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New Zealand childhood nutrition researcher

Rachael TaylorFRSNZ
Born1971 (age 52–53)
Alma materUniversity of Otago
Scientific career
FieldsChildhood nutrition
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago
Thesis

Rachael Waring Taylor FRSNZ (born 1971) is a New Zealand childhood nutrition academic. She is currently a full professor at the University of Otago.

Academic career

After a 2001 PhD titled Body composition in children and adolescents : a DXA based study at the University of Otago, Taylor worked at Otago, rising to full professor in 2016.

Much of Taylor's research is related to infant and childhood obesity and has frequently made the news. In 2022, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

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." 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. ^ Medicine, Dunedin School of. "DSM staff profile". Otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  2. "Rachael Taylor promoted to full professor". Otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  3. "Calls to target junk food ads". Otago Daily Times. 26 June 2018.
  4. "Mess is best to get in the mood for food". Otago Daily Times. 11 July 2017.
  5. "Research suggests child obesity can be tackled by simple sleep interventions". Medicalexpress.com.
  6. "Babies who eat widely and feed themselves less fussy as they age - study". Stuff.co.nz. 10 July 2017.
  7. "New Zealanders are fat and in denial about it, says survey". Stuff.co.nz. 10 February 2016.
  8. "View our fellows". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 31 August 2023.


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