Dr Sophie Hawkesworth MSc PhD
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Sophie joined the MRC International Nutrition Group (www.ing.mrc.ac.uk) in 2005. She has an MSc in Public Health Nutrition from the School and completed her PhD in 2010 on the impact of maternal nutritional supplementation on offspring blood pressure.
Affiliation
- Department of Nutrition and Public Health Intervention Research
- Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Teaching
Sophie is heavily involved in teaching on the MSc in Public Health Nutrition. She is a personal tutor on the course and co-organises the Term 2 module 'Nutrition-related chronic disease', amongst other duties.
Research
The focus of Sophie's current research interests are the early life nutritional determinants of chronic disease. She has been conducting follow-up studies of maternal supplementation trials in order to investigate the effect of nutritional supplementation on offspring health, focusing on risk factors for chronic disease. Working with international collaborators, Sophie has been pursuing these research questions by coordinating fieldwork in both The Gambia and Bangladesh.
Research areas
- Agriculture
- Food
- Global Health
- Public health
Disciplines
- Epidemiology
- Life-course epidemiology
- Nutrition
Disease and Health Conditions
- Diabetes
- Malnutrition
- Non-communicable diseases
- Obesity
Regions
- East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)
- Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)
Countries
- Bangladesh
- Gambia, The
Other interests
- Body Composition
- MARCH
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Selected publications
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Nutritional supplementation during pregnancy and offspring cardiovascular disease risk in The Gambia.
Hawkesworth, S. ; Walker, C.G. ; Sawo, Y. ; Fulford, A.J. ; Jarjou, L.M. ; Goldberg, G.R. ; Prentice, A. ; Prentice, A.M. ; Moore, S.E. ;
Am J Clin Nutr, 2011;
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Effect of maternal calcium supplementation on offspring blood pressure in 5- to 10-y-old rural Gambian children.
Hawkesworth, S.; Sawo, Y.; Fulford, A.J.; Goldberg, G.R.; Jarjou, L.M.; Prentice, A.; Moore, S.E.;
Am J Clin Nutr, 2010;
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Feeding the world healthily: the challenge of measuring the effects of agriculture on health.
Hawkesworth, S.; Dangour, A.D.; Johnston, D.; Lock, K.; Poole, N.; Rushton, J.; Uauy, R.; Waage, J.;
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2010; 365(1554):3083-97
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B-Vitamins and Fatty Acids in the Prevention and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: A Systematic Review.
Dangour, A.D.; Whitehouse, P.J.; Rafferty, K.; Mitchell, S.A.; Smith, L.; Hawkesworth, S.; Vellas, B.;
J Alzheimers Dis, 2010;
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Maternal protein-energy supplementation does not affect adolescent blood pressure in The Gambia.
Hawkesworth, S.; Prentice, A.M.; Fulford, A.J.; Moore, S.E.;
Int J Epidemiol, 2008; 38(1):119-27
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Exploiting dietary supplementation trials to assess the impact of the prenatal environment on CVD risk.
Hawkesworth, S.;
Proc Nutr Soc, 2008; 68(1):78-88
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Dietary Supplementation of Rural Gambian Women during Pregnancy Does Not Affect Body Composition in Offspring at 11-17 Years of Age.
Hawkesworth, S.; Prentice, A.M.; Fulford, A.J.; Moore, S.E.;
J Nutr, 2008; 138(12):2468-2473
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Use of bioelectrical impedance analysis to assess body composition in rural Gambian children.
Prins, M.; Hawkesworth, S.; Wright, A.; Fulford, A.J.; Jarjou, L.M.; Prentice, A.M.; Moore, S.E.;
Eur J Clin Nutr, 2007; 62(9):1065-74
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