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Dr Rimante Ronto is a Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Researcher in Public Health Nutrition, within the Department of Health Sciences, Macquarie University. Her doctoral research project focused on the role of food literacy in shaping adolescents’ dietary behaviours. Rimante works collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to increase healthy dietary behaviours among children, adolescents and young adults through nutrition education, food policy and food environment. Rimante’s current research focuses on identifying effective strategies to promote sustainable and healthy dietary behaviours and create sustainable food systems.
Research interests
Food literacy, nutrition education, dietary behaviours, food preparation and cooking behaviours, food security, settings-based food environments, sustainable food systems, sustainable and healthy diets
Teaching
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Global Nutrition and Food Security
Master of Public Health Professional Practice
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Projects
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HIA - Frontiers: The nutritional advantage of fresh produce: a focus on bioactive nutrients and their role in consumer demand
Sunna, A., Garcia-Bennett, A., Rodger, A., Stadler, F., Jamie, J., Ronto, R., Mason, P., Wynn, L., McGregor, A., Gorfinkel, L., Downey, G., Sherry, C., Tang, D., Wolfenden, H. & Barkat, I.
3/05/24 → 9/03/29
Project: Research
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An umbrella review of the benefits and risks associated with youths’ interactions with electronic screens
Sanders, T., Noetel, M., Parker, P., Del Pozo Cruz, B., Biddle, S., Ronto, R., Hulteen, R., Parker, R., Thomas, G., De Cocker, K., Salmon, J., Hesketh, K., Weeks, N., Arnott, H., Devine, E., Vasconcellos, R., Pagano, R., Sherson, J., Conigrave, J. & Lonsdale, C., Jan 2024, In: Nature Human Behaviour. 8, 1, p. 82-99 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Co-designing research for sustainable food systems and diets with Aboriginal communities: a study protocol
Lopes, C. V. A., Mihrshahi, S., Hunter, J., Ronto, R. & Cawthorne, R., 4 Mar 2024, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21, 3, p. 1-12 12 p., 298.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring Australian news media portrayals of sustainable and plant-based diets
Ronto, R., Lopes, C. V. A., Bogueva, D., Davis, B., Bhatti, A. J., Navarrete, P. & Chau, J. Y., 28 Mar 2024, In: Nutrients. 16, 7, p. 1-13 13 p., 996.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring reasons for high levels of food insecurity and low fruit and vegetable consumption among university students post-COVID-19
Dharmayani, P. N. A., Williams, M., Lopes, C. V. A., Ronto, R., Chau, J. Y., Partridge, S. R. & Mihrshahi, S., 1 Sept 2024, In: Appetite. 200, p. 1-10 10 p., 107534.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Food choices, sustainability and Australian native foods: perceptions among university students
Lopes, C. V. A., Dharmayani, P. N. A., Ronto, R., Hunter, J. & Mihrshahi, S., 27 May 2024, In: Foods. 13, 11, p. 1-15 15 p., 1677.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile52 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Macquarie University Vice-Chancellor's Learning and Teaching Early Career Award
Ronto, Rimante (Recipient), 3 Dec 2020
Prize: Teaching award
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Winner Australian Awards for University Teaching- Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (Individual Award)
Ronto, Rimante (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Teaching award
Activities
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Macquarie Food Symposium
Cathy Sherry (Chair), Andrew McGregor (Organiser), Madeline Taylor (Organiser), Brian Atwell (Participant), Milena Bojovic (Participant), Laura Dalrymple (Participant), Rimante Ronto (Participant), Yi Li (Participant), Joseph Chen (Participant), Lisa Spagnolo (Participant), Alf Garcia-Bennett (Participant), Imansa Egodavitharana (Participant), Christopher Gordon (Participant), Irma Dupuis (Participant), Lucy Payne (Participant), Jacqui Simpson (Participant), Evelyn Ivinson (Participant), Carla Lopes (Participant), Seema Mihrshahi (Participant), Miriam Williams (Participant), Neil Gow (Participant), Putu Novi Arfirsta Dharmayani (Participant), Sophie Baxter (Participant) & Gabrielle Chan (Participant)
15 Sept 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop or event series
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Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences (Organisational unit)
Mitchell Sarkies (Member), Fiona Bright (Member), Katie De Luca (Member), Emre Ilhan (Member), Amy Nguyen (Member), Elizabeth Austin (Member), Ann Carrigan (Member), Karla Seaman (Member), Chris Bladen (Member), Annika van Hummel (Member), Jannah Baker (Member), Robert Ross (Member), Sian Genoud (Member), Emily Don (Chair), Nitin Chitranshi (Member), Rae-Anne Hardie (Chair), Rimante Ronto (Member), Gemma Sicouri (Member), Kelly Williams (Member), Syeda Somyyah Owais (Member), Anna Guller (Member), Robert Newport (Member), Marina Junqueira Santiago (Member), Philippe Gilchrist (Member), Jessamine Chen (Member), Ella Oar (Member), Alison Hogan (Member), Jodie Wills (Member), Kathleen Yin (Member), Gillian Hulst (Member), Benjamin Brown (Member), Loes Koring (Member), Stephney Whillier (Member), Milena Gandy (Member), Carly Johnco (Member), Lauren McLellan (Member) & Michael Swain (Member)
2020 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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Australian Health Promotion Association (External organisation)
Rimante Ronto (Member)
2018 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (External organisation)
Rimante Ronto (Member)
2018Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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Public Health Association of Australia (External organisation)
Rimante Ronto (Member)
2013Activity: Membership › Membership of network