Dr Helen Crawley

Reader in Nutrition Policy

Room: C314, Tait Building, Northampton Square
Tel: +44 (0)20 7040 8799
Email: Helen.Crawley.1@city.ac.uk

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) University of London
PhD University of North London

Positions

Part-time (0.4) Reader in Nutrition Policy

Work biography

Helen Crawley Helen is a registered dietitian and registered public health nutritionist. Previously Helen worked at Kingston University for 10 years and at London Metropolitan University for 13 years, starting off her working life as a nutritionist with the International Centre for Child Studies and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Helen wasalso Science Director of the public health nutrition charity The Caroline Walker Trust until 2011 and now runs First Steps Nutrition Trust, a charity providing information and resources to support good nutrition from pre-conception to 5 years.

Policy involvement

Helen has researched and written a number of publications which promote better standards of food and better training for those who support vulnerable people to eat well across the lifespan, and much of this information has been used in policy development in the UK. This includes the development of nutrient based school meal standards and new guidance for food and nutrition standards for under 5s in early years settings. Helen sat on the Advisory Panel for Food and Nutrition in Early Years, School Meal Review Panel, the NICE maternal and child nutrition programme development board, and on the Ministerial Nutrition Summit for Older People in 2007. Helen wrote a report summarising public health nutrition policy challenges for the 21st century which has been widely distributed to policy makers locally and nationally. Helen currently chairs an expert working group looking at the use and regulation of flavouring in foods and drinks, sits on the Food for Life Catering mark committee and acts as a stakeholder and consultant on a range of public health nutrition initiatives.

Research interests

Core research interests are in examining eating patterns in vulnerable population groups and developing tools and resources to encourage better nutrition in population groups across the lifespan. Current areas of research include family healthy eating interventions in child care settings in London and Cornwall, use of dentists in obesity management and implications of sustainable criteria on the diets of children.

Academic role

Helen runs the nutrition policy module, sits on the school ethics committee, is external examiner for the MSc Public Health Nutrition at Edinburgh University and regularly reviews for a number of nutrition and health journals.

Publications

Caraher M, Crawley H, Lloyd S (2009) Food Policy Across the UK. The Caroline Walker Trust.

Crawley H (2009) Eating well for children and adults with learning disabilities: Training materials. London. The Caroline Walker Trust.

Crawley H (2008) Public Health Nutrition: Challenges for the 21st Century. London. The Caroline Walker Trust.

Crawley H (2007) Eating well for children and adults with learning disabilities. London. The Caroline Walker Trust.

Crawley H (2006) Eating well for under 5s in child care. London. The Caroline Walker Trust

Crawley H (2005) Eating well at school. London. The Caroline Walker Trust

Crawley H (2006) Eating well for under 5s in child care: Training Materials.. London. The Caroline Walker Trust

Crawley H. (1988) Food Portion Sizes.HMSO. London.

Crawley Helen (2006) Food, eating and walking. In: Dementia: walking not wandering. (Ed. Professor Mary Marshall and Kate Allen). London. Hawker Publications.

Crawley Helen (2003) Conversation, creativity and food. In: Food, glorious food (Ed. Professor Mary Marshall), London. Hawker Publications.

Crawley Helen (2002) Food, drink and dementia.Dementia Services Development Centre.University Stirling.

Crawley H.F. (1993) Nutrient and food intakes of teenagers aged 16-17 years in Britain. 1. Energy, macronutrients and non-starch polysaccharides. Br J Nutr, 70, 15-26.

Crawley H.F.(1993). The role of breakfast cereals in the diets of 16-17 year old teenagers in Britain. J Hum Nutr Diet, 6, 205-216.

Crawley H.F. (1997).Dietary and lifestyle differences between Scottish teenagers and those living in England and Wales.Europ J ClinNutr, 51, 87-91.

Crawley H.F. Portides G. (1995). Self-reported versus measured height, weight and body mass index amongst 16-17 year old British teenagers. Int J Obesity, 19, 579-584.

Crawley H.F. Shergill-Bonner R. (1995). The nutrient and food intakes of 16-17 year old female dieters in the UK. J Hum Nutr Diet, 8, 25-34.

Crawley H.F. Summerbell C.D. (1997). Feeding frequency and BMI among teenagers aged 16-17 years. Int J Obes, 21, 159-161.

Crawley H.F. Summerbell C.D. (1998). The nutrient and food intakes of British male dieters aged 16-17 years. J Hum Nutr Diet, 11, 1-5

Crawley H, Westland S (2011) Infant milks in the UK. The Caroline Walker Trust.
Crawley H.F. While D. (1995) The diet and body weight of British teenage smokers at 16-17 years. Europ J ClinNutr, 49, 904-914.

Crawley H.F. While D. (1996) Parental smoking and the nutrient intakes and food choice of British teenagers aged 16-17 years. J EpidemCommHlth, 50, 306-312.

Doyle W, Crawley H, Robert H & Bates CJ (1999) Iron deficiency in older people: interactions between food and nutrient intakes with biochemical measures of iron; further analysis of the NDNS: People aged 65 years and over. Europ J ClinNutr, 52, 1-8.

Ells LJ, Hillier FC, Shucksmith J, Crawley H, Harbige L, Shield J, Wiggins A, Summerbell CD (2008) A systematic review of the effect of dietary exposure that could be achieved through normal dietary intake on learning and performance of school-aged children of relevance to UK schools. Br J Nutr, 100, 927-936.

McCarthy H.D. Crawley H.F. (1997) The relationship between birth weight and energy and macronutrient intakes, physical activity and body mass index in British teenagers aged 16-17 years. ProcNutrSoc, 56, 206A.

McCarthy H.D. Crawley H.F. (1998) Birth weight, early feeding and body weight at 16-17 years. Proc Nut Soc, 57, 77A

McCarthy H.D. Jarrett K.V. Crawley H.F. (2001) Development of waist circumference percentiles in British children aged 5.0 to 16.9 years. Europ J Clinical Nutrition, 55, 902-907

McLaren S, Crawley H (2000) Managing nutritional risks in older adults. Nursing Times Clinical Monographs No. 44. Nursing Times, London

McLaren S, Crawley H (2000) Promoting nutritional health in older adults. Nursing Times Clinical Monographs No. 43. Nursing Times, London

Parr R.M., Crawley H., Abdulla M., Iyengar G.V. Kumpulainen J. (1992) Human dietary intakes of trace elements: a global literature survey mainly for the period 1970-1991. Vienna. IAEA