Review. Nutrition Research Reviews. [More Information]
Almendrales Rangel, C., Noble, Y., Radd-Vagenas, S., Mavros, Y., Flood, V., O'Leary, F., Brodaty, H., Sachdev, P., Heffernan, M., Valenzuela, M., Daniel, K., Fiatarone Singh, M., et al (2021). Nutrition Module Design in Maintain Your Brain: An internet-based randomized controlled trial to prevent cognitive decline and dementia. British Journal of Nutrition, , 1-10. [More Information]
Moroney, C., O'Leary, F., Flood, V. (2021). The Med-NKQ: A reliable mediterranean diet nutrition knowledge questionnaire for cardiovascular disease. Nutrients, 13(9), 2949. [More Information]
Ghacham, A., Dam, Y., Almendrales Rangel, C., Mavros, Y., Radd-Vagenas, S., Sabeti, N., Heffernan, M., Brodaty, H., Sachdev, P., Lautenschlager, N., Fiatarone Singh, M., O'Leary, F. (2021). The Mediterranean diet and physical activity: A cross-sectional analysis of the Maintain Your Brain randomised controlled trial. Alzheimer's and Dementia, 17, e053379. [More Information]
O'Leary, F., Grech, A., Sui, Z., Cheng, H., Rangan, A., Hirani, V. (2020). Older Australians are eating more protein: Secondary analysis of the 1995 & 2011/12 national nutrition surveys. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 74(4), 588-597. [More Information]
O'Connor, J., Milledge, K., O'Leary, F., Cumming, R., Eberhard, J., Hirani, V. (2020). Poor dietary intake of nutrients and food groups are associated with increased risk of periodontal disease among community-dwelling older adults: a systematic literature review. Nutrition Reviews, 78(2), 175-188. [More Information]
Liang, S., Nasir, J., Skilton, M., Bell-Anderson, K., O'Leary, F. (2019). Biomarkers as indicators of dietary patterns: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials and prospective cohort studies. PROSPERO, 2019, 1-4.
Chen, X., Maguire, B., Brodaty, H., O'Leary, F. (2019). Dietary patterns and cognitive health in older adults: A systematic review. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 67(2), 583-619. [More Information]
Heffernan, M., Andrews, G., Fiatarone Singh, M., Valenzuela, M., Anstey, K., Maeder, A., McNeil, J., Jorm, L., Lautenschlager, N., Sachdev, P., Daniel, K., Flood, V., Guerrero Ayala, Y., Saigal (Jain), N., Lampit, A., Mavros, Y., Meiklejohn, J., Noble, Y., O'Leary, F., Radd-Vagenas, S., Walton, C., et al (2019). Maintain Your Brain: Protocol of a 3-Year Randomized Controlled Trial of a Personalized Multi-Modal Digital Health Intervention to Prevent Cognitive Decline Among Community Dwelling 55 to 77 Year Olds. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 70, S221-S237. [More Information]
Coffey, J., Raubenheimer, D., Rangan, A., Allman-Farinelli, M., Simpson, S., O'Leary, F. (2019). MasterChef recipes and takeaway foods: how do they compare? International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science, 16, 1-8. [More Information]
Grech, A., Alders, R., Darnton-Hill, I., Bagnol, B., Hikeezi, D., O'Leary, F. (2018). Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes, and Dietary Intake of Women of Reproductive Age in Bundabunda Ward, Zambia. Clinical Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, 1(2), 1-12.
Cheng, H., Kong, J., Underwood, C., Petocz, P., Hirani, V., Dawson, B., O'Leary, F. (2018). Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of protein and amino acid supplements in older adults with acute or chronic conditions. British Journal of Nutrition, 119(5), 527-542. [More Information]
Cook, A., O'Leary, F., Allman-Farinelli, M. (2018). The relationship between process use and stage of change for sugary drinks. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 31(5), 697-703. [More Information]
Bartter, J., Diffey, H., Yeung, Y., O'Leary, F., Hasler, B., Maulaga, W., Alders, R. (2018). Use of chicken eggshell to improve dietary calcium intake in rural sub-Saharan Africa. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 14(S3), 1-10. [More Information]
Radd-Vagenas, S., Fiatarone Singh, M., Daniel, K., Noble, Y., Jain, N., O'Leary, F., Mavros, Y., Heffernan, M., Meiklejohn, J., Guerrero Ayala, Y., Flood, V., et al (2018). Validity of the Mediterranean Diet and Culinary Index (MediCul) for Online Assessment of Adherence to the 'Traditional' Diet and Aspects of Cuisine in Older Adults. Nutrients, 10(12), 1-17. [More Information]
Hebden, L., O'Leary, F., Rangan, A., Lie, E., Hirani, V., Allman-Farinelli, M. (2017). Fruit Consumption and Adiposity Status in Adults: A Systematic Review of Current Evidence. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 57, 2526-2540. [More Information]
Cook, A., McCook, R., Petocz, P., O'Leary, F., Allman-Farinelli, M. (2016). Comparative validity and repeatability of a single question, a twenty-eight-item FFQ and estimated food records to assess takeaway meal intake. British Journal of Nutrition, 116(9), 1582-1591. [More Information]
Cook, A., O'Leary, F., Allman-Farinelli, M. (2015). Behavioural and cognitive processes adults use to change their fruit and vegetable consumption. Nutrition and Dietetics, 72(4), 327-332. [More Information]
Cook, A., Roberts, K., O'Leary, F., Allman-Farinelli, M. (2015). Comparison of single questions and brief questionnaire with longer validated food frequency questionnaire to assess adequate fruit and vegetable intake. Nutrition, 31, 941-947. [More Information]
Demeny, D., Jukic, K., Dawson, B., O'Leary, F. (2015). Current practices of dietitians in the assessment and management of malnutrition in elderly patients. Nutrition and Dietetics, 72, 254-260. [More Information]
O'Leary, F., Allman-Farinelli, M., Petocz, P., Samman, S. (2013). Nutritional status but not vitamin deficiencies are associated with low functional scores. Journal of Aging Research and Clinical Practice, 2(2), 216-220.
Cook, A., O'Leary, F., Chey, T., Bauman, A., Allman-Farinelli, M. (2013). Prevalence of and intention to change dietary and physical activity health risk behaviours. Appetite, 71, 150-157. [More Information]
Hebden, L., Kostan, E., O'Leary, F., Hodge, A., Allman-Farinelli, M. (2013). Validity and reproducibility of a food frequency questionnaire as a measure of recent dietary intake in young adults. PloS One, 8(9), 1-10. [More Information]
O'Leary, F., Hattersley, L., King, L., Allman-Farinelli, M. (2012). Sugary drink consumption behaviours among young adults at university. Nutrition and Dietetics, 69(2), 119-123. [More Information]
O'Leary, F., Allman-Farinelli, M., Samman, S. (2012). Vitamin B12 status, cognitive decline and dementia: a systematic review of prospective cohort studies. British Journal of Nutrition, 108, 1948-1961. [More Information]
O'Leary, F., Flood, V., Petocz, P., Allman-Farinelli, M., Samman, S. (2011). B vitamin status, dietary intake and length of stay in a sample of elderly rehabilitation patients. Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, 15(6), 485-489. [More Information]
O'Leary, F., Wai, J., Wormald, L., Ellis, J., Petocz, P., Flood, V., Samman, S. (2011). Vitamin B12 status, dietary protein intake and proton pump inhibitor use in geriatric rehabilitation subjects. Nutrition and Dietetics, 68(2), 109-114. [More Information]
O'Leary, F., Samman, S. (2010). Vitamin B12 in Health and Disease. Nutrients, 2(3), 299-316.

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Conferences

Grech, A., Alders, R., Darnton-Hill, I., Bagnol, B., Hikeezi, D., Lumbwe, H., O'Leary, F. (2016). Nutrition knowledge, attitudes and dietary intake of women of reproductive age in Bundabunda Ward, Zambia. Agri-Health Research, Zambia: WHO Press.

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2024

Jeon, Y., Hobbs, A., Nelson, K., Fethney, J., Comans, T., Conway, J., Mowszowski, L., Hill, K., Wesson, J., Hewitt, J., Watson, K., Togher, L., Allman-Farinelli, M., Petrie, G., O'Leary, F., Hilmer, S., Little, S., et al (2024). Evaluation of the Interdisciplinary Care Home-bAsed Reablement Program (I-CHARP) for People Living With Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Care Homes. Journal of Advanced Nursing. [More Information]

2023

Liang, S., Mijatovic, J., Li, A., Koemel, N., Nasir, J., Toniutti, C., Bell-Anderson, K., Skilton, M., O'Leary, F. (2023). Dietary Patterns and Non-Communicable Disease Biomarkers: A Network Meta-Analysis and Nutritional Geometry Approach. Nutrients, 15(1), 76. [More Information]
Turner, A., LaMonica, H., Moroney, C., O'Leary, F., Naismith, S., Flood, V. (2023). Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviours Concerning the Mediterranean Diet Among Older Adults in Australia. Journal of Community Health, 48(6), 951-962. [More Information]

2022

Xi, C., Liu, Z., Sachdev, P., Kochan, N., O'Leary, F., Brodaty, H. (2022). Association of dietary patterns with cognitive function and cognitive decline in Sydney Memory and Ageing Study: a longitudinal analysis/Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Journal of The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 122(5), 949-960. [More Information]
Liang, S., Nasir, J., Bell-Anderson, K., Toniutti, C., O'Leary, F., Skilton, M. (2022). Biomarkers of dietary patterns: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Nutrition Reviews, 80(8), 1856-1895. [More Information]
Lee, J., Nguyen, J., O'Leary, F. (2022). Content, Quality and Accuracy of Online Nutrition Resources for the Prevention and Treatment of Dementia: A Review of Online Content. Dietetics, 1(3), 148-163.
Chen, X., Brodaty, H., O'Leary, F. (2022). Nutrition senolytics - illusion or reality for cognitive ageing? Current Opinion In Clinical Nutrition And Metabolic Care, 25(1), 7-28. [More Information]

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2021

Chen, X., Liu, Z., Sachdev, P., Kochan, N., Brodaty, H., O'Leary, F. (2021). Association of adherence to the Australian Dietary Guidelines with cognitive performance and cognitive decline in the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study: A longitudinal analysis. Journal of Nutritional Science, 10, e86. [More Information]
Chen, X., Liu, Z., Sachdev, P., Kochan, N., O'Leary, F., Brodaty, H. (2021). Dietary Patterns and Cognitive Health in Older Adults: Findings from the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study. Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, 25(2), 255-262. [More Information]
Lancaster, R., Radd-Vagenas, S., Fiatarone Singh, M., Dam, Y., Daniel, K., Mavros, Y., Sachdev, P., Lautenschlager, N., Cox, K., Brodaty, H., O'Leary, F., Flood, V. (2021). Electronic food records among middle-aged and older people: A comparison of self-reported and dietitian-assisted information. Nutrition and Dietetics, 78(2), 145-153. [More Information]
Chin, S., Wong, R., Hirani, V., O'Leary, F. (2021). Nutrition Knowledge Assessment Tools for Older Adults and their Carers: A Scoping Review. Nutrition Research Reviews. [More Information]
Almendrales Rangel, C., Noble, Y., Radd-Vagenas, S., Mavros, Y., Flood, V., O'Leary, F., Brodaty, H., Sachdev, P., Heffernan, M., Valenzuela, M., Daniel, K., Fiatarone Singh, M., et al (2021). Nutrition Module Design in Maintain Your Brain: An internet-based randomized controlled trial to prevent cognitive decline and dementia. British Journal of Nutrition, , 1-10. [More Information]
Moroney, C., O'Leary, F., Flood, V. (2021). The Med-NKQ: A reliable mediterranean diet nutrition knowledge questionnaire for cardiovascular disease. Nutrients, 13(9), 2949. [More Information]
Ghacham, A., Dam, Y., Almendrales Rangel, C., Mavros, Y., Radd-Vagenas, S., Sabeti, N., Heffernan, M., Brodaty, H., Sachdev, P., Lautenschlager, N., Fiatarone Singh, M., O'Leary, F. (2021). The Mediterranean diet and physical activity: A cross-sectional analysis of the Maintain Your Brain randomised controlled trial. Alzheimer's and Dementia, 17, e053379. [More Information]

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2020

Ginige, A., Boulamatsis, C., Heffernan, M., San Jose, J., Chuprov, I., Chau, T., Maeder, A., Valenzuela, M., Fiatarone Singh, M., Mavros, Y., Noble, Y., Radd-Vagenas, S., Guerrero Ayala, Y., Jain, N., O'Leary, F., et al (2020). Fully-Online, Interoperable Clinical Trial Management System for Multi-Interventional RCT: Maintain Your Brain Digital Platform. In Anthony J. Maeder, Stephanie Champion, Carly Moores, Rebecca Golley (Eds.), Information Technology Based Methods for Health Behaviours: Selected Papers from Global Telehealth 2019, (pp. 97-112). Amsterdam: IOS Press. [More Information]
O'Leary, F., Grech, A., Sui, Z., Cheng, H., Rangan, A., Hirani, V. (2020). Older Australians are eating more protein: Secondary analysis of the 1995 & 2011/12 national nutrition surveys. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 74(4), 588-597. [More Information]
O'Connor, J., Milledge, K., O'Leary, F., Cumming, R., Eberhard, J., Hirani, V. (2020). Poor dietary intake of nutrients and food groups are associated with increased risk of periodontal disease among community-dwelling older adults: a systematic literature review. Nutrition Reviews, 78(2), 175-188. [More Information]

2019

Liang, S., Nasir, J., Skilton, M., Bell-Anderson, K., O'Leary, F. (2019). Biomarkers as indicators of dietary patterns: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials and prospective cohort studies. PROSPERO, 2019, 1-4.
Chen, X., Maguire, B., Brodaty, H., O'Leary, F. (2019). Dietary patterns and cognitive health in older adults: A systematic review. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 67(2), 583-619. [More Information]
Heffernan, M., Andrews, G., Fiatarone Singh, M., Valenzuela, M., Anstey, K., Maeder, A., McNeil, J., Jorm, L., Lautenschlager, N., Sachdev, P., Daniel, K., Flood, V., Guerrero Ayala, Y., Saigal (Jain), N., Lampit, A., Mavros, Y., Meiklejohn, J., Noble, Y., O'Leary, F., Radd-Vagenas, S., Walton, C., et al (2019). Maintain Your Brain: Protocol of a 3-Year Randomized Controlled Trial of a Personalized Multi-Modal Digital Health Intervention to Prevent Cognitive Decline Among Community Dwelling 55 to 77 Year Olds. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 70, S221-S237. [More Information]
Coffey, J., Raubenheimer, D., Rangan, A., Allman-Farinelli, M., Simpson, S., O'Leary, F. (2019). MasterChef recipes and takeaway foods: how do they compare? International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science, 16, 1-8. [More Information]

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2018

Grech, A., Alders, R., Darnton-Hill, I., Bagnol, B., Hikeezi, D., O'Leary, F. (2018). Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes, and Dietary Intake of Women of Reproductive Age in Bundabunda Ward, Zambia. Clinical Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, 1(2), 1-12.
Cheng, H., Kong, J., Underwood, C., Petocz, P., Hirani, V., Dawson, B., O'Leary, F. (2018). Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of protein and amino acid supplements in older adults with acute or chronic conditions. British Journal of Nutrition, 119(5), 527-542. [More Information]
Cook, A., O'Leary, F., Allman-Farinelli, M. (2018). The relationship between process use and stage of change for sugary drinks. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 31(5), 697-703. [More Information]
Bartter, J., Diffey, H., Yeung, Y., O'Leary, F., Hasler, B., Maulaga, W., Alders, R. (2018). Use of chicken eggshell to improve dietary calcium intake in rural sub-Saharan Africa. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 14(S3), 1-10. [More Information]
Radd-Vagenas, S., Fiatarone Singh, M., Daniel, K., Noble, Y., Jain, N., O'Leary, F., Mavros, Y., Heffernan, M., Meiklejohn, J., Guerrero Ayala, Y., Flood, V., et al (2018). Validity of the Mediterranean Diet and Culinary Index (MediCul) for Online Assessment of Adherence to the 'Traditional' Diet and Aspects of Cuisine in Older Adults. Nutrients, 10(12), 1-17. [More Information]

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2017

Hebden, L., O'Leary, F., Rangan, A., Lie, E., Hirani, V., Allman-Farinelli, M. (2017). Fruit Consumption and Adiposity Status in Adults: A Systematic Review of Current Evidence. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 57, 2526-2540. [More Information]

2016

Cook, A., McCook, R., Petocz, P., O'Leary, F., Allman-Farinelli, M. (2016). Comparative validity and repeatability of a single question, a twenty-eight-item FFQ and estimated food records to assess takeaway meal intake. British Journal of Nutrition, 116(9), 1582-1591. [More Information]
Grech, A., Alders, R., Darnton-Hill, I., Bagnol, B., Hikeezi, D., Lumbwe, H., O'Leary, F. (2016). Nutrition knowledge, attitudes and dietary intake of women of reproductive age in Bundabunda Ward, Zambia. Agri-Health Research, Zambia: WHO Press.

2015

Cook, A., O'Leary, F., Allman-Farinelli, M. (2015). Behavioural and cognitive processes adults use to change their fruit and vegetable consumption. Nutrition and Dietetics, 72(4), 327-332. [More Information]
Cook, A., Roberts, K., O'Leary, F., Allman-Farinelli, M. (2015). Comparison of single questions and brief questionnaire with longer validated food frequency questionnaire to assess adequate fruit and vegetable intake. Nutrition, 31, 941-947. [More Information]
Demeny, D., Jukic, K., Dawson, B., O'Leary, F. (2015). Current practices of dietitians in the assessment and management of malnutrition in elderly patients. Nutrition and Dietetics, 72, 254-260. [More Information]

2013

O'Leary, F., Allman-Farinelli, M., Petocz, P., Samman, S. (2013). Nutritional status but not vitamin deficiencies are associated with low functional scores. Journal of Aging Research and Clinical Practice, 2(2), 216-220.
Cook, A., O'Leary, F., Chey, T., Bauman, A., Allman-Farinelli, M. (2013). Prevalence of and intention to change dietary and physical activity health risk behaviours. Appetite, 71, 150-157. [More Information]
Hebden, L., Kostan, E., O'Leary, F., Hodge, A., Allman-Farinelli, M. (2013). Validity and reproducibility of a food frequency questionnaire as a measure of recent dietary intake in young adults. PloS One, 8(9), 1-10. [More Information]

2012

O'Leary, F., Hattersley, L., King, L., Allman-Farinelli, M. (2012). Sugary drink consumption behaviours among young adults at university. Nutrition and Dietetics, 69(2), 119-123. [More Information]
O'Leary, F., Allman-Farinelli, M., Samman, S. (2012). Vitamin B12 status, cognitive decline and dementia: a systematic review of prospective cohort studies. British Journal of Nutrition, 108, 1948-1961. [More Information]

2011

O'Leary, F., Flood, V., Petocz, P., Allman-Farinelli, M., Samman, S. (2011). B vitamin status, dietary intake and length of stay in a sample of elderly rehabilitation patients. Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, 15(6), 485-489. [More Information]
O'Leary, F., Wai, J., Wormald, L., Ellis, J., Petocz, P., Flood, V., Samman, S. (2011). Vitamin B12 status, dietary protein intake and proton pump inhibitor use in geriatric rehabilitation subjects. Nutrition and Dietetics, 68(2), 109-114. [More Information]

2010

O'Leary, F., Samman, S. (2010). Vitamin B12 in Health and Disease. Nutrients, 2(3), 299-316.

Selected Grants

2017

Body composition assessment equipment, O'Leary F, Faculty of Science/Learning and Teaching Equipment Scheme

2015

A scoping study to investigate the benefits of and challenges to the supervision of Allied Health students on student placements, O'Leary F, University of Sydney Board of the Office of Clinical Education/Clinical Training Funding Programme
Feasibility and success of using high leucine supplements in hospitalised older patients with COPD, O'Leary F, University of Sydney/SMB Internal Research Stimulus Grant

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