Dr Laura Birch
Current positions
Honorary Research Associate
Bristol Medical School (THS)
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Research interests
My main research interests are in the area of childhood and adolescent nutrition and health. I am involved in the programme of work that the NIHR Biomedical Research Unit (BRU) in Nutrition, Diet and Lifestyle has developed to optimise nutrition in children with chronic diseases.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Crowd-sourcing of dietary data for nutritional assessment
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Dietary intake is difficult to accurately quantify, relying on pen and-paper or on-line tools for reporting consumption, which is burdensome and can be subject to bias. Innovation via the use…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/02/2015 to 31/12/2015
Childhood weight management in North Somerset: a qualitative evaluation of the service delivery model of MEND programmes in North Somerset.
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Dental SchoolDates
01/01/2013 to 31/05/2015
Publications
Recent publications
16/07/2021Piloting the objective measurement of eating weight and speed at a population scale
Wellcome Open Research
Change in obesity-related metabolic abnormalities associated with body mass index improvement through life-style intervention
Pediatric Diabetes
What Change in Body Mass Index Is Required to Improve Cardiovascular Outcomes in Childhood and Adolescent Obesity through Lifestyle Interventions
Childhood Obesity
What change in body mass index is associated with improvement in percentage body fat in childhood obesity?
BMJ Open
What do families know about healthy eating and physical activity?
Archives of Disease in Childhood
Thesis
An investigation of the dietary management of dysglycaemia in cystic fibrosis
Supervisors
Award date
06/12/2022