Naomi Todd

Dr Naomi Todd

Online Course Facilitator

Adelaide University Online and Learning Futures

Academic

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

Dr Naomi Todd (née Burn) is an Online Course Facilitator (OCF) for the Bachelor of Health Science (Exercise and Nutrition) degree at UniSA Online. As an OCF, Naomi is responsible for leading the development and delivery of teaching for UniSA Online students. Her role involves providing high-quality online teaching to undergraduate students in exercise and nutrition courses and coordinating the day-to-day activities of online tutoring staff.
Naomi has been teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Health Sciences since 2013. She has taught at institutions in Australia and the United Kingdom. In recognition of her work teaching and supporting learning in higher education, Naomi was awarded Fellow status with Advance HE in 2023. 
Naomi holds an undergraduate qualification in Health Science (Nutrition) and postgraduate qualificiations in exercise science. Naomi's  PhD in exercise science and health explored the feasibility and effects of high-intensity interval training delivered in community settings. Naomi's research interests centre around the development and evaluation of community based physical activity and nutrition interventions. She is a member of ARENA (Alliance in Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity) at UniSA.

Year Citation
2025 Peart, D. J., Graham, M., Lunn, D. E., Burn, N., Franklin, J. D., & Arnold, J. B. (2025). Editorial: Remote assessment, measurement, and delivery in sport, physical activity and health. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 7(1584714), 1-3.
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2025 Ortega, F. B., Zhang, K., Cadenas-Sanchez, C., Tremblay, M. S., Jurak, G., Tomkinson, G. R., . . . Mota, J. (2025). The Youth Fitness International Test (YFIT) battery for monitoring and surveillance among children and adolescents: A modified Delphi consensus project with 169 experts from 50 countries and territories. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 14(101012), 101012.
DOI Scopus16 WoS18 Europe PMC16
2025 Lloyd, H., Burn, N., Allison, S., Jones, C., & Franklin, J. D. (2025). Assessing post-operative dietary intake in older adult hip fracture patients: an observational study protocol. Nutrition And Health, online(3), 1-7.
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2025 Basterfield, L., Batten, H., Weston, K. L., Burn, N. L., Galna, B., Ferguson, H., . . . Crosbie, K. (2025). 'It showed everyone what it was like in lockdown and how we felt': exploring short film-making with children to produce public health research dissemination. European Journal Of Public Health, online(4), 1-3.
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2024 Basterfield, L., Galna, B., Burn, N., Batten, H., Weston, M., Goffe, L., . . . Weston, K. (2024). Back to 'normal'? BMI, physical fitness and health-related quality of life of children from North East England before, during, and after the COVID-19 lockdowns. Journal of Sports Sciences, 42(8), 688-700.
DOI Scopus6 Europe PMC6
2023 Peers, E., Boocock, R., & Burn, N. (2023). A systematic review examining the impact of blended diets on the gastrointestinal symptoms of people who are enterally fed. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 36(3), 673-686.
DOI Scopus14 Europe PMC8
2022 Basterfield, L., Burn, N. L., Galna, B., Batten, H., Goffe, L., Karoblyte, G., . . . Weston, K. L. (2022). Changes in children's physical fitness, BMI and health-related quality of life after the first 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in England: a longitudinal study. Journal of Sports Sciences, 40(10), 1088-1096.
DOI Scopus56 Europe PMC46
2021 Basterfield, L., Burn, N. L., Galna, B., Karoblyte, G., & Weston, K. L. (2021). The association between physical fitness, sports club participation and body mass index on health-related quality of life in primary school children from a socioeconomically deprived area of England. Preventive Medicine Reports, 24(101557), 1-7.
DOI Scopus19
2021 Burn, N. L., Weston, M., Atkinson, G., Graham, M., & Weston, K. L. (2021). Brief exercise at work (BE@Work): a mixed-methods pilot trial of a workplace high-intensity interval training intervention. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 3(699608), 1-16.
DOI Scopus13
2021 Burn, N. L., Weston, M., Atkinson, G., & Weston, K. L. (2021). Using focus groups and interviews to inform the design of a workplace exercise programme an example from a high-intensity interval training intervention. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 63(2), 63-74.
DOI Scopus7 Europe PMC6
2020 Harrison, S., Bierski, K., Burn, N., Mclusky, S., McFaull, V., Russell, A., . . . Macnaughton, J. (2020). Dance for people with chronic breathlessness: a transdisciplinary approach to intervention development. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 7(1, article no. e000696), 1-8.
DOI Scopus11 Europe PMC11
2019 Burn, N. L., Weston, M., Maguire, N., Atkinson, G., & Weston, K. L. (2019). Effects of workplace-based physical activity interventions on cardiorespiratory fitness: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials. Sports Medicine, 49(8), 1255-1274.
DOI Scopus34 Europe PMC25
2019 Burn, N., & Niven, A. (2019). Why do they do (h)it? Using self-determination theory to understand why people start and continue to do high-intensity interval training group exercise classes. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 17(5), 537-551.
DOI Scopus18
2019 Kenny, R. P. W., Atkinson, G., Eaves, D. L., Martin, D., Burn, N., & Dixon, J. (2019). The effects of textured materials on static balance in healthy young and older adults: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Gait & Posture, 71, 79-86.
DOI Scopus25 Europe PMC16
2017 Burn, N., Norton, L. H., Drummond, C., & Norton, K. I. (2017). Changes in physical activity behaviour and health risk factors following a randomised controlled pilot workplace exercise intervention. AIMS Public Health, 4(2), 189-201.
DOI WoS9 Europe PMC6

  • Responsiveness of field-based fitness tests in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis., University of Strathclyde, 08/01/2024 - 30/06/2024

Courses I teach

  • HLTH 2033 UO Body in Motion 2 (2024)
  • HLTH 2037 UO Theory of Exercise Testing and Prescription 1 (2024)
  • HLTH 3060 UO Public Health (2024)
  • HLTH 3066 UO Psychology of Exercise, Sport and Health (2024)
  • HLTH 3067 UO Applications in Nutrition and Exercise (2024)
  • HLTH 3087 UO Adapted Physical Activity, Exercise and Sport (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2024 Co-Supervisor - - Master Full Time Miss Erica Jane Greet

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