Associate Professor Tony Okely is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education and Director of the Interdisciplinary Educational Research Institute (IERI). He has supervised 16 honours and four higher degree research students to completion over the past 11 years since his appointment as an Associate Lecturer in 1998.
Journal Articles
Attributes of child care centers and outdoor play areas associated with preschoolers' physical activity and sedentary behavior (with Takemi Sugiyama, Jane M. Masters, and Gary T. Moore), Faculty of Education - Papers (2012)
This study examined characteristics of child care centers associated with preschoolers’ moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and...
Directives canadiennes en matiere d'activite physique pour la petite enfance (enfants ages de 0 a 4 ans) (with Mark S. Tremblay, Allana G. LeBlanc, Valerie Carson, Louise Choquette, Sarah Connor Gorber, Carrie Dillman, Mary Duggan, Mary Jane Gordon, Audrey Hicks, Ian Janssen, Michelle E. Kho, Amy E. Latimer-Cheung, Claire LeBlanc, Kelly Murumets, John J. Reilly, John C. Spence, Jodie A. Stearns, and Brian W. Timmons), Faculty of Education - Papers (2012)
Mediators of weight loss in the 'Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids' pilot study for overweight fathers (with David R. Lubans, Philip J. Morgan, Clare E. Collins, Tracy Burrows, and Robin Callister), Faculty of Education - Papers (2012)
Background: A poor understanding of the specific lifestyle behaviors that result in weight loss has...
Overweight/obesity, physical activity and diet among Australian Secondary Students - first national dataset 2009-10 (with Maree Scully, Belinda Morley, Philippa Niven, Iain Pratt, and Melanie Wakefield), Faculty of Education - Papers (2012)
There is an increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity among young people, placing them at...
Physical activity levels and movement skill instruction in secondary school physical education (with Dean A. Dudley, Wayne G. Cotton, Phil Pearson, and Peter Caputi), Faculty of Education - Papers (2012)
OBJECTIVE: To determine the levels of physical activity (PA), lesson context and teacher interaction students...
Conference Papers
Process evaluation of the Hunter Illawarra Kids Challenge using parent support study: a multisite randomized controlled trial for the management of child obesity. (with Rachel A. Jones, Janet M. Warren, Clare E. Collins, Philip J. Morgan, Dylan P. Cliff, Tracy L. Burrows, Jane Cleary, and Louise A. Baur), Faculty of Education - Papers (2010)
The purposes of this article are to (a) outline findings from secondary or process outcome...