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IFR in the City Lecture by Dr Susan Jebb
Venue: The Assembly House, Norwich
Hosted/Organised by Dawn Barrett

Food for a fitter leaner future

Thursday 15th March, 2012
 Music Room, The Assembly House, Norwich
18:30 for 19:00
Dr Susan Jebb

by Dr Susan Jebb
Head of Diet & Population Health
Medical Research Council, Human Nutrition Research Unit, Cambridge

Chaired by Professor David Boxer, Director, Institute of Food Research
 

 

Dr Susan Jebb

Dr Susan Jebb is Head of Diet and Population Health at the Medical Research Council Human Nutrition Research Unit (HNR) in Cambridge, UK.

With 25 years experience in nutrition research, Susan now leads a team of scientists working across a range of public health nutrition issues, with particular emphasis on the translation of nutrition science into policy and practice. She is Chair of a NICE Programme Development Group developing guidance for the prevention of obesity at a community level and chaired the cross-government Expert Advisory Group on Obesity in England from 2007-11. She is Co-Chair of the Public Health Responsibility Deal Food Network. In 2008 she was awarded an OBE for services to public health.

Her career began in nutrition and dietetics at the University of Surrey prior to her PhD at the University of Cambridge, where she studied methods to measure body composition. After post-doctoral research at the MRC Dunn Nutrition Unit, she moved to HNR in 1998, where her research focuses on the role of dietary factors in the aetiology and treatment of obesity and related metabolic diseases. It includes observational studies on dietary patterns and weight gain, explanatory dietary intervention studies and more pragmatic trials of community based weight management strategies.

Programme
18:30 Refreshments
19:00 Lecture
20:00 Sandwich supper
21:00 Close

Places are limited for this event so please register early to avoid disappointment
Attendance is FREE but places must be reserved
Contact Dawn Barrett by Friday 9th March
dawn.barrett@nbi.ac.uk or Tel: 01603 255 328

IFR in the City provides an opportunity for those members of the community with a real interest in the work and future of the IFR, and food science in general, to gain an insight into cutting edge science.

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