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Research

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Medical and Health Sciences
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Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Engineering

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2025	Beets, MW, Burkart, S, Pfledderer, CD, Adams, E, Weaver, RG, Armstrong, B, Brazendale, K, Zhu, X, McLain, A, Turner-McGrievy, G, Pate, R, Kaczynski, A, Fairchild, A, Saelens, B, Parker, H, Yaroch, AL, Eglitis, E & Holmes, AJ 2025, 'Differences in children's food and beverage consumption between school and summer: three-year findings from the what's UP (Undermining Prevention) with summer observational cohort study', BMC Public Health, vol. 25, no. 1, article no. 2431, pp. 1-11. Open access
2025	Brinsley, J, Schmidt, M, Curtis, R, Simpson, CE, Edwards, J, Eglitis, EE, Gosse, G, Broad, M, Jardine, B, Taddeo, E, Banati, P & Maher, C 2025, 'Effectiveness of peer-led health behaviour interventions on adolescent's mental health and wellbeing: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Scientific Reports, vol. 15, no. 1, article no. 16480, pp. 1-11. Open access 2 2
2025	Singh, B, Bennett, H, Miatke, A, Dumuid, D, Curtis, R, Ferguson, T, Brinsley, J, Szeto, K, Eglitis, E, Zhou, M, Simpson, CE, Petersen, JM, Firth, J & Maher, CA 2025, 'Systematic umbrella review and meta-meta analysis: effectiveness of physical activity in improving depression and anxiety in children and adolescents', Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, online, pp. 1-16. Open access 6
2025	Singh, B, Bennett, H, Miatke, A, Dumuid, D, Curtis, R, Ferguson, T, Brinsley, J, Szeto, K, Petersen, JM, Gough, C, Eglitis, E, Simpson, CE, Ekegren, CL, Smith, AE, Erickson, K I & Maher, C 2025, 'Effectiveness of exercise for improving cognition, memory and executive function: a systematic umbrella review and meta-meta-analysis', British Journal of Sports Medicine, vol. 59, no. 12, pp. 866-876. Open access 16 12
2024	Eglitis, E, Miatke, A, Virgara, R, Machell, A, Olds, T, Richardson, M & Maher, C 2024, 'Children's health, wellbeing and academic outcomes over the summer holidays: a scoping review', Children, vol. 11, no. 3, article no. 287, pp. 1-28. Open access 8 9 54
2024	Eglitis, E, Simpson, C, Singh, B, Olds, T, Machell, A, Virgara, R, Richardson, M, Brannelly, K, Grant, A, Gray, J, Wilkinson, T & Rix, Z 2024, 'Effect of summer holiday programs on children's mental health and well-being: systematic review and meta-Analysis', Children, vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 1-27. Open access 2 1
2024	Eglitis, E, Singh, B, Olds, T, Virgara, R, Machell, A, Richardson, M, Brannelly, K, Grant, A, Gray, J, Wilkinson, T, Rix, Z, Tomkinson, GR & Maher, C 2024, 'Health effects of children's summer holiday programs: a systematic review and meta-analysis', International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 1-19. Open access 2 2 47
2023	Olds, T, Dumuid, D, Eglitis, E, Golley, R, Fraysse, F, Miatke, A, Tomkinson, GR, Watson, A, Munzberg, M & Maher, C 2023, 'Changes in fitness and fatness in Australian schoolchildren during the summer holidays: fitness lost, fatness regained? A cohort study', BMC Public Health, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 1-11. Open access 7 6 59
2023	Olds, T, Singh, B, Miatke, A, Eglitis, E, Maher, C & Dumuid, D 2023, 'The association between socioeconomic status and use of time in Australian children and adolescents', Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 73, no. 6, pp. 1068-1076. Open access 6 5 2

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Organisation	Country
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Government of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
National Outside School Hours Services Alliance (NOSHA)	AUSTRALIA
SA Department for Education and Child Development	AUSTRALIA
Seattle Children's Hospital	UNITED STATES
University of Central Florida	UNITED STATES
University of Manchester	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Pittsburgh	UNITED STATES
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of South Carolina - Columbia	UNITED STATES
World Health Organisation	SWITZERLAND

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