Rachael Taylor (academic)

Rachael Taylor
FRSNZ
Born1971 (age 53–54)
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.[1]

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.[2][1]

Much of Taylor's research is related to infant and childhood obesity and has frequently made the news.[3][4][5][6][7] In 2022, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.[8]

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. ^ a b 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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