HNR staff are formally represented on a number of government panels and committees.
Cross-government
- 2007- Chair, Expert Advisory Group on Obesity – Susan Jebb
Cabinet Office Strategy Unit
- 2007- 2008 Expert Advisor to the Srategy Unit Review on Food – Susan Jebb
Department of Health/Food Standards Agency
- 2010-present Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition – Ann Prentice
- 2006 – 2009 Chair, Expert Group developing the Healthy Living Social Marketing Programme – Susan Jebb
- 2004-2005 Expert Working Group on Nutrient Profiling – Susan Jebb
- 2003 SACN Expert Working Group on Vitamin A – Ann Prentice
- 2002 SACN Panel on Child and Maternal health – Ann Prentice
- 2002 SACN Expert Working Group on Iron (Vice-chair) – Ann Prentice
- 2001 Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) – Ann Prentice
- 1999-2001 COMA on Novel Foods – Ann Prentice
- 1995-1998 COMA Working Group on Nutritional Status of the Population – Ann Prentice
Food Standards Agency/MAFF/Department of Health National Surveys, Project Board
- 1998-2002 Adults aged 19-64 years (FSA/Department of Health) – Ann Prentice
- 1995-1999 Young People aged 4-18 years (MAFF/Department of Health) – Ann Prentice
Government Office for Science
- 2006-2007 Science Advisor, Foresight Project ‘Tackling Obesities: Future Choices’ – Susan Jebb
World Health Organisation, Geneva
- 2002-2003 Joint WHO/FAO Expert Consultation on Diet, Nutrition and Chronic Diseases – Ann Prentice
- 1999- Steering Committee for the WHO Multicentre Trial of Calcium
in Pregnancy – Ann Prentice - 1994-1995 Working Group on Drugs and Human Lactation – Ann Prentice
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
- 2010-2012 Preventing obesity using a ‘whole-system’ approach at local and community level – Susan Jebb
Media
- BBC Fat Nation
- BBC Health
- BBC Truth About Food
- BBC Professor Regans Diet Clinic
- BBC 10 Things you need to know about losing weight
- BBC One Show
Selected Publications
- A Healthy Living Social Marketing Initiative: A review of the evidence
- Why 6g? A summary of the scientific evidence for the salt reduction target
- Tackling the Weight of Nation
Research Achievements
Details of our HNR’s key achievements over the years can be found here.