Dr Cate Lombard is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian (APD) and Senior Research Fellow in the area of prevention of weight gain and the promotion of healthy lifestyles in women, with the Jean Hailes Foundation for Women’s Health Research Unit within the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University. Her research focuses on prevention of obesity, understanding and promoting healthy eating and physical activity, particularly in high-risk target groups such as young women. Dr Lombard has presented her important award winning research findings at several national and international conferences, published widely in high impact peer reviewed journals in these areas and communicated with the general community through national seminar programs and the through the media.

Dr Lombard is highly experienced in the area of preventive health care, population health and women’s health related to improving both physical activity and nutrition behaviours. Dr Lombard has worked on national and state population and prevention programs. Dr Lombard is interested in practical, low cost solutions to obesity prevention in the community. She has conducted a large randomised controlled low intensity intervention in which she investigated the effectiveness of self management strategies to promote physical activity and healthy eating to prevent weight gain. She is an accredited Dietitian, a member of the Dieitians Association of Australia, guest lecturer at Monash University in nutrition issues related to the menopause and a member of the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) national alliance, and the PCOS clinical guideline development group.

Publications

Lombard C, Deeks A, Jolley D, Ball K, Teede HJ. A low-intensity community lifestyle program prevents weight gain in women: The healthy lifestyle program (HeLP-her) cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2010;  in press   

Moran LJ, Lombard C, Noakes M. Clinical Practice Guidelines for the dietary treatment of women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Journal Nutrition and Dietetics 2010 (Letter)

Moran LJ, Lombard CB, Lim S, Noakes M, Teede HJ. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Weight Management. Women's Health 2010; 6:271-83

Lombard C, Deeks A, Jolley D and Teede HJ. Preventing weight gain: the baseline weight related behaviors and delivery of a randomized controlled intervention in community based women. BMC Public Health 2009; 9:2 (03 Jan 2009) 

Lombard C, Deeks A, Ball K, Jolley D and Teede HJ. Weight, physical activity and dietary behaviour change in a population of young mothers: short term results of the HeLP-her cluster randomized controlled trial. Nutrition Journal 2009; 8:17 

Lombard CB, A Deeks A and Teede HJ. A systematic review of interventions aimed at the prevention of weight gain in adults. Public Health Nutrition 2009; volume 12, issue 11, pp. 2236-2246 .

Deeks A, Lombard C, Michelmore J and Teede HJ. The effects of gender and age on health related behaviors. BMC Public Health 2009; 9:213  (30 Jun 2009) 

Teede HJ, Lombard C, and Deeks A. Obesity, metabolic complications and the menopause: an opportunity for prevention. Climacteric 26 September 2009  

Lombard C and Teede HJ. Preventing obesity in women of all ages -a public health priority. Diabetes Voice, May 2009; vol 54, special edition

Booth AO, Nowson CA, Huang N, Lombard C, Singleton KL. Evaluation of a brief pilot nutrition and exercise intervention for the prevention of weight gain in general practice patients. Public Health Nutrition 2006 Dec; 9(8):1055-61

Lombard CB. What is the role of food in preventing depression and improving mood, performance and cognitive function?, Medical Journal of Australia 2000 Nov 6; 173 Suppl:S104-5

Content updated May 3, 2010