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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 1998 - Silver Medal, Nutrition Society, UK UK."
  • 1996 - Cuthbertson Award, Nutrition Society, UK
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Susan A. Jebb is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research activity is concentrated primarily within the field of Medicine, with a specific emphasis on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pharmacy, Physiology, Clinical Psychology, and Surgery.

Their work covers diverse topics related to obesity, physical activity, diet, and health practices, including consumer attitudes towards food labeling, eating disorders and behaviors, diet and metabolism studies, as well as agriculture sustainability and environmental impact.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • BMC Medicine
  • Appetite
  • PLoS ONE
  • Nutrients
  • PLoS Medicine

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Living risk prediction algorithm (QCOVID) for risk of hospital admission and mortality from coronavirus 19 in adults: national derivation and validation cohort study" (2020, BMJ)
  • "Associations between body-mass index and COVID-19 severity in 6·9 million people in England: a prospective, community-based, cohort study" (2021, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology)
  • "Trends in UK meat consumption: analysis of data from years 1-11 (2008-09 to 2018-19) of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey rolling programme" (2021, The Lancet Planetary Health)
  • "The Effects of Environmental Sustainability Labels on Selection, Purchase, and Consumption of Food and Drink Products: A Systematic Review" (2021, Environment and Behavior)
  • "Reductions in sugar sales from soft drinks in the UK from 2015 to 2018" (2020, BMC Medicine)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Paul Aveyard (66 joint publications)
  • Carmen Piernas (44 joint publications)
  • Rachel Pechey (28 joint publications)
  • Nerys M. Astbury (26 joint publications)
  • Dimitrios A. Koutoukidis (21 joint publications)

Awards received by Susan A. Jebb include the Silver Medal from the Nutrition Society, UK in 1998, the Cuthbertson Award from the same society in 1996, and fellowship status at The Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Healthy percentage body fat ranges: an approach for developing guidelines based on body mass index

    Dympna Gallagher;Steven B Heymsfield;Moonseong Heo;Susan A Jebb

  • Effects of recombinant leptin therapy in a child with congenital leptin deficiency.

    I S Farooqi;S A Jebb;G Langmack;E Lawrence

  • Critical evaluation of energy intake data using fundamental principles of energy physiology: 1. Derivation of cut-off limits to identify under-recording.

    Goldberg Gr;Black Ae;Jebb Sa;Cole Tj

  • Beneficial effects of leptin on obesity, T cell hyporesponsiveness, and neuroendocrine/metabolic dysfunction of human congenital leptin deficiency

    I. Sadaf Farooqi;Giuseppe Matarese;Graham M. Lord;Julia M. Keogh

  • Obesity in Britain: gluttony or sloth?

    Andrew M Prentice;Susan A Jebb

  • Beyond body mass index

    A. M. Prentice;S. A. Jebb

  • Meat consumption, health, and the environment

    H. Charles J. Godfray;Paul Aveyard;Tara Garnett;Tara Garnett;Jim W. Hall;Jim W. Hall

  • Body fat reference curves for children

    H D McCarthy;T J Cole;T Fry;S A Jebb

  • Foresight. Tackling obesities: future choices. Project report.

    B. Butland;S. Jebb;P. Kopelman;K. McPherson

  • Diets with High or Low Protein Content and Glycemic Index for Weight-Loss Maintenance

    Thomas Meinert Larsen;Stine-Mathilde Dalskov;Marleen van Baak;Susan A. Jebb

  • APPETITE CONTROL: METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE EVALUATION OF FOODS

    J.E. Blundell;C. de Graaf;T. Hulshof;S.A. Jebb

  • Fast foods, energy density and obesity: a possible mechanistic link.

    A. M. Prentice;S. A. Jebb

  • Dominant and recessive inheritance of morbid obesity associated with melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency

    I. Sadaf Farooqi;Giles S.H. Yeo;Julia M. Keogh;Shiva Aminian

  • The effects of intermittent or continuous energy restriction on weight loss and metabolic disease risk markers: a randomized trial in young overweight women

    Michelle N. Harvie;Mary Pegington;Mark P. Mattson;Jan Frystyk

  • Critical evaluation of energy intake data using fundamental principles of energy physiology: 2. Evaluating the results of published surveys.

    A. E. Black;G. R. Goldberg;S. A. Jebb;M. B. E. Livingstone

  • Prevalence of obesity in Great Britain.

    K. L. Rennie;S. A. Jebb

  • Human Metabolic Syndrome Resulting From Dominant-Negative Mutations in the Nuclear Receptor Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ

    David B. Savage;Garry D. Tan;Carlo L. Acerini;Susan A. Jebb

  • Four-component model for the assessment of body composition in humans: comparison with alternative methods, and evaluation of the density and hydration of fat-free mass.

    N J Fuller;S A Jebb;M A Laskey;W A Coward

  • Measurements of total energy expenditure provide insights into the validity of dietary measurements of energy intake

    Alison E Black;Andrew M Prentice;Gail R Goldberg;Susan A Jebb

  • Living risk prediction algorithm (QCOVID) for risk of hospital admission and mortality from coronavirus 19 in adults: national derivation and validation cohort study.

    Ash K Clift;Carol A C Coupland;Ruth H Keogh;Karla Diaz-Ordaz

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew M. Prentice
Andrew M. Prentice London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Theresa M. Marteau
Theresa M. Marteau University of Cambridge
Julia Brown
Julia Brown University of Leeds
Arne Astrup
Arne Astrup Novo Nordisk Foundation
Wim H. M. Saris
Wim H. M. Saris Maastricht University
Marinos Elia
Marinos Elia University of Southampton
Gary Frost
Gary Frost Imperial College London
Philip C. Calder
Philip C. Calder University of Southampton
Marc Suhrcke
Marc Suhrcke University of York

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