Susan Jebb
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Dr Susan Jebb | |
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| Born | 29 August 1964 |
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| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Website | www |
Susan Ann Jebb OBE (born 29 August 1964) is a nutrition scientist, and the Professor of Diet and Population Health at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford. She is the UK Government's advisor on obesity in the United Kingdom.
Early life
She was born Susan Ann Parkinson.[citation needed] She studied at Surrey University on a course which included a six-month placement in an oncology research group at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.[1]
Career
She is interested in diet and the effect this has on obesity.
Medical Research Council
She was Head of Nutrition and Health Research at the MRC Human Nutrition Research in Cambridge.
University of Oxford
She chairs the Food Network on the Department of Health's Public Health Responsibility Deal.[2]
In 2008 she was awarded the OBE for services to public health.
In 2014 she gave advice on the UK government's outlawing of sugary drinks for children.
Personal life
She married Richard Jebb in June 1990 in Oswestry. She has a son, born in May 2001.
References
- ^ Watts, Geoff (6 June 2015). "Susan Jebb: nutritionist with a scientific passion about food". The Lancet. 385 (9984): 2245. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61054-6.
- ^ Food network