Press & Research

Nutrition Expert Spokesperson in London

Our dietitians are regularly featured in the media, providing expertise and advice around diet and nutrition. Whether you need a quote, interview or writer for your story, we can help. Please contact us to request media support from one of our dietitians.

We can speak on the following topics:

Paediatric nutrition (allergies, fussy eating, faltering growth, weight management)
Digestive issues (IBS, diverticular disease, colorectal problems, food intolerance)
Diabetes, cholesterol and heart health
Women's health and fertility (PCOS)
Weight management and obesity

Press Coverage

Evidence-based Nutrition Research in London

Our dietitians are actively involved in clinical research: They are not just working according to nutritional guidelines- they are helping develop them.

Our research focuses on a number of areas, including:

Paediatric nutrition (eating disorders, allergies, fussy eating, faltering growth, weight management)
Digestive issues (IBS, diverticular disease, colorectal problems, food aversions)
Diabetes, cholesterol and heart health
Women's health and fertility (PCOS)
Weight management and obesity
Workplace nutrition/shift-work/chrononutrition

If you would like to know more about our research or work with us on a research project, please contact us.

Research Projects

Low-energy total diet replacement intervention in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity treated with insulin: a randomized trial

Brown A, Dornhorst A, McGowan B, Omar O, Leeds AR, Taheri S, Frost GS.

BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2020 Jan;8(1).

Insulin-associated weight gain in obese type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: What can be done?

Brown A, Guess N, Dornhorst A, Taheri S, Frost G.

Diabetes Obes Metab. 2017 Dec;19(12):1655-1668.

Nutrition and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Current Perspectives

Chakravarthy MV, Waddell T, Banerjee R, Guess N.

Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2020 Mar;49(1):63-94.

Description and preliminary results from a structured specialist behavioural weight management group intervention: Specialist Lifestyle Management (SLiM) programme

Brown A, Gouldstone A, Fox E, Field A, Todd W, Shakher J, Bellary S, Teh MM, Azam M, John R, Jagielski A, Arora T, Thomas GN, Taheri S.

BMJ Open. 2015 Apr 8;5(4):e007217.

The association between adiposity, mental well-being, and quality of life in extreme obesity

Jagielski AC, Brown A, Hosseini-Araghi M, Thomas GN, Taheri S.

PLoS One. 2014 Mar 26;9(3):e92859. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092859.

Intermittent v. continuous energy restriction: differential effects on postprandial glucose and lipid metabolism following matched weight loss in overweight/obese participants

Antoni R, Johnston KL, Collins AL, Robertson MD.

Br J Nutr. 2018 Mar;119(5):507-516

Effects of intermittent fasting on glucose and lipid metabolism

Antoni R, Johnston KL, Collins AL, Robertson MD.

Proc Nutr Soc. 2017 Aug;76(3):361-368. doi: 10.1017/S0029665116002986. Epub 2017 Jan 16. Review.

Investigation into the acute effects of total and partial energy restriction on postprandial metabolism among overweight/obese participants

Antoni R, Johnston KL, Collins AL, Robertson MD.

Br J Nutr. 2016 Mar 28;115(6):951-9.

Objective assessment of dietary patterns by use of metabolic phenotyping: a randomised, controlled, crossover trial

Garcia-Perez I, Posma JM, Gibson R, Chambers ES, Hansen TH, Vestergaard H, Hansen T, Beckmann M, Pedersen O, Elliott P, Stamler J, Nicholson JK, Draper J, Mathers JC, Holmes E, Frost G.

Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2017 Mar;5(3):184-195.

A cross-sectional investigation into the occupational and socio-demographic characteristics of British police force employees reporting a dietary pattern associated with cardiometabolic risk: findings from the Airwave Health Monitoring Study

Gibson R, Eriksen R, Singh D, Vergnaud AC, Heard A, Chan Q, Elliott P, Frost G.

Eur J Nutr. 2018 Dec;57(8):2913-2926

Dietary assessment of British police force employees: a description of diet record coding procedures and cross-sectional evaluation of dietary energy intake reporting (The Airwave Health Monitoring Study)

Gibson R, Eriksen R, Lamb K, McMeel Y, Vergnaud AC, Spear J, Aresu M, Chan Q, Elliott P, Frost G.

BMJ Open. 2017 Apr 4;7(4):e012927.

Dietary intake in people consuming a low-carbohydrate diet in the UK Biobank

M. Shafique, S. Russell, S. Murdoch, J. D. Bell, N. Guess

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 13 Dec 2017.

Dietary interventions for the prevention of type 2 diabetes in high-risk groups: Current state of evidence and future research needs

Guess, N.