Alison Tedstone
Alison Tedstone MBE RNutr FAfN (born April 1961)[1] was Chief Nutritionist (National Director of Diet, Obesity and Physical Activity)[2] at Public Health England.
Education
[edit]Tedstone has a BSc and a PhD degree from the University of London, and conducted research into nutrition at the University of Oxford.[3]
Career
[edit]In 2001, she became an academic at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.[3]
The same year, she was named Head of Nutrition Science at the Food Standards Agency.[4] In 2010, her role (along with colleagues working on nutrition policy in England) transferred to the Department of Health,[5] and in turn to Public Health England (PHE) when it was established in 2013.[3] She was employed as chief nutritionist at PHE. Her work included the National Diet and Nutrition Survey,[3] and she gave evidence to Parliament's Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition.[6]
Tedstone is a Registered Public Health Nutritionist and a founding fellow of the Association for Nutrition, the voluntary regulator for nutritionists in the United Kingdom.[7]
Honours
[edit]Tedstone was appointed MBE in the 2021 Birthday Honours, for services to public health.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ Companies House
- ↑ "Leadership chart" (PDF). GOV.UK. Public Health England. July 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 "Alison Tedstone". publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ↑ "Alison Tedstone - UK Health Security Agency". ukhsa.blog.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ↑ "Transfer of nutrition policy to health departments". National Archives. Food Standards Agency. 30 September 2010. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Health Committee: Childhood Obesity Strategy: Oral Evidence". data.parliament.uk. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ↑ "Founding fellows". Association for Nutrition. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ↑ "Order of the British Empire: Alison Tedstone". London Gazette. 12 June 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
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