Lesley MacDonald‐Wicks

Biographic Data

ID7762376
NAMELesley MacDonald‐Wicks
GIVEN NAMESLesley
FAMILY NAMEMacDonald‐Wicks
SIGNATUREWICKS L M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Newcastle Australia
ORCID0000-0003-4668-7752
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX1

  • Better diet quality scores are associated with a lower risk of hypertension and non-fatal CVD in middle-aged Australian women over 15 years of follow-up

    Open AccessJacklyn Jackson, Jacklyn K Jackson et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2020

    Objective: To explore if better diet quality scores as a measure of adherence to the Australian Dietary Guidelines (ADG) and the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) are associated with a lower incidence of hypertension and non-fatal CVD. Design: Prospective analysis of the 1946–1951 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH). The Australian Recommended Foods Score (ARFS) was calculated as an indicator of adherence to the ADG; …

  • Cardiovascular disease lifestyle risk factors in people with psychosis

    Open AccessDoreen Mucheru, Mary‐Claire Hanlon et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    Only smoking status had a significant positive association with dyslipidaemia which could indicate that there are additional factors affecting the relationship between other cardiovascular lifestyle risk factors and dyslipidaemia, hypertension and hyperglycaemia in people with psychosis. Unknown confounders and traditional lifestyle risk factors may explain the high rates of CVD in this group. Clustering of lifestyle risk factors and their demogr…

  • Parent-child feeding practices in a developing country

    Open AccessWai Yew Yang, T Burrows et al.ARTICLEAppetite2018Cited by: 4References: 31

  • Body Weight Status and Dietary Intakes of Urban Malay Primary School Children

    Open AccessWai Yew Yang, T Burrows et al.ARTICLEChildren2017

    Malaysia is experiencing a rise in the prevalence of childhood obesity. Evidence for the relationship between dietary intake and body weight among Malaysian children is limited, with the impact of energy intake misreporting rarely being considered. This paper describes the dietary intakes of urban Malay children in comparison to national recommendations and by weight status. This cross-sectional Family Diet Study ( n = 236) was conducted in five …

  • Unsaturated fat intakes and mental health outcomes in young women from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Heath

    Open AccessClare Daley, Amanda J Patterson et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2015

    Objective To determine if associations exist between a range of unsaturated fatty acid intakes and mental health outcomes. Design Cross-sectional data analysis of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) Young Cohort Survey 3 that included the validated seventy-four-item Dietary Questionnaire for Epidemiological Studies FFQ, validated mental health scales and self-report questions on depression and anxiety. Setting Australia, 2…

  • Predictors of post‐partum weight retention in a prospective longitudinal study

    Open AccessJulia E Martin, Alexis Hure et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2012

    Post-partum weight retention (WR) occurs in 60-80% of women with some retaining ≥10 kg with contributing factors reported as pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), gestational weight gain (GWG) and breastfeeding. A longitudinal study of pregnancy, with 12-month post-partum follow-up was conducted to determine factors associated with WR. Pregnant women (n = 152) were recruited from the John Hunter Hospital antenatal clinic in New South Wales, Austra…