Newcastle University

Public Health Nutrition Past Projects

• Developing an Expert panel of 16-18 year olds: Public Engagement
  Project Leader(s): Dr Amelia A Lake
• Exploring the relationship between prevalence of overweight and obesity in 10-11 year olds and the outdoor physical environment, North East England
  Project Leader(s): Tim G Townshend, Amelia A Lake and Louisa Ells
• Food choice and the food environment of young people
  Project Leader(s): Dr Amelia A Lake
• Reducing the burden of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus:
  Project Leader(s): Prof John Mathers, Dr Martin White (Epidemiology and Public Health), Professor Sir George Alberti (Royal College of Physicians)
  
  A randomized controlled trial of behavioural interventions to modify diet and physical activity in people with impaired glucose tolerance. (The European Diabetes Prevention Study).
• Design and evaluation of peer led community based Food Clubs. A means to improve the diet of older people from deprived social backgrounds.
  Project Leader(s): Prof John Mathers, Prof. P. Moynihan, Prof. A. J. Adamson, Prof. C. J. Seal
• Food Choice Studentship - Tracking of and changes in food choice and BMI: evidence, influences and attributions.
  Project Leader(s): Prof. Ashley Adamson
• Combating the Obesogenic Environment
  Project Leader(s): Dr. Amelia Lake
• Early Origin of Obesity: developing strategies for Intervention (Gateshead Millennium Study)
  Project Leader(s): Prof. Ashley Adamson
• Portion size assessment tools for use with children - Further development & validation
  Project Leader(s): Dr Emma Foster PI, Prof. Ashley Adamson,
• The process and impact of change in school food policy on food and nutrient intake both in and outside of school
  Project Leader(s): Prof Ashley Adamson (PI), Prof Martin White (Co-Investigator), Ms Martine Stead (Co-Investigator)
• Measurement of Packaged Food Intake of Selected Groups of Adults by Kilogram Body Weight to Include Type of Packaging and Food Stuff
  Project Leader(s): Dr Emma Foster PI, Dr Ashley Adamson,
• Implementing healthier menus in residential care homes for older people: evaluation of barriers, facilitators and the impact on dietary intake
  Project Leader(s): Prof Paula Moynihan, Prof Chris Seal, Prof Carl May, Prof Ashley Adamson, Mr Mark Deverill
• mappmal: multidisciplinary approach to develop a prototype for the prevention of malnutrition in older people: products, people, places and procedures
  Project Leader(s): Prof Paula Moynihan, Prof Carl May, Prof Patrick Olivier, Prof Alastair Macdonald (Glasgow School of Art), Dr Lisa Methven (University of Reading), Prof Margot Gosney (University of Reading).
• SCRAN24 – Secondary school Computerised Recall and Analysis of Nutrition
  Project Leader(s): Dr Emma Foster