Lecturer in Behavioural Obesity Research, UCL
Clare is a Lecturer in Behavioural Obesity Research at UCL’s Health Behaviour Research Centre, where she leads the Obesity Research Group. She is also an honorary Research Fellow at Liverpool University. After an initial career in the pharmaceutical industry, Clare retrained as a Psychologist, undertaking an MSc and PhD at UCL, and post-doctoral training at UCL and King’s College London. Her research interest is understanding how genes and the environment interact to determine variation in early weight gain, with a focus on appetite regulation and eating behaviour. In 2007, with Professor Jane Wardle she established Gemini, the largest population-based birth cohort of twins ever set up to study genetic and environmental contributions to early life growth. Clare currently leads the Gemini study. She is also an elected Trustee for the UK Association for the Study of Obesity, and recently established their first London Regional Group.
Social deprivation linked to changes in eating styles in early childhood
Dec 10, 2019 05:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Childhood obesity rates are high in the UK, but not all children are affected equally a familys wealth makes a big difference to a childs risk. Rates of overweight and obesity among children are twice as high in the...
Why it is useful to understand the role of genetics in behaviour
Nov 22, 2016 00:19 am UTC| Health
Scientists have studied twins for many years to understand how genes and environments influence differences among individuals, spanning conditions such as cancer and mental health to characteristics such as intelligence...
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