Dr Jessica Kerr

2026

Journal - Research Article

Longmore, D. K., MacKechnie, G. P. D., Huntington, P. A., Chen, Z. H., de Groote, J., Mikkonen, S., … Kerr, J. A., … ECOS Consortium. (2026). The Lancet commission definition of clinical obesity: a multi-cohort cross-sectional analysis from early childhood to older age in seven high-income countries. eClinicalMedicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2026.104231

Kerr, J. A., Dashti, G., Husin, H. M., Spry, E. A., Sawyer, S. M., Moran, P., … Olsson, C. A. (2026). Personality development from early to middle adulthood in the general population and those with mental health difficulties. Scientific Reports. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-55483-z

GBD 2023 Mental Disorder Collaborators, including Kerr, J. A. (2026). Updated trends in the global prevalence and burden of mental disorders, 1990-2023: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. Lancet, 407(10543), 2040-2064. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00519-2

Spry, E. A., Aarsman, S. R., Dashti, S. G., McAnally, H., Greenwood, C. J., Guiney, H., … Kerr, J. A., … Theodore, R., Hancox, R. J., & Olsson, C. A. (2026). Childhood sexual abuse and maternal social and financial resources, mental health, and parenting outcomes in pregnancy and early parenthood: A multicohort observational study. Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women's Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/S3050-5038(25)00177-3

Aarsman, S. R., Dashti, S. G., Le Bas, G., MacDonald, J. A., Greenwood, C. J., Hutchinson, D. M., … Kerr, J. A., … Spry, E. A. (2026). Parental care in adolescence and women's later postpartum psychosocial wellbeing: A 20-year prospective preconception cohort study. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 29, 13. doi: 10.1007/s00737-025-01641-7

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Foulds, J., Boden, J., Kerr, J., Douglas, K., Pettie, M., Young, J., … Porter, R. (2026). Long-term outcomes of adolescent attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms: A birth cohort study. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 60(2, Suppl. ), (pp. 209). doi: 10.1177/00048674261434785

2025

Journal - Research Article

GBD 2021 Suicide Collaborators, including Kerr, J. A. (2025). Global, regional, and national burden of suicide, 1990-2021: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet Public Health, 10(3), e189-e202. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00006-4

GBD 2021 Adult BMI Collaborators, including Kerr, J. A. (2025). Global, regional, and national prevalence of adult overweight and obesity, 1990-2021, with forecasts to 2050: A forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet, 405(10481), 813-838. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00355-1

GBD 2021 Adolescent BMI Collaborators, including Kerr, J. A. (2025). Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990-2021, with forecasts to 2050: A forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet, 405(10481), 785-812. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00397-6

GBD 2023 Causes of Death Collaborators, including Kerr, J. A. (2025). Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990-2023: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. Lancet, 406, 1811-1872. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01330-3

GBD 2023 Demographics Collaborators, including Kerr, J. A., & Otchere, G. (2025). Global age-sex-specific all-cause mortality and life expectancy estimates for 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1950-2023: A demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. Lancet, 406, 1731-1810. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01330-3

Foulds, J. A., Boden, J. M., Kerr, J. A., Douglas, K. M., Pettie, M., Young, J. T., … Donovan, K., & Porter, R. (2025). Long-term outcomes associated with adolescent ADHD symptomatology: Birth cohort study. British Journal of Psychiatry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2025.10475

Kerr, J. A., Husin, H. M., Leung, J., Dashti, S. G., Degenhardt, L., Ellul, S., … Olsson, C. A. (2025). The natural history of DSM-5 alcohol-use disorder from late adolescence to middle adulthood in Australia: A prospective cohort study. Lancet Public Health, 10(11), e923-e932. doi: 10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00225-7

Campbell, G., Husin, H. M., Kerr, J. A., Dashti, S. G., Olsson, C. A., Patton, G. C., … Sawyer, S. M. (2025). Mid-life social and health outcomes associated with early onset chronic non-cancer pain: Findings from the Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study. Clinical Journal of Pain. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1097/ajp.0000000000001331

GBD Acute and Chronic Care Collaborators, including Kerr, J. A., & Ribeiro, D. C. (2025). Characterising acute and chronic care needs: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Nature Communications, 16, 4235. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-56910-x

Bryant, Z., Morley, K., Kerr, J. A., Olsson, C. A., & Slade, T. (2025). The relationship between 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) use in young adulthood and anxiety or depressive disorders in the mid-30s: Findings from the Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study. Addiction. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/add.70173

Wilson, C. A., Husin, H. M., Dashti, S. G., Catalao, R., Borschmann, R., Brown, S., … Kerr, J. A., … Spry, E. (2025). Preconception parental personality disorder and psychosocial outcomes during the perinatal period: A prospective population-based study. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s00127-025-02968-3

Greenwood, C. J., Foulds, J., McKetin, R., Aarsman, S. R., Hutchinson, D., Kerr, J., … Boden, J. M., … Olsson, C. A. (2025). Amphetamine use and mental health difficulties across adolescence and young adulthood: An integrative data analysis of four Australasian cohort studies. Addiction. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/add.70033

Liu, M., Soon, E. Y., Lange, K., Juonala, M., Kerr, J. A., Liu, R., … Li, L.-J. (2025). Maternal smoking intensity during pregnancy and early adolescent cardiovascular health. Journal of the American Heart Association, 13, e037806. doi: 10.1161/jaha.124.037806

Liu, M., Dumuid, D., Olds, T., Burgner, D., Ellul, S., Juonala, M., … Kerr, J. A., … Wake, M. (2025). Body composition, body mass, and cardiovascular health in mid-childhood and midlife: A compositional data analysis. Childhood Obesity, 21(4), 411-421. doi: 10.1089/chi.2024.0316

Wang, J., He, F., Shepherd, D. A., Li, S., Lange, K., Sung, V., … Kerr, J. A., … Wake, M. (2025). Polygenic risk scores and hearing loss phenotypes in children. JAMA Otolaryngology, 151(1), 56-64. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3659

2024

Journal - Research Article

GBD 2021 Demographic Collaborators, including Kerr, J. A., & Ribeiro, D. C. (2024). Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950-2021, and the impact of the COIVD-19 pandemic: A comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet, 403(10440), 1989-2056. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00367-2

GBD 2021 Causes of Death Collaborators, including Kerr, J. A. (2024). Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet, 403(10440), 2100-2132. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00367-2

GBD 2021 US Burden of Disease Collaborators, including Kerr, J. A. (2024). The burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors by state in the USA, 1990-2021: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet, 404(10469), 2314-2340. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01446-6

GBD 2021 US Obesity Forecasting Collaborators, including Kerr, J. A. (2024). National- level and stat-level prevalence of overweight and obesity among children, adolescents, and adults in the USA, 1990-2021, and forecasts up to 2050. Lancet, 404(10469), 2278-2298. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01548-4

Global Nutrition Target Collaborators, including Kerr, J. A. (2024). Global, regional, and national progress towards the 2030 global nutrition targets and forecasts to 2050: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet, 404(10471), 2543-2583. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01821-X

GBD 2021 Risk Factors Collaborators, including Kerr, J. A., & Ranta, A. (2024). Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet, 403, 2162-2203.

Kerr, J. A., Dumuid, D., Downes, M., Lange, K., O’Connor, M., Stanford, T., … Wake, M. (2024). Socioeconomic disadvantage and polygenic risk of overweight in early and mid-life: A longitudinal population cohort study spanning 12 years. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 53, 101231. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101231

Kerr, J. A., Tyler, N., Foulds, J. A., & Boden, J. M. (2024). Adolescent firesetting as a risk marker for adult externalizing and internalizing problems: Analysis of a 40-year birth cohort study. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 51(10), 1530-1547. doi: 10.1177/00938548241262497

GBD 2019 Australia Collaborators, including Kerr, J. A. (2024). Pre-COVID life expectancy, mortality, and burden of diseases for adults 70 years and older in Australia: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 47, 101092. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101092

GBD 2021 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators, including, & Kerr, J. A. (2024). Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet, 403, 2133-2161. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00757-8

Shepherd, R., Angus, L. M., Mansell, T., Arman, B., Kim, B. W., Lange, K., … Kerr, J. A., … Novakovic, B. (2024). Impact of distinct anti-androgen exposures on the plasma metabolome in feminizing gender-affirming hormone therapy. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 109, 2857-2871. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgae226

Sycamnias, L., Kerr, J. A., Lange, K., Saffery, R., Wang, Y., Wake, M., … Grobler, A. C. (2024). Polygenic risk scores and the risk of childhood overweight/obesity in association with the consumption of sweetened beverages: A population-based cohort study. Childhood Obesity, 20(5), 354-365. doi: 10.1089/chi.2023.0012

Lange, K., Pham, C., Fedyszyn, I. E., Cook, F., Burgner, D. P., Olsson, C. A., … Kerr, J. A., … O'Connor, M. (2024). Emotional symptoms and inflammatory biomarkers in childhood: Associations in two Australian birth cohorts. Journal of Affective Disorders, 344, 356-364. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.10.042

Sullivan, K., Kuijer, R. G., & Kerr, J. A. (2024). Stress, eating and weight change in first year students: The moderating role of self-compassion. Psychology & Health, 39(7), 914-930. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2022.2122461

Journal - Research Other

Greenwood, C. J., Letcher, P., Laurance, E., Boden, J. M., Foulds, J., Spry, E. A., Kerr, J. A., … Olsson, C. A. (2024). The Monitoring Illicit Substance Use Consortium: A study protocol. JAACAP Open, 2(4), 311-322. doi: 10.1016/j.jaacop.2024.03.002

Kerr, J. A., Paine, J., Thrower, E., Hoq, M., Mollica, C., Sawyer, S. M., … Pang, K. C. (2024). Prevalence of eating disorder symptoms in transgender and gender diverse adolescents presenting for gender-affirming care. Journal of Adolescent Health, 74, 850-853. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.11.396

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Greenwood, C. J., Foulds, J., McKetin, R., Aarsman, S. R., Hutchinson, D., Kerr, J., … Boden, J. M., … Olsson, C. A. (2024). Bidirectional causal associations between amphetamine use and mental health problems across adolescence and young adulthood: Findings from four Australasian cohort studies. Drug & Alcohol Review, 43(Suppl 1.), 45. doi: 10.1111/dar.13943

Kerr, J. A., Dumuid, D., Downes, M., Lange, K., O'Connor, M., Stanford, T., … Wake, M. (2024). Hypothetical impact of intervening on socioeconomic disadvantage in childhood to reduce the risk of adolescent obesity: Stratification by polygenic risk in a population cohort study. Journal of Adolescent Health, 74(3, Suppl.), (pp. S4). doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.11.025

2023

Journal - Research Article

GBD 2019 Australia Collaborators, including Kerr, J. A. (2023). The burden and trend of diseases and their risk factors in Australia 1990-2019: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Public Health, 8(8), e585-e599. doi: 10.1016/s2468-2667(23)00123-8

Mensah, G. A., Fuster, V., Murray, C. J. L., Roth, G. A., on behalf of the Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risks Collaborators, including Coffey, S., Kerr, J. A., & Ranta, A. (2023). Global burden of cardiovascular diseases and risks, 1990-2022. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 82(25), 2350-2473. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.11.007

GBD 2019 Child and Adolescent Communicable Disease Collaborators, including Kerr, J. A. (2023). The unfinished agenda of communicable diseases among children and adolescents before the COVID-19 pandemic, 1990-2019: A systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet, 402(10398), 313-335. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00860-7

Le, H. N. D., Mensah, F., Lange, K., Kerr, J. A., Edwards, B., Wang, Y., … Gold, L. (2023). Association between children's health-related quality of life, healthcare costs and socioeconomic position: Results from a longitudinal Australian-based study. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 8, 100547. doi: 10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100547

Gorrell, S., Hughes, E. K., Patton, G. C., Sawyer, S. M., Le Grange, D., & Kerr, J. A. (2023). Weight status and weight-control exercise in adolescents: A longitudinal population-based study. Eating Behaviors, 49, 101725. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101725

Wang, Y., Crowe, M., Knibbs, L. D., Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M., Mygind, L., Kerr, J. A., … Lycett, K. (2023). Greenness modifies the association between ambient air pollution and cognitive function in Australian adolescents, but not in mid-life adults. Environmental Pollution, 324, 121329. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121329

Journal - Research Other

Kerr, J. A., Gillespie, A. N., O'Connor, M., Deane, C., Borschmann, R., Dashti, S. G., … Boden, J. M., … Patton, G. C. (2023). Intervention targets for reducing mortality between mid-adolescence and mid-adulthood: A protocol for a machine-learning facilitated systematic umbrella review. BMJ Open, 13(10), e068733. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068733

O'Bryan, E., McKay, C. D., Eades, S., Gubhaju, L., Pearson, O., Kerr, J. A., … Azzopardi, P. S. (2023). Cardiometabolic risk markers for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and youths: A systematic review of data quality and population prevalence. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 20(13), 6228. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20136228

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Greenwood, C. J., Letcher, P., Laurance, E., Boden, J. M., Foulds, J., Spry, E. A., Kerr, J. A., … Olsson, C. A. (2023). The Monitoring Illicit Substance USE Consortium: A study protocol for investigating low prevalence substance use behaviours in population cohort studies. Drug & Alcohol Review, 42(Suppl. 1), 205. doi: 10.1111/dar.13749

Kerr, J. A., Dumuid, D., Downes, M., Lange, K., O'Connor, M., Thornton, L., … Wake, M. (2023). Socioeconomic disadvantage and polygenic risk for high BMI magnify obesity risk across childhood: A longitudinal, population, cohort study. Lancet Global Health, 11(Suppl. 1), (pp. S9-S10). doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00094-3

2022

Journal - Research Article

Priest, N., Guo, S., Gondek, D., Lacey, R. E., Burgner, D., Downes, M., … Kerr, J. A., … O'Connor, M. (2022). The effect of adverse and positive experiences on inflammatory markers in Australian and UK children. Brain, Behavior & Immunity: Health, 26, 100550. doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2022.100550

Lange, K., Kerr, J. A., Mansell, T., O'Sullivan, J. M., Burgner, D. P., Clifford, S. A., … Saffery, R. (2022). Can adult polygenic scores improve prediction of body mass index in childhood? International Journal of Obesity, 46, 1375-1383. doi: 10.1038/s41366-022-01130-2

Lycett, K. M., Wijayawickrama, D. J., Liu, M., Grobler, A., Burgner, D. P., Baur, L. A., … Kerr, J. A. (2022). Does an inflammatory diet affect mental wellbeing in late childhood and mid-life? A cross-sectional study. British Journal of Nutrition, 127, 939-947. doi: 10.1017/S0007114521001616

2021

Journal - Research Article

Matricciani, L., Dumuid, D., Paquet, C., Fraysse, F., Wang, Y., Baur, L. A., … Kerr, J. A., … Olds, T. (2021). Sleep and cardiometabolic health in children and adults: Examining sleep as a component of the 24-h day. Sleep Medicine, 78, 63-74. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2020.12.001

Oakley, J., Peters, R. L., Wake, M., Grobler, A. C., Kerr, J. A., Lycett, K., … Mavoa, S. (2021). Backyard benefits? A cross-sectional study of yard size and greenness and children’s physical activity and outdoor play. BMC Public Health, 21, 1402. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11475-4

Andraos, S., Jones, B., Lange, K., Clifford, S. A., Thorstensen, E. B., Kerr, J. A., … O’Sullivan, J. M. (2021). Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) is not associated with cardiometabolic phenotypes and inflammatory markers in children and adults. Current Developments in Nutrition, 5, nzaa179. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzaa179

Saraf, S., Grobler, A., Liu, R. S., Liu, M., Wake, M., Olds, T., … Kerr, J. A. (2021). Takeaway food, sugar-sweetened beverages and preclinical cardiometabolic phenotypes in children and adults. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 28, 1784-1794. doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwaa070

Kerr, J. A., Liu, R. S., Gasser, C. E., Mensah, F. K., Burgner, D., Lycett, K., … Wake, M. (2021). Diet quality trajectories and cardiovascular phenotypes/metabolic syndrome risk by 11–12 years. International Journal of Obesity, 45(7), 1392-1403. doi: 10.1038/s41366-021-00800-x

Kerr, J. A., Mavoa, S., Schroers, R.-D., Eagleson, S., Exeter, D. J., Watkins, A., & Thornton, L. (2021). Measuring area-level disadvantage in Australia: development of a locally sensitive indicator. Australian Population Studies, 5(2), 15-28. doi: 10.37970/aps.v5i2.90

Journal - Research Other

Lycett, K., & Kerr, J. A. (2021). A helpful reminder of BMI's nuances but little support for the "obesity paradox". Journal of Nutrition, 151(5), 1051-1052. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxab035

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Guo, S., Gondek, D., O’Connor, M., Cahill, S., Downes, M., Moreno- Betancur, M., … Kerr, J., … Priest, N. (2021). The impact of adverse and positive experiences on inflammatory outcomes in Australian and UK children. International Journal of Epidemiology, 50(Suppl. 1), (pp. i88). doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab168.245

2020

Journal - Research Article

Lycett, K., Juonala, M., Magnussen, C. G., Norrish, D., Mensah, F. K., Liu, R., … Kerr, J. A., … Wake, M. (2020). Body mass index from early to late childhood and cardiometabolic measurements at 11 to 12 years. Pediatrics, 146(2), e20193666. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-3666

Liu, M., Lycett, K., Wake, M., He, M., Kerr, J. A., Saffery, R., … Wong, T. Y. (2020). Cardiovascular health and retinal microvascular geometry in Australian 11–12 year-olds. Microvascular Research, 129, 103966. doi: 10.1016/j.mvr.2019.103966

Liu, M., Lycett, K., Moreno-Betancur, M., Wong, T. Y., He, M., Saffery, R., … Kerr, J. A., … Burgner, D. P. (2020). Inflammation mediates the relationship between obesity and retinal vascular calibre in 11-12 year-olds children and mid-life adults. Scientific Reports, 10, 5006. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-61801-w

Andraos, S., Lange, K., Clifford, S. A., Jones, B., Thorstensen, E. B., Kerr, J. A., … O’Sullivan, J. M. (2020). Plasma trimethylamine N-oxide and its precursors: Population epidemiology, parent-child concordance, and associations with reported dietary intake in 11- To 12-Year-old children and their parents. Current Developments in Nutrition, 4(7), nzaa103. doi: 10.1093/CDN/NZAA103

Liu, M., Lycett, K., Wong, T. Y., Kerr, J. A., He, M., Juonala, M., … Wake, M. (2020). Do body mass index and waist-to-height ratio over the preceding decade predict retinal microvasculature in 11–12 year olds and midlife adults? International Journal of Obesity, 44, 1712-1722. doi: 10.1038/s41366-020-0584-9

Juonala, M., Lau, T., Wake, M., Grobler, A., Kerr, J. A., Magnussen, C. G., … Lycett, K. (2020). Early clinical markers of overweight/obesity onset and resolution by adolescence. International Journal of Obesity, 44, 82-93. doi: 10.1038/s41366-019-0457-2

2019

Journal - Research Article

Clifford, S. A., Davies, S., Wake, M., on behalf of the Child Health CheckPoint Team, including Kerr, J. A. (2019). Child Health CheckPoint: Cohort summary and methodology of a physical health and biospecimen module for the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. BMJ Open, 9(Suppl. 3), 3-22. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020261

Gasser, C. E., Mensah, F. K., Clifford, S. A., Kerr, J. A., Cassim, R., & Wake, M. (2019). Bidirectional associations between diet and body composition measures from 2 to 15 years: Longitudinal study of Australian children. British Journal of Nutrition, 121(2), 212-220. doi: 10.1017/S0007114518003173

Hughes, E. K., Kerr, J. A., Patton, G. C., Sawyers, S. M., Wake, M., Le Grange, D., & Azzopardi, P. (2019). Eating disorder symptoms across the weight spectrum in Australian adolescents. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 52(8), 885-894. doi: 10.1002/eat.23118

Derks, I. P. M., Gillespie, A. N., Kerr, J. A., Wake, M., & Jansen, P. W. (2019). Associations of infant sleep duration with body composition and cardiovascular health to mid-adolescence: The PEAS Kids Growth Study. Childhood Obesity, 15(6), 379-386. doi: 10.1089/chi.2018.0310

Vivarini, P., Kerr, J. A., Clifford, S. A., Grobler, A. C., Jansen, P. W., Mensah, F. K., … Wake, M. (2019). Food choices: Concordance in Australian children aged 11-12 years and their parents. BMJ Open, 9, 147-156. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020898

Kerr, J. A., Jansen, P. W., Mensah, F. K., Gibbons, K., Olds, T. S., Carlin, J. B., … Wake, M. (2019). Child and adult snack food intake in response to manipulated pre-packaged snack item quantity/variety and snack box size: A population-based randomized trial. International Journal of Obesity, 43, 1891-1902. doi: 10.1038/s41366-019-0407-z

Davis, A., Liu, R., Kerr, J. A., Wake, M., Grobler, A., Juonala, M., … Lycett, K. (2019). Inflammatory diet and preclinical cardiovascular phenotypes in 11–12 year-olds and mid-life adults: A cross-sectional population-based study. Atherosclerosis, 285, 93-101. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2019.04.212

Journal - Research Other

Koplin, J. J., Kerr, J. A., Lodge, C., Garner, C., Dharmage, S. C., Wake, M., & Allen, K. J. (2019). Infant and young child feeding interventions targeting overweight and obesity: A narrative review. Obesity Reviews, 20(Suppl. 1), 31-44. doi: 10.1111/obr.12798

Kerr, J. A., Loughman, A., Knox, A., Koplin, J. J., Allen, K. J., & Wake, M. (2019). Nutrition-related interventions targeting childhood overweight and obesity: A narrative review. Obesity Reviews, 20(Suppl. 1), 45-60. doi: 10.1111/obr.12768

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Lycett, K., Juonala, M., Lau, T., Grobler, A., Kerr, J. A., Magnussen, C., … Wake, M. (2019). Early clinical markers of overweight/obesity onset and resolution by adolescence: Longitudinal study of Australian children. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 13, (pp. 253). doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2018.11.048

2018

Journal - Research Article

Wake, M., Kerr, J. A., & Jansen, P. W. (2018). Child BMI over time and parent-perceived overweight. Pediatrics, 142(6), e20173985. doi: 10.1542/peds.2017-3985

Lycett, K., McNamara, C., Mensah, F. K., Burgner, D., Kerr, J. A., Muller, J., & Wake, M. (2018). Associations of mental health with cardiovascular risk phenotypes and adiposity in adolescence: A cross-sectional community-based study. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 54(6), 677-684. doi: 10.1111/jpc.13943

Kerr, J. A., Gillespie, A. N., Gasser, C. E., Mensah, F. K., Burgner, D., & Wake, M. (2018). Childhood dietary trajectories and adolescent cardiovascular phenotypes: Australian community-based longitudinal study. Public Health Nutrition, 21(14), 2642-2653. doi: 10.1017/S1368980018001398

Gasser, C. E., Mensah, F. K., Clifford, S. A., Kerr, J. A., & Wake, M. (2018). Parental health behaviour predictors of childhood and adolescent dietary trajectories. Public Health Nutrition, 21(10), 1874-1885. doi: 10.1017/S1368980018000563

2017

Journal - Research Article

Sutin, A. R., Kerr, J. A., & Terracciano, A. (2017). Temperament and body weight from ages 4 to 15 years. International Journal of Obesity, 41(7), 1056-1061. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2017.62

Gasser, C. E., Kerr, J. A., Mensah, F. K., & Wake, M. (2017). Stability and change in dietary scores and patterns across six waves of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. British Journal of Nutrition, 117(8), 1137-1150. doi: 10.1017/S0007114517000897

Kerr, J. A., Long, C., Clifford, S. A., Muller, J., Gillespie, A. N., Donath, S., & Wake, M. (2017). Early-life exposures predicting onset and resol of childhood overweight or obesity. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 102(10), 922-929. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-311568

Gasser, C. E., Mensah, F. K., Kerr, J. A., & Wake, M. (2017). Early life socioeconomic determinants of dietary score and pattern trajectories across six waves of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 71(12), 1152-1160. doi: 10.1136/jech-2017-209641

Liu, R. S., Mensah, F. K., Carlin, J., Edwards, B., Ranganathan, S., Cheung, M., … on behalf of the Child Health CheckPoint Investigator Group, including Kerr, J. A. (2017). Socioeconomic position is associated with carotid intima-media thickness in mid-childhood: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Journal of the American Heart Association, 6(8), e005925. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.005925

Journal - Research Other

Lycett, K., Miller, A., Knox, A., Dunn, S., Kerr, J. A., Sung, V., & Wake, M. (2017). ‘Nudge’ interventions for improving children's dietary behaviors in the home: A systematic review. Obesity Medicine, 7, 21-33. doi: 10.1016/j.obmed.2017.06.001

2015

Journal - Research Article

Kuijer, R. G., Boyce, J. A., & Marshall, E. M. (2015). Associating a prototypical forbidden food item with guilt or celebration: Relationships with indicators of (un)healthy eating and the moderating role of stress and depressive symptoms. Psychology & Health, 30(2), 203-217. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2014.960414

Boyce, J. A., & Kuijer, R. G. (2015). Perceived stress and freshman weight change: The moderating role of baseline body mass index. Physiology & Behavior, 139, 491-496. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.12.011

Boyce, J. A., Gleaves, D. H., & Kuijer, R. G. (2015). Measuring dietary restraint status: Comparisons between the Dietary Intent Scale and the Restraint Scale. Frontiers in Nutrition, 2, 8. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2015.00008

2014

Journal - Research Article

Kuijer, R. G., & Boyce, J. A. (2014). Chocolate cake. Guilt or celebration? Associations with healthy eating attitudes, perceived behavioural control, intentions and weight-loss. Appetite, 74, 48-54. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2013.11.013

Boyce, J. A., & Kuijer, R. G. (2014). Focusing on media body ideal images triggers food intake among restrained eaters: A test of restraint theory and the elaboration likelihood model. Eating Behaviors, 15(2), 262-270. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2014.03.003

2013

Journal - Research Article

Boyce, J. A., Kuijer, R. G., & Gleaves, D. H. (2013). Positive fantasies or negative contrasts: The effect of media body ideals on restrained eaters' mood, weight satisfaction, and food intake. Body Image, 10(4), 535-543. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.07.002

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Boyce, J. A. (2013). Experimental exposure to ideal-body media images: Restrained eaters' self-evaluation, mood and food intake (PhD). University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.26021/8554

2012

Journal - Research Other

Kuijer, R. G., & Boyce, J. A. (2012). Emotional eating and its effect on eating behaviour after a natural disaster [Short communication]. Appetite, 58(3), 936-939. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.02.046

Boyce, J. A., Martens, A., Schimel, J., & Kuijer, R. G. (2012). Preliminary support for links between media body ideal insecurity and women's shoe and handbag purchases [Brief research report]. Body Image, 9(3), 413-416. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.03.001