Background

Research Assistant & Nutritionist in the Human Nutrition Research Centre, Population Health Sciences Institute

Academic background

Present

I have recently worked as an RA on a method comparison project comparing the dietary assessment methods of Intake24 (an online dietary recall tool) and food diaries in school aged children. I am the nutritionist on a project piloting the use of Intake24 in the Scottish Health Survey and I am also working on projects adapting Intake24 for different populations and countries.

Previous

I have previously worked as an RA on a Food Standards Scotland funded project, field testing Intake24 in the Scottish population.

I have continued collaborating with a team in Computer science over the last four years to develop Intake24, particularly for use internationally and I have also worked on a project examining possible ways to develop dietary assessment methods in lower income countries such as Tanzania.

I have co-ordinated and carried out the data collection for the Gateshead Millennium Study - a large longitudinal study, carrying out many measures with a cohort who have been followed since birth (then aged 17/18 years old). Measures include anthropometrics, physical activity, questions on health and lifestyle and collecting blood samples. I also have worked with Public Health England on a project examining the impact of the Change4Life sugar smart campaign.

During my degree I completed a 9 month placement working in the Human Nutrition Research Centre (HNRC) examining how parents can be helped to recognise overweight in their children.

Qualifications

First Class BSc (Hons) - Food and Human Nutrition, Newcastle University

Registered Public Health Nutritionist (RNutr)

Research

My current work mainly focuses on different projects related to dietary assessment methods, particularly online dietary recalls.

I have worked with colleagues to develop Intake24 which is now being piloted in national surveys. I enjoy collaborating with teams, and have collaborated with colleagues in many countries including Australia, New Zealand, India, UAE, Denmark, Portugal, Tanzania and others.

Teaching

Publications

• Bradley J, Gardner G, Rowland MK, Fay M, Mann K, Holmes R, Foster E, Exley C, Don Bosco A, Hugueniot O, Moynihan P. Impact of a health marketing campaign on sugars intake by children aged 5–11 years and parental views on reducing children’s consumption. BMC Public Health 2020, 20, 331.
• Osadchiy T, Poliakov I, Olivier P, Rowland M, Foster E. Progressive 24-Hour Recall: Usability Study of Short Retention Intervals in Web-Based Dietary Assessment Surveys. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2020, 22(2), e13266.
• Spence S, Matthews JNS, McSweeney L, Rowland M, Orango P, Adamson AJ. A natural experimental evaluation of the effect of universal infant free school meals on key stage 1 pupil’s dietary intake in northeast England: a pilot study. In: Public Health Science. 2019, London: The Lancet Publishing Group.
• Osadchiy T, Poliakov I, Olivier P, Rowland M, Foster E. Corrigendum to “Recommender system based on pairwise association rules” [Expert Systems With Applications 115 (2018) 535–542]. Expert Systems with Applications 2019, 135, 410.
• Osadchiy T, Poliakov I, Olivier P, Rowland M, Foster E. Recommender system based on pairwise association rules. Expert Systems with Applications 2019, 115, 535-542.
• Foster E, Lee C, Imamura F, Hollidge SE, Westgate KL, Venables MC, Poliakov I, Rowland MK, Osadchiy T, Bradley JC, Simpson EL, Adamson AJ, Olivier P, Wareham N, Forouhi NG, Brage S. Validity and reliability of an online self-report 24-hour dietary recall method (Intake24): A doubly-labelled water study and repeated measures analysis. Journal of Nutritional Science 2019, 8, e29.
• Rowland M, Adamson AJ, Poliakov I, Bradley J, Simpson E, Olivier P, Foster E. Field Testing of the Use of Intake24 - An Online 24-Hour Dietary Recall System. Nutrients 2018, 10, 1690.