Partners and projects - London Metropolitan University

Projects and partners

Development of national references for skeletal muscle mass in UK children and youths
Evaluation of meal replacement on glycaemic control and weight loss in patients with type 2 diabetes
Evaluation of the impact of obesity on foot structure and dimensions in children and youths
Development of a field-based anthropometric tool to quantify upper leg skeletal muscle mass
Evaluation of skeletal muscle mass and strength on cardiometabolic disease risk
Evaluation of the impact of south Asian and African-Caribbean ethnicities on body composition in children and youths
Development of body composition reference charts for children and youths from minority ethnic backgrounds
Evaluation of the impact of growth patterns across childhood and adolescence on risk for overweight and obesity
Dietary interventions for sarcopenia in older adults
Abdominal obesity across the lifecourse and cardiometabolic disease
Development of waist circumference and body fat references in children and youths
Evaluation of measures of obesity in growing children undergoing weight management intervention

Research projects and funding, 2020–21

Public Health Nutrition and Food Microbiology Research Group – School of Human Sciences

Transformation Fund, London Metropolitan University: £19,790 to support a study designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a diet and lifestyle programme delivered in the workplace, involving 28 fire stations in London, proposing to expand this to the other 75 stations in London and potentially to a national level in the next five years.
Investigators: Dr Dee Bhakta, Greg Lessons, Afshan Aghili, Professor David McCarthy