Alison Tedstone
Alison Tedstone MBE RNutr FAfN (born April 1961)[1] is Chief Nutritionist (National Director of Diet, Obesity and Physical Activity)[2] at Public Health England (PHE).
Education[]
Tedstone has a BSc and PhD from the University of London, and conducted research into nutrition at the University of Oxford.[3]
Career[]
From 2001 she was an academic at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.[3]
She joined the Food Standards Agency in 2001, becoming Head of Nutrition Science.[citation needed] In 2010 her role (along with colleagues working on nutrition policy in England) transferred to the Department of Health,[4] and in turn to Public Health England when it was established in 2013.[3]
She became Chief Nutritionist at PHE. Her work includes the National Diet and Nutrition Survey, and she gives evidence to the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition.[3]
Tedstone is a Registered Public Health Nutritionist and a founding fellow of the Association for Nutrition, the voluntary regulator for nutritionists in the United Kingdom.[5]
References[]
- ^ Companies House
- ^ "Leadership chart" (PDF). GOV.UK. Public Health England. July 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Alison Tedstone". publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Transfer of nutrition policy to health departments". National Archives. Food Standards Agency. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Founding fellows". Association for Nutrition. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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- British women scientists
- Obesity in the United Kingdom
- Public Health England
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- Fellows of the Association for Nutrition
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