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Pauline M Emmett is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly in nutritional studies and public health. Their work spans areas including public health, environmental and occupational health, nutrition and dietetics, physiology, and pediatrics.

The scientist has published numerous articles across several recognized journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • European Journal of Nutrition
  • British Journal Of Nutrition
  • Nutrients
  • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society
  • European Respiratory Journal

Emmett's research primarily addresses topics such as nutritional studies and diet, obesity, physical activity, diet, health and environment cognitive aging, breastfeeding practices and influences, diet and metabolism studies, birth development and health, as well as diet, metabolism, and disease.

  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease

Some of the recent significant papers by Emmett include:

  • Genomic analysis of diet composition finds novel loci and associations with health and lifestyle (2020, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • Tolerable upper intake level for dietary sugars (2022, EFSA Journal)
  • Intake of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in childhood, FADS genotype and incident asthma (2021, European Respiratory Journal)
  • Does early introduction of solid feeding lead to early cessation of breastfeeding? (2020, Maternal and Child Nutrition)
  • Misreporting of Energy Intake From Food Records Completed by Adolescents: Associations With Sex, Body Image, Nutrient, and Food Group Intake (2021, Frontiers in Nutrition)

Collaboration has been a notable aspect of Emmett's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Caroline M. Taylor
  • Kate Northstone
  • Genevieve Buckland
  • Louise Jones
  • Jean Golding

The main research fields of Emmett's career focus largely on medicine, with significant subfield work in public health and nutrition. The range of topics and collaborations suggest a multidisciplinary approach with an emphasis on dietary impact on health outcomes across different populations and life stages.

Best Publications

  • Early life risk factors for obesity in childhood: cohort study

    John J Reilly;Julie Armstrong;Ahmad R Dorosty;Pauline M Emmett

  • Association between postnatal catch-up growth and obesity in childhood: prospective cohort study.

    Ken K L Ong;Marion L Ahmed;Pauline M Emmett;Michael A Preece

  • Maternal seafood consumption in pregnancy and neurodevelopmental outcomes in childhood (ALSPAC study): an observational cohort study.

    Joseph R Hibbeln;John M Davis;Colin Steer;Pauline Emmett

  • Effect of inadequate iodine status in UK pregnant women on cognitive outcomes in their children: results from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)

    Sarah C Bath;Colin D Steer;Jean Golding;Pauline M Emmett

  • Size at Birth and Early Childhood Growth in Relation to Maternal Smoking, Parity and Infant Breast-Feeding: Longitudinal Birth Cohort Study and Analysis

    Ken K L Ong;Michael A Preece;Pauline M Emmett;Marion L Ahmed

  • Fruit, vegetables, and antioxidants in childhood and risk of adult cancer: the Boyd Orr cohort

    MJ Maynard;DJ Gunnell;PM Emmett;SJ Frankel

  • The effect of age of introduction to lumpy solids on foods eaten and reported feeding difficulties at 6 and 15 months.

    K. Northstone;P. Emmett;F. Nethersole

  • Picky/fussy eating in children: Review of definitions, assessment, prevalence and dietary intakes

    Caroline M. Taylor;Susan M. Wernimont;Kate Northstone;Pauline M. Emmett

  • Energy-dense, low-fiber, high-fat dietary pattern is associated with increased fatness in childhood

    Laura Johnson;Adrian P Mander;Louise R Jones;Pauline M Emmett

  • Identification of the obese child: adequacy of the body mass index for clinical practice and epidemiology

    JJ Reilly;AR Dorosty;PM Emmett

  • Feeding Symptoms, Dietary Patterns, and Growth in Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Alan Emond;Pauline Emmett;Colin Steer;Jean Golding

  • Insulin sensitivity and secretion in normal children related to size at birth, postnatal growth, and plasma insulin-like growth factor-I levels.

    K. K. Ong;C. J. Petry;P. M. Emmett;M. S. Sandhu

  • Prevalence of overweight and obesity in British children: cohort study

    John J Reilly;Ahmad R Dorosty;Pauline M Emmett

  • Symptomatic and silent gall stones in the community.

    KW Heaton;Fem Braddon;RA Mountford;A Hughes

  • Particle size of wheat, maize, and oat test meals: effects on plasma glucose and insulin responses and on the rate of starch digestion in vitro

    KW Heaton;SN Marcus;Pauline M Emmett;CH Bolton

  • Delayed introduction of lumpy foods to children during the complementary feeding period affects child's food acceptance and feeding at 7 years of age

    Helen Coulthard;Gillian Harris;Pauline Emmett

  • Are dietary patterns stable throughout early and mid-childhood? A birth cohort study

    Kate Northstone;Pauline M. Emmett

  • Properties of human milk and their relationship with maternal nutrition

    Pauline M. Emmett;Imogen S. Rogers

  • The fat mass–and obesity-associated locus and dietary intake in children

    Nicholas J Timpson;Pauline M Emmett;Timothy M Frayling;Imogen Rogers

  • Infancy weight gain predicts childhood body fat and age at menarche in girls.

    Ken K. Ong;Ken K. Ong;Pauline Emmett;Kate Northstone;Jean Golding

Frequent Co-Authors

Kate Northstone
Kate Northstone University of Bristol
Andy R Ness
Andy R Ness University of Bristol
Jean Golding
Jean Golding University of Bristol
George Davey Smith
George Davey Smith University of Bristol
John Lynch
John Lynch University of Adelaide
Susan A. Jebb
Susan A. Jebb University of Oxford
John J. Reilly
John J. Reilly University of Strathclyde
Ken K. Ong
Ken K. Ong University of Cambridge
David B. Dunger
David B. Dunger University of Cambridge
David Gunnell
David Gunnell University of Bristol

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