Rachael Taylor (New Zealand academic)
Rachael Taylor | |
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Born | 1971 |
Residence | New Zealand |
Alma mater | University of Otago |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Childhood nutrition |
Institutions | University of Otago |
Thesis |
Rachael Taylor (born 1971) is a New Zealand childhood nutrition academic. She is currently a full professor at the University of Otago.[1]
Academic career
After a 2001 PhD titled 'Body composition in children and adolescents : a DXA based study' at the University of Otago, she worked at Otago, rising to full professor in 2016.[2][1]
Much of Taylor's research is related to infant and childhood obesity and has frequently made the news.[3][4][5][6][7]
Selected works
- Taylor, Rachael W., Ianthe E. Jones, Sheila M. Williams, and Ailsa Goulding. "Evaluation of waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and the conicity index as screening tools for high trunk fat mass, as measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, in children aged 3–19 y–." The American journal of clinical nutrition 72, no. 2 (2000): 490-495.
- Goulding, Ailsa, Ianthe E. Jones, Rachael W. Taylor, Sheila M. Williams, and Patrick J. Manning. "Bone mineral density and body composition in boys with distal forearm fractures: a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry study." The Journal of pediatrics 139, no. 4 (2001): 509-515.
- Taylor, Rachael W., Debbie Keil, Elspeth J. Gold, Sheila M. Williams, and Ailsa Goulding. "Body mass index, waist girth, and waist-to-hip ratio as indexes of total and regional adiposity in women: evaluation using receiver operating characteristic curves." The American journal of clinical nutrition 67, no. 1 (1998): 44-49.
- Rockell, Jennifer E., Timothy J. Green, C. Murray Skeaff, Susan J. Whiting, Rachael W. Taylor, Sheila M. Williams, Winsome R. Parnell et al. "Season and ethnicity are determinants of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in New Zealand children aged 5–14 y." The Journal of nutrition 135, no. 11 (2005): 2602-2608.
- Taylor, Rachael W., Ianthe E. Jones, Sheila M. Williams, and Ailsa Goulding. "Body fat percentages measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry corresponding to recently recommended body mass index cutoffs for overweight and obesity in children and adolescents aged 3–18 y." The American journal of clinical nutrition 76, no. 6 (2002): 1416-1421.
References
- 1 2 https://www.otago.ac.nz/dsm/people/expertise/profile/?id=806
- ↑ https://www.otago.ac.nz/dsm/news/otago629605.html
- ↑ "Calls to target junk food ads". 26 June 2018.
- ↑ "Mess is best to get in the mood for food". 11 July 2017.
- ↑ "Research suggests child obesity can be tackled by simple sleep interventions".
- ↑ "Babies who eat widely and feed themselves less fussy as they age - study". Stuff.
- ↑ "New Zealanders are fat and in denial about it, says survey". Stuff.
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