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McNaughton's research program centers on strengthening evidence for public health nutrition through epidemiological methods, including developing novel approaches to measure and interpret population dietary intakes, examining the role of foods, eating patterns, and dietary patterns in health and wellbeing, investigating dietary behaviors and determinants across the life-course, and translating findings into nutrition interventions, guidelines, and policy. Key areas encompass diet quality, cardiometabolic health, obesity, food and nutrition literacy, food security, and chronic disease associations. She has authored over 242 peer-reviewed papers, achieving an h-index of 60, with highly cited publications such as 'The clustering of diet, physical activity and sedentary behavior in children and adolescents: a review' (2014), 'Skipping breakfast: longitudinal associations with cardiometabolic risk factors in the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health Study' (2010), and 'An index of diet and eating patterns is a valid measure of diet quality in an Australian population' (2008). As chief investigator, she has secured funding from 27 grants including NHMRC, ARC, Heart Foundation, WHO, and others. McNaughton has held competitive fellowships from NHMRC, ARC, and Heart Foundation, chaired the NHMRC Australian Dietary Guidelines Expert Review Committee in 2021, and contributed to over 20 national and international committees such as WHO, IARC, and Australian Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance. She leads the Nutrition and Dietetics research theme in UQ's Health and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation.