Professor Zane Andrews

Previous media experience

Media Engagement
2020 Expert Commentary: ABC Radio Adelaide 12/2/20. How food hijacks brain reward systems with Sonya Feldhoff.
2019 Expert Commentary: ABC Life - Why hangry people are less in control of their emotions
https://www.abc.net.au/life/why-hangry-people-are-less-in-control-of-their-emotions/11570518
2019 Expert Commentary: CSIRO profiting from weight loss pill with no scientific backing.
The Age: https://www.theage.com.au/national/csiro-profiting-from-weight-loss-pill-with-no-scientific-backing-20190320-p515r7.html
2018 Expert Opinion: Are you hangry? 1/10/18 Good Health magazine.
2018 Expert opinion: Brain study shows you like hot chips even if you believe you don’t.
The Age: https://www.theage.com.au/national/brain-study-shows-you-like-hot-chips-even-if-you-believe-you-don-t-20180614-p4zli6.html
Sydney Morning Herald: https://www.smh.com.au/national/brain-study-shows-you-like-hot-chips-even-if-you-believe-you-don-t-20180614-p4zli6.html
WAtoday: https://www.watoday.com.au/national/brain-study-shows-you-like-hot-chips-even-if-you-believe-you-don-t-20180614-p4zli6.html
Canberra Times: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/brain-study-shows-you-like-hot-chips-even-if-you-believe-you-don-t-20180614-p4zli6.html
Brisbane Times: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/brain-study-shows-you-like-hot-chips-even-if-you-believe-you-don-t-20180614-p4zli6.html
TV - Channel 7 Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney: Researchers have discovered people are hardwired to crave fatty food s and carbohydrates.
Radio – Newstalk ZB, New Zealand National Radio; Interview with Heather du Pleissis-Allan
Radio – ABC Illawara, Interview with Fairlie Hamilton
2018 Expert opinion: Sugar could rot your memory. So, how long does it take to reverse?
The Sydney Morning Herald; https://www.smh.com.au/national/sugar-could-rot-your-memory-so-how-long-does-it-take-to-reverse-20180503-p4zd6d.html
The Age; https://www.theage.com.au/national/sugar-could-rot-your-memory-so-how-long-does-it-take-to-reverse-20180503-p4zd6d.html?platform=hootsuite
2018 Media Coverage: “Fine tune your diet and exercise for permanent weight loss”
Time News Online; https://www.tnonline.com/fine-tune-your-diet-and-exercise-permanent-weight-loss
2018 Expert opinion: “Alarming number of Australians skip lunch break, study finds”
The Newdaily; https://thenewdaily.com.au/life/wellbeing/2018/04/06/lunch-break-death-study/
2018 Media coverage based on Cell Reports article “Reichenbach A…..Andrews ZB. AgRP neurons require carnitine acetyltransferase (Crat) to regulate metabolic flexibility and peripheral nutrient partitioning. Accepted in Cell Reports 2018 22, 1745-59.
The Age (front page) “Your body wants to be fat. Science wants to change its mind” https://www.theage.com.au/national/your-body-wants-to-be-fat-science-wants-to-change-its-mind-20180214-p4z0an.html
Sydney Morning Herald; https://www.smh.com.au/national/your-body-wants-to-be-fat-science-wants-to-change-its-mind-20180214-p4z0an.html
The Herald Sun
Today (Channel 9 live interview)
Sunrise (Channel 7 live interview)
Channel 7 news at 6
Channel 9 news at 6
3AW Radio
ABC Radio
2018 Expert opinion: “What sugar really does to your brain”
Sydney Morning Herald; http://www.smh.com.au/national/what-sugar-really-does-to-your-brain-20171231-h0bt8s.html
The Age; http://www.theage.com.au/interactive/2017/what-sugar-does-to-your-brain/
Stuff.co.nz; https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/teach-me/100285387/this-is-what-sugar-does-to-your-brain
Live Radio Interview – RadioLIVE, Summer Afternoon Talk with Richard Green, National Radio program in New Zealand
2017 Expert opinion “Sweeteners in high doses may raise type-2 diabetes risk” https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/small-australian-study-suggests-consuming-large-amounts-of-artificial-sweeteners-may-increase-risk-of-developing-type-2-diabetes
Radio Interview for 3AW on “Sweeteners in high doses may raise type-2 diabetes risk”
2017 Expert Opinion “Brains of obese people may fail to detect when obese people full, Melbourne scientists say”
The Herald Sun March 2017 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/brains-of-obese-people-may-fail-to-detect-when-obese-people-full-melbourne-scientists-say/news-story/b476e62d8c5d18da7609ef867c9f8737
2016 Media coverage; Drugs to stimulate ghrelin hormone could protect against Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease, Grant McArthur Health Editor Herald Sun March 8, 2016. Coverage based on published article “Bayliss JA, Stark R, Lemus M, Santos VV, Thompson A, Rees D, Galic S, Elsworth J, Kemp BE, Davies JS, Andrews ZB. Ghrelin-AMPK signaling mediates the neuroprotective effects of Calorie Restriction in Parkinson's Disease. Journal of Neuroscience 2016 36(10):3049-63”
2016 Expert Opinion: “Turns out being hangry is actually a scientific thing”. Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/08/03/turns-out-being-hangry-is-actually-a-scientific-thing/
2016 Expert Opinion: “We found out if fat really makes you fat”. Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/11/20/we-found-out-if-fat-really-makes-you-fat_a_21610388/
2016 Expert Opinion: “We found out if it really takes 20 minutes to feel full”. Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/11/09/we-found-out-if-it-really-takes-20-minutes-to-feel-full_a_21602736/
2016 Expert Opinion: “Are we drinking smoothies all wrong? We asked an expert”. Huffington Post.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/10/31/we-found-out-if-youre-really-supposed-to-chew-smoothies_a_21595775/?utm_hp_ref=au-smoothies



Invitations to write for Scientific American Podcast for NeuroendocNow Expert comments for Reader's Digest, Men's Health

Links to media clippings

• 2016 Expert Opinion: “We found out if it really takes 20 minutes to feel full”. Huffington Post
• The Sydney Morning Herald
• 2018 Expert opinion: “Alarming number of Australians skip lunch break, study finds”