The ATN Centre for Metabolic Fitness was established as a result of a successful application for the first ATN Research Challenge Grant. The Grant was established to support multi-disciplinary partnerships in common areas of research across the ATN. These partnerships would in turn build research capacity and concentration to enable the ATN universities to compete nationally and internationally in areas of shared research expertise.
A distinguishing feature of the Centre is its focus on combined diet and exercise interventions and their impact on both physical and mental health outcomes.
Our rationale for focusing on food and nutrition is the tremendous upsurge of public interest in functional foods and their role in self management of health. The anticipated introduction of regulated health claims for food in Australia and New Zealand provides a powerful impetus for research investment by food manufacturers who recognise the value of promoting their products as part of a healthy lifestyle.
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