Overview
Organisation profile
Research Group Lead: Professor Mary Hickson
Nutrition is integral to life and health; it influences growth, development, maintenance of health, and can be used to treat disease. The Dietetics, Human Nutrition and Health research group encompasses all these aspects of nutritional research and will collaborate across professions and with other institutes, promoting inter-disciplinary research in the area of nutrition.
The group currently carries out research in the following areas:
- Dietetic practice and nutritional management of disease in childhood and adults
- Public health nutrition
- Nutrition and ageing
- Nutrition and metabolism
Research Areas
- Dietetic practice
- Public health
- Nutrition
- Ageing
- Metabolism
- Diet
- Food systems
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Sarah Baker
- School of Health Professions - Lecturer in Dietetic Practice
- Dietetics, Human Nutrition and Health
Person: Academic (Teaching)
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Dr Raul Bescos Garcia
- School of Health Professions - Associate Professor of Human Nutrition and Physiology
- Dietetics, Human Nutrition and Health
- Oral Microbiome Research Group
- Sustainable Food Production
Person: Academic (Research)
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Nutritional Care of Culturally Diverse Older Adults Living in Care Homes
Lloyd, I. (PI - Principal Investigator)
1/10/25 → …
Project: Research
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Remote Workers Productivity and Wellbeing Improvement Across UK’s SouthWest (ReProdWUKtIon)
Tronco Hernandez, A. (PI - Principal Investigator) & Chin, J.-J. (CoI - Co-Investigator)
1/03/25 → 30/06/25
Project: Internal
Research output
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A pre-operative two-week very low-calorie diet to reduce steatosis before liver resection (RESOLVE): A multi-centre randomised controlled feasibility trial
Chynoweth, J., Sorrell, L., Neilens, H., MacCormick, A., Allgar, V., Aspinall, P. J., Parkin, T., Murphy, P., Takhar, A. S., Fenwick, S. W., Frampton, A. E., Dhakshinammorthy, V., Puckett, M. & Aroori, S., Apr 2026, In: European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 52, 4, 111504.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Collaborating with ‘blue food’ system stakeholders to achieve optimal nutritional health and wellbeing in less affluent communities
Pettinger, C., Hunt, L. & Wagstaff, C., 7 Jan 2026, In: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. p. 1-29Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Modelling enablers and barriers to improve uptake of a fruit and vegetable voucher scheme (the Fresh Street Community) in England: a TISM-MICMAC approach
Pan, J., Relton, C., Howard, L., Howard, L., Ong, A., Hunt, L., Garg, P., Bradbeer, J., Puranik, M., Sutton, R., Wagstaff, C. & Pettinger, C., 21 Mar 2026, In: BMC Public Health. 26, 1, 1399.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
- 1 Attending external event or training
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Tronco Hernandez, A. (Participant)
2 Sept 2022Activity: Event organisation or participation › Attending external event or training