Overview
Profile summary
Louise Hunt has a strong interest in public health nutrition, completing her PhD at the Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit (MAINN), University of Central Lancashire.
Currently (from April 2021) Research Fellow working with Dr Clare Pettinger(Plymouth work package) for FoodSEqual, 5 year national consortium project led by University of Reading (Chief investigator Professor Carol Wagstaff) 'Co-production of healthy, sustainable food systems for disadvantaged communities'. £6million funded by UK Research and Innovations (UKRI) Strategic Priorities fund.
Originally a Nurse, Louise has also worked for a small third sector breastfeeding peer support organisation. This involved leading and managing breastfeeding peer support projects. Louise’s interest in peer support developed from her experience of establishing and developing breastfeeding peer support in her local area. This led to postgraduate studies exploring access to peer support and the ways in which third sector organisations have developed peer support services for areas of deprivation.
Louise also has experience of research consultancy work and lecturing.
Currently (from April 2021) Research Fellow working with Dr Clare Pettinger(Plymouth work package) for FoodSEqual, 5 year national consortium project led by University of Reading (Chief investigator Professor Carol Wagstaff) 'Co-production of healthy, sustainable food systems for disadvantaged communities'. £6million funded by UK Research and Innovations (UKRI) Strategic Priorities fund.
Originally a Nurse, Louise has also worked for a small third sector breastfeeding peer support organisation. This involved leading and managing breastfeeding peer support projects. Louise’s interest in peer support developed from her experience of establishing and developing breastfeeding peer support in her local area. This led to postgraduate studies exploring access to peer support and the ways in which third sector organisations have developed peer support services for areas of deprivation.
Louise also has experience of research consultancy work and lecturing.
Expertise related to 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. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
-
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Fingerprint
Dive into the research topics where Louise Hunt is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
- 1 Similar Profiles
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
-
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
Open AccessFile5 Downloads (Pure) -
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) -
Using expert elicitation and systems mapping to support social innovation in the (blue) food system: the case of the UK’s Plymouth Fish Finger
Pettinger, C., Parsons, K., Chavez-Ugalde, Y. I., Hunt, L. & wagstaff, C., 1 Apr 2026, In: Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 39, 2, e70234.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Downloads (Pure) -
But who is it for? Introducing a framework for critical reflection on design and delivery of ethical participatory research
Gardiner, H., Pettinger, C., Hunt, L. & Hickson, M., 29 Jul 2025, In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile5 Downloads (Pure) -
Collaborative co-design for local blue food system transformation: the practicalities and challenges of the UK's (FoodSEqual) 'Plymouth Fish Finger' pilot study
Hunt, L., Pettinger, C., Tsikritzi, R. & Wagstaff, C., 13 Nov 2025, In: Environmental Research: Food Systems.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Downloads (Pure)