Research project

UK/India/Africa Network for Adolescent Nutrition

Lead researcher:

Professor Cyrus Cooper
Research funder:

Medical Research Council
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researcher

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

Community perspectives on maternal and child health during nutrition and economic transition in sub-Saharan Africa

Daniella Watson, Sarah Kehoe, Agnes Erzse, Adelaide Compaore, Cornelius Debpuur, Engelbert A. Nonterah, Hermann Sorgho, Shane Norris, Karen J. Hofman, Wendy Lawrence, Marie-Louise Newell, Keith Godfrey, Kathryn Ward & Mary Barker, 2020, Public Health Nutrition, 24(12), 3710 - 3718

DOI: 10.1017/S1368980020003018

Type: article

A scoping review of literature describing the nutritional status and diets of adolescents in Côte d’Ivoire

Julie Jesson, Egnon Kouakou, Kalyanaraman Kumaran, Laurence Adonis, Stephanie V. Wrottesley, Valeriane Leroy & Caroline Fall, 2020, Public Health Nutrition

DOI: 10.1017/S1368980020002621

Type: article

Exploring influences on adolescent diet and physical activity in rural Gambia, West Africa; food insecurity, culture and the natural environment

Ramatoulie E. Janha, Polly Hardy-Johnson, Sarah Kehoe, Michael B. Mendy, Isatou Camara, Landing M. Jarjou, Kathryn Ward, Sophie E. Moore, Caroline Fall, Mary Barker & Susan Weller, 2020, Public Health Nutrition, 1-11

DOI: 10.1017/s1368980020002669

Type: article

Double-duty solutions for optimising maternal and child nutrition in urban South Africa: a qualitative study

Agnes Erzse, Susan Goldstein, Shane A. Norris, Daniella Watson, Sarah Kehoe, Mary Barker, Emmanuel Cohen & Karen J. Hofman, 2020, Public Health Nutrition

DOI: 10.1017/S1368980020002426

Type: article

Social, economic and cultural influences on adolescent nutrition and physical activity in Jimma, Ethiopia: perspectives from adolescents and their caregivers

Mubarek Abera , Polly Hardy-Johnson, Alemseged Abdissa, Abdulhalik Workicho, Rahma Ali, Susan Weller, Caroline Fall, Sarah Kehoe, Mary Barker & Abraham Haileamlak, 2020, Public Health Nutrition, 1-9

DOI: 10.1017/S1368980020001664

Type: article