Natalie Lister

Natalie Lister is a Senior Research Fellow at the Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney. Her expertise lies in paediatric nutrition and obesity treatment, with a focus on dietary interventions to prevent and manage obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular risk in children and adolescents. She holds a PhD in Nutritional Science from the University of South Australia and is an accredited practising dietitian.

Research Interests:

• Evaluating eating behaviors and diet quality in obesity management
• Assessing eating disorder risk in weight-related therapies
• Developing clinical guidelines for paediatric obesity treatment

Current Projects:

• Fast Track to Health: A multi-site RCT comparing dietary interventions for adolescents with obesity
• EDIT Collaboration: Meta-analysis of eating disorder risk in obesity treatments

Grants & Awards:

• Recipient of multiple NHMRC grants and international awards (e.g., Fresh Science NSW Finalist)
• Supported by Charles Perkins Centre Mid-Career Researcher Award

Professional Affiliations:

• Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD)
• Member of Nutrition Society of Australia and Australian & NZ Obesity Society

Labs & Teams:

Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams at the Children's Hospital at Westmead and Charles Perkins Centre, focusing on translational research in paediatric nutrition and eating disorder prevention.