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Nutrition Obesity Lifestyle and Environment (NOBLE) Study is
an Australian Research Council (ARC) linkage grant investigating the
problem of obesity in the South Australian population. The partners of
the research include the South Australian Department of Health, Central
Northern Adelaide Health Service, CSIRO, University of Adelaide and
UniSA. Eight PhD candidates from a multi-disciplinary background are
working on different aspects of the obesity problem. They use population
data from the North West Adelaide Health Cohort (NWAHS) study and other
population studies to answer a number of research questions. The
significant increase in the proportion of Australians obese and
overweight in the last 20 years has important implications for the
development of chronic disease conditions and costs to the health care
system. The research students are working within the areas of
psychology, medicine, public health, geography, sociology and economics
to explore the many facets of the obesity epidemic.
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