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Associate Professor of Nutrition, University of Surrey

I have been a qualified nutritionist for over 25 years, completing my undergraduate degree in 1996 before going on to complete an MSc in Nutrition & Metabolism and a PhD focusing on energy expenditure and body composition. My on-going interests lie in obesity, exercise nutrition, body composition and energy metabolism all as can be applied to weight loss/maintenance and metabolic health. Current research includes exercise intensity and energy balance, intermittent fasting, meal timing and composition. Specifically the use of carbohydrate manipulation for metabolic health

Experience

  • 2006–present
    Principal Teaching Fellow, University of Surrey

Education

  • 2008 
    University of Aberdeen, MSc Nutrition & Metabolism
  • 2003 
    University of North London, PhD

Publications

  • 2018
    Intermittent versus continuous energy restriction: differential effects on postprandial glucose and lipid metabolism following matched weight-loss in healthy overweight/obese subjects, Br J Nutr
  • 2017
    Acute effects of exercise intensity on subsequent substrate utilisation, appetite, and energy balance in men and women, Appl Physiol Nutr Metab.
  • 2017
    Effects of intermittent fasting on glucose and lipid metabolism, Proc Nutr Soc
  • 2011
    Sports & Exercise Nutrition,

Professional Memberships

  • Nutrition Society
  • Association for Nutrition