Public seminar - Physical Activity and Nutrition

This event was held on Friday 21 August 2015

This public seminar hosted by the University of Newcastle Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition presents Dr Moira Dean from Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Cooking and Eating: measurements and strategies for a healthier diet

Dr Moira Dean 

Dr Moira Dean

Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Dr Moira Dean is a Senior lecturer in Consumer Psychology and Food Security. She has carried out research on the psychology of food choice and risk perceptions including the application of social psychological models of attitude-behaviour relationships to food choice and dietary change, in the areas of organic food, wholegrain, portion size, healthy shopping, food skills and food labeling, with children, adults and older people. Moira has worked on a number of projects investigating food and consumer behaviour funded by the Food Standards Agency, Safefood, The Danish Agency for Science Technology and Innovation, Medical Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council and the European Union. She is experienced in qualitative and quantitative methodologies for the assessment of attitudes, values, perceptions and barriers associated with food, health and sustainable living.