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Research project

UK/India/Africa Network for Adolescent Nutrition

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Cyrus Cooper

Prof Rheumatology Clinical Epidemiology

Research interests

  • Key research contributions have been:
  • discovery of the developmental influences which contribute to the risk of osteoporosis and hip fracture in late adulthood
  • demonstration that maternal vitamin D insufficiency is associated with sub-optimal bone mineral accrual in childhood
Connect with Cyrus

Email: [email protected]

Research outputs

Behaviour change interventions: getting in touch with individual differences, values and emotions
Sofia Strommer, Wendy Lawrence, Sarah Shaw, Sara Correia Simao, Sarah Jenner, Millie Barrett, Christina Vogel, Polly Hardy-Johnson, David Farrell, Kathryn Woods-Townsend, Janis Baird, Leanne Morrison, Deborah M. Sloboda, Hazel Inskip & Mary Barker, 2020, Journal of the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 11(6), 589-598
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174420000604
Type: review
How do we improve adolescent diet and physical activity in India and sub-Saharan Africa? Findings from the Transforming Adolescent Lives through Nutrition (TALENT) consortium
M.E. Barker, P. Hardy-Johnson, S. Weller, A. Haileamalak, L. Jarju, J. Jesson, G. V. Krishnaveni, K. Kumaran, V. Leroy, S.E. Moore, S.A. Norris, S. Patil, S.A. Sahariah, K. Ward, C.S. Yajnik & C.H.D Fall, 2020, Public Health Nutrition
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980020002244
Type: article
‘I should be disease free, healthy and be happy in whatever I do’: a cross-country analysis of drivers of adolescent diet and physical activity in different low- and middle-income contexts
Susie Weller, Polly Hardy-Johnson, Sofia Strommer, Caroline Fall, Ulka Banavali, Harsha Chopra, Ramatoulie E. Janha, Shama Joseph, Kejal Joshi Reddy, Mubarek Abera Mengistie, Stephanie V. Wrottesley, Egnon Kouakou & Mary Barker, 2020, Public Health Nutrition, 0, 1-11
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980020001810
Type: article
Adolescent diet and physical activity in the context of economic, social and nutrition transition in rural Maharashtra, India: a qualitative study
Kejal Joshi Reddy, Veena Kamble, Pooja Kunte, Polly Hardy-Johnson, Caroline Fall, Mary Barker, Susie Weller, Chittaranjan S. Yajnik & Sarah Kehoe, 2020, Public Health Nutrition
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980020002220
Type: article
Supporting maternal and child nutrition: views from community members in rural Northern Ghana
Cornelius Debpuur, Engelbert A. Nonterah, Samuel T. Chatio, James K. Adoctor, Edith Dambayi, Paula Beeri, Esmond W. Nonterah, Doreen Ayi-Bisah, Daniella Watson, Sarah Kehoe, Maxwell A. Dalaba, Winfred Ofosu, Raymond Aborigo, Paul Welaga, Abraham R. Oduro, Marie-Louise Newell & Mary Barker, 2020, Public Health Nutrition
DOI: 10.1017/S136898002000302X
Type: article