Andrew P Hills

Andrew P. Hills is a Professor in the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia, a Codirector of the Australasian Child and Adolescent Obesity Research Network (ACAORN), and Codirector of the Australian Technology Network of universities’ Centre for Metabolic Fitness. His research interests include exercise prescription for obesity and type 2 diabetes, objective measurement of physical activity and energy expenditure, and body composition assessment with a particular focus on novel aspects of childhood obesity. With other members of the Energy Metabolism Research Group at QUT he has conducted numerous diet and physical activity interventions in obese children and adults. Professor Hills’ research outputs include in excess of 100 refereed papers, book chapters, and invited conference presentations. He has also coauthored or edited 8 books including those entitled Childhood Obesity—Prevention and Treatment; Exercise and Obesity; Children, Obesity and Exercise; Physical Activity and Obesity; and A Matter of Fat—Understanding and Overcoming Obesity in Kids. His national and international leadership in the obesity field has been widely recognized including his election as the President of the Australia and New Zealand Obesity Society (ANZOS) (2001–2003) and earlier terms as Vice-President and Secretary; Chair of the International Liaison Committee for the 2006 International Congress on Obesity and Chair of the Satellite Conference on “Physical Activity and Obesity.” Professor Hills is also a Series Editor for the prestigious Medicine and Sport Science Series, S. Karger AG, Basel, Switzerland, has participated in a World Health Organisation (WHO) Expert Meeting on Childhood Obesity and acted as a Consultant to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) based on his expertise in the use of stable isotopes in nutrition.

Biography Updated on 17 April 2009

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