Area of research
Nutrition and Dietetics · Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Research interest
Research focused on Environmental health and Empowerment, with related work in Nutrient, Malnutrition, Consumption (sociology). Notable publications include 'Women's empowerment and child nutritional status in S outh A sia: a synthesis of the literature', 'Snack food and beverage consumption and young child nutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic review', and 'Unhealthy Snack Food and Beverage Consumption Is Associated with Lower Dietary Adequacy and Length-for-Age z-Scores among 12–23-Month-Olds in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal'.
Conceptual framework of women’s food environments and determinants of food acquisition and dietary intake in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review
Drivers of food acquisition practices among adolescents in suburban food environments of Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Use of Household Apparent Food Intake Data to Estimate Micronutrient Inadequacy in Comparison to the 24-h Recall Data Among Women of Reproductive Age in Kasungu District, Malawi
Nutrition and non-nutrition determinants of maternal mental disorders, stress and depression in pregnancy amidst a global pandemic: findings from Action against Stunting Hub Indonesia
Anthropometric, biochemical, dietary, morbidity and well-being assessments in women and children in Indonesia, India and Senegal: a UKRI GCRF Action Against Stunting Hub protocol paper
Assessment of the role of gut health in childhood stunting in a multisite, longitudinal study in India, Indonesia and Senegal: a UKRI GCRF Action Against Stunting Hub protocol
Context-Tailored Food-Based Nutrition Education and Counseling for Pregnant Women to Improve Birth Outcomes: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Malawi
Before and after study of a national complementary and supplementary feeding programme in Rwanda, 2017–2021
Investigating market-based opportunities for the provision of nutritious and safe diets to prevent childhood stunting: a UKRI-GCRF action against stunting hub protocol paper
Estimating food consumption, micronutrient intake and the contribution of large-scale food fortification to micronutrient adequacy in Tanzania
Eggs for Improving Nutrition, cognitive development and reducing linear growth retardation among Infants and young Children (ENRICH): protocol of an egg supplementation trial among children aged 9–18 months in Hyderabad, India
Impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection and mitigation strategy during pregnancy on prenatal outcome, growth and development in early childhood in India: a UKRI GCRF Action Against Stunting Hub protocol paper
Improving gut health and growth in early life: a protocol for an individually randomised, two-arm, open-label, controlled trial of a synbiotic in infants in Kaffrine District, Senegal
High consumption of unhealthy commercial foods and beverages tracks across the complementary feeding period in rural/peri‐urban Cambodia
High unhealthy food and beverage consumption is associated with poor diet quality among 12–35-month-olds in Guédiawaye Department, Senegal
Could local foods achieve recommended calcium intakes for nutritionally vulnerable populations in Uganda, Guatemala, and Bangladesh?
The impact of a complex school nutrition intervention on double burden of malnutrition among Thai primary school children: a 2-year quasi-experiment
Including calcium‐fortified water or flour in modeled diets based on local foods could improve calcium intake for women, adolescent girls, and young children in Bangladesh, Uganda, and Guatemala
The availability and geographic location of open-source food composition data used to estimate micronutrient intakes in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review
Characteristics of food environments that influence food acquisition and diets of women in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review protocol
Automated wearable cameras for improving recall of diet and time use in Uganda: a cross-sectional feasibility study
Food pattern modeling to inform global guidance on complementary feeding of infants
Dietary selenium intake among Ethiopian children in areas known for selenium spatial variability
Impacts of School Nutrition Interventions on the Nutritional Status of School-Aged Children in Asia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Validation of an Automated Wearable Camera-Based Image-Assisted Recall Method and the 24-h Recall Method for Assessing Women’s Time Allocation in a Nutritionally Vulnerable Population: The Case of Rural Uganda
Biofortified Maize Improves Selenium Status of Women and Children in a Rural Community in Malawi: Results of the Addressing Hidden Hunger With Agronomy Randomized Controlled Trial
Nutrition modeling tools: a qualitative study of influence on policy decision making and determining factors
The impact of a package of behaviour change interventions on breastfeeding practices in East Java Province, Indonesia
A food‐based approach could improve dietary adequacy for 12–23‐month‐old Eastern Ugandan children
Modeling food fortification contributions to micronutrient requirements in Malawi using Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys