Staff Profile
Dr Rebecca Townsend
Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Nutrition
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 2924
- Address: School of Biomedical, Nutritional and Sports Sciences,
Office 5.20, Dame Margaret Barbour Building,
Newcastle University,
NE2 4DR
Rebecca Townsend is a Lecturer in Human Nutrition within the School of Biomedical, Nutritional and Sports Sciences at Newcastle University.
My research interests primarily relate to the role of nutrition and exercise to support healthy ageing and disease prevention. Specifically, this includes the influence of such modifiable factors on brain health across the life-course, to best inform the nature and timing of preventative strategies. I also have an interest in behaviour change interventions to promote brain health across both general and specific populations (e.g., children, adolescents, older adults and athletes).
Module leader:
SES1001 Physical Activity, Nutrition and Health
SES3004 Lifestyle and Disease
Module contributor:
DTC1002 Food Studies
SES1002 Bioenergetics
SES2002 Applied Sport and Exercise Nutrition
NUT3002 Research Project
SES3000 Research Project
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Articles
- Sim YJ, Townsend RF, Mills S, Stocker R, Stevenson E, McEvoy C, Fairley AM. Understanding engagement in diet and dementia prevention research among British South Asians: a short report of findings from a patient and public involvement group. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics 2024, 37(4), 899-908.
- Townsend R, Fairley A, Gregory S, Ritchie C, Stevenson E, Shannon O. Nutrition for dementia prevention: a state of the art update for clinicians. Age and Ageing 2024, 53(Supplement_2), ii30–ii38.
- Shannon OM, Townsend R, Malcomson FC, Matu J, Griffiths A, Jennings A, Ward N, Papier K, Best N, French C, Scheelbeek P, Kim C, Ochieng B, Jay F, Shepherd K, Corfe B, Fairley A, McEvoy CT, Minihane A-M, Sim YJ, Stevenson E, Gregory S. Adherence to the Eatwell Guide and population and planetary health: A Rank Prize Forum report. Nutrition Bulletin 2024, 49(1), 108-119.
- Gregory S, Griffiths A, Jennings A, Malcomson FC, Matu J, Minihane AM, Muniz-Terrera G, Ritchie CW, Parra-Soto S, Stevenson E, Townsend R, Ward NA, Shannon OM. Adherence to the Eatwell Guide and cardiometabolic, cognitive and neuroimaging parameters: an analysis from the PREVENT dementia study. Nutrition & Metabolism 2024, 21, 21.
- Townsend RF, Logan D, O'Neill RF, Prinelli F, Woodside JV, McEvoy CT. Whole Dietary Patterns, Cognitive Decline and Cognitive Disorders: A Systematic Review of Prospective and Intervention Studies. Nutrients 2023, 15(2), 333.
- Townsend RF, Woodside JV, Prinelli F, O'Neill RF, McEvoy CT. Associations between dietary patterns and neuroimaging markers: A systematic review. Frontiers in Nutrition 2022, 9, 806006.
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Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
- Townsend RF, Woodside JV, Prinelli F, McEvoy CT. Association between dietary patterns and neuroimaging markers: a systematic review. In: Nutrition Society Irish Section Conference. 2021, Proceedings of the Nutrition Society.
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Letter