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: cc@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Exploring the diet and physical activity behaviours of adolescents living in India and sub-Saharan Africa

Polly Hardy-Johnson, Preeti Dhuria, Sofia Strommer, Susie Weller, Mary Barker & Caroline Fall, 2021, Public Health Nutrition, 24, 5288–5298

DOI: 10.1017/S1368980021002408

Type: article

The UK Preconception Partnership: Improving preparation for pregnancy

Mary Barker & Danielle Schoenaker, 2021, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 28(Supplement 1), S69

DOI: 10.1007/s12529-021-09997-7

Type: conference

How best do we engage the general population in testing for COVID-19?

Daniella Watson, Natalia Laverty Baralle, Jawahr Alagil, Krithika Anil, Sandy Ciccognani, Rachel Dewar-Haggart, Sarah Fearn, Julia Groot, Kathryn Knowles, Claire Meagher, Carmel McGrath, Sarah Muir, Jo Musgrove, Kate Glyn-Owen, Kath Woods-Townsend, Andrew Mortimore, Paul Roderick, Janis Baird, Hazel Inskip, Keith Godfrey & Mary Barker, 2021

DOI: 10.1101/2021.01.29.21250730

Type: other

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