Maternal nutrition, fetal and childhood growth and programming of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes
Lead Research Organisation:
MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit
Abstract
Developing countries have persisting problems with undernutrition in early life (undernourished mothers and low birthweight) alongside rising rates of overnutrition (obesity) in later life, due to economic growth, and epidemics of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. There is strong evidence from western populations that these disorders originate in early life; both are predicted by low birthweight and rapid childhood weight gain. This programme studies the relationship of maternal and childhood nutrition to risk of disease, and aims to develop preventive strategies through improvements in early nutrition. Working with teams in India and other developing countries, we i) are following up adults whose early growth was recorded, ii) have established new studies with detailed data on maternal diet and childhood growth, and iii) have initiated intervention studies to improve maternal nutrition and offspring health. We have confirmed that early-life undernutrition, when followed by rapid childhood weight gain, is associated with an increased risk of diabetes and heart disease. Maternal vitamin and mineral deficiency are common; and Vitamin B12 deficiency may be particularly important in India. In addition to increasing the risk of adult chronic disease, maternal undernutrition and low birthweight are associated with reduced muscle strength, bone quality and intelligence.
Technical Summary
Low-income countries in transition have high rates of undernutrition in early life (maternal undernutrition and intra-uterine growth restriction) alongside increasing overnutrition in later life (obesity) associated with economic growth and urbanisation, and growing epidemics of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. The cluster of CVD risk factors known as the metabolic syndrome (central obesity, high blood pressure, insulin resistance, glucose intolerance and dyslipidaemia) is common in India, exacerbated by a South Asian body type characterised by a low lean body mass and BMI, and high percentage body fat (thin-fat phenotype). There is strong evidence from high income populations that these disorders originate in early life; all are predicted by small size at birth and accelerated weight gain in childhood. This research programme aims to identify environmental factors in low-income populations, acting in early life (maternal nutrition during pregnancy, and childhood nutrition and growth) and contributing to the aetiology of these disorders, and to develop strategies to improve the early environment and thus prevent disease. In collaboration with research groups in India and other developing countries, we i) are following up existing birth cohorts, ii) have established new prospective cohort studies in rural and urban settings to collect detailed exposure data in pregnancy and childhood, and iii) have initiated interventions aimed at improving maternal nutrition and long-term health in the offspring. Our studies have confirmed that early life undernutrition, when followed by rapid childhood and adolescent weight gain, are associated with an increased risk of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. In women, this transition increases the risk of gestational diabetes, which also causes obesity, insulin resistance and diabetes in the next generation. Poor diet quality, leading to micronutrient deficiency, is common among poor rural and urban women, and is associated with lower birthweight. Vitamin B12 deficiency is common in India for cultural reasons, and may be a particularly important nutritional deficit in this population: maternal vitamin B12 deficiency is associated with low birthweight, insulin resistance in the children, and increased maternal adiposity and gestational diabetes. In addition to increasing the risk of adult chronic disease, maternal undernutrition and low birthweight are also associated with reduced human capital including lower muscle mass and strength, bone mass and cognitive function in childhood and/or adult life, and an increased risk of low birthweight and stunting in the next generation.
Organisations
- MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Southampton, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- University College London, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- UNICEF, United States (Collaboration)
- The New Delhi Birth Cohort Study (Collaboration)
- Institute of Tropical Medicine (Collaboration)
- Christian Medical College Vellore (Collaboration)
- Aga Khan University (Collaboration)
- Harvard University (Collaboration)
- Federal University of Pelotas (Collaboration)
- Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore (Collaboration)
- University of Saskatchewan, Canada (Collaboration)
- Academic Medical Center (Collaboration)
- Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP) (Collaboration)
- Kuopio University Hospital (Collaboration)
- Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC) (Collaboration)
- University of Helsinki, Finland (Collaboration)
- Mother and Infant Research Activities (MIRA) (Collaboration)
- Emory University, United States (Collaboration)
- University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Saiseikai Central Hospital, Tokyo (Collaboration)
- Sunder Lal Jain Hospital (Collaboration)
- University of Indonesia, Indonesia (Collaboration)
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) (Collaboration)
- Karolinska Institute, Sweden (Collaboration)
- University of Bristol, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- St George's University of London, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Centre for the Study of Social Change (Collaboration)
- London Sch of Hygiene and Trop Medicine, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- World Health Organization (WHO) (Collaboration)
- Thomas Jefferson University (Collaboration)
- University of Iceland, Iceland (Collaboration)
- KEM Hospital Research Centre (Collaboration)
- Sitaram Bhartia Inst of Science & Res (Collaboration)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Collaboration)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Collaboration)
- University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Collaboration)
- Trondheim University Hospital (Collaboration)
- University of California, San Diego, United States (Collaboration)
- MURAZ Center (Collaboration)
- KEM Hospital, Pune (Collaboration)
- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa (Collaboration)
- George Institute for Global Health (Collaboration)
- Xian Jiaotong University, China (Collaboration)
- Johns Hopkins University, United States (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Caroline Fall (Principal Investigator) | |
| Clive Osmond (Co-Investigator) |
Publications
Adair LS
(2009)
Size at birth, weight gain in infancy and childhood, and adult blood pressure in 5 low- and middle-income-country cohorts: when does weight gain matter?
in The American journal of clinical nutrition
Agnihotri B
(2008)
Trends in human birth weight across two successive generations.
in Indian journal of pediatrics
Allen LH
(2009)
Impact of multiple micronutrient versus iron-folic acid supplements on maternal anemia and micronutrient status in pregnancy.
in Food and nutrition bulletin
Antonisamy B
(2009)
Cohort Profile: the 1969-73 Vellore birth cohort study in South India.
in International journal of epidemiology
Barker M
(2006)
Gender differences in body mass index in rural India are determined by socio-economic factors and lifestyle.
in The Journal of nutrition
Batty GD
(2007)
Association of diarrhoea in childhood with blood pressure and coronary heart disease in older age: analyses of two UK cohort studies.
in International journal of epidemiology
Bhat DS
(2009)
Increases in plasma holotranscobalamin can be used to assess vitamin B-12 absorption in individuals with low plasma vitamin B-12.
in The Journal of nutrition
Bhate V
(2008)
Vitamin B12 status of pregnant Indian women and cognitive function in their 9-year-old children.
in Food and nutrition bulletin
Bhawra J
(2018)
Results from India's 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth.
in Journal of physical activity & health
Bhutta ZA
(2008)
What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival.
in Lancet (London, England)
| Description | Findings that have supported interventions in the first 1000 days |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Caroline Fall and Clive Osmond are members of the COHORTS collaboration, which has carried out research that supports the targeting of nutritional interventions for the prevention of undernutrition in pregnancy and infancy. |
| Description | Genomic and lifestyle predictors of foetal outcome relevant to diabetes and obesity and their relevance to prevention strategies in South Asian peoples (GIFTS). |
| Amount | £98,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 278917 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 12/2011 |
| End | 11/2014 |
| Description | Mumbai Maternal Nutrition Study |
| Amount | £551,753 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Parthenon Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Start | 03/2005 |
| Description | Programme Grant: Randomised controlled trial of of micronutrient-dense food before and during pregnancy to prevent low birthweight; the Mumbai Maternal Nutrition Study |
| Amount | £785,523 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 074048/Z/05/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | Programme Grant: Relationship of growth in infancy and childhood to adult endothelial function and body composition: the New Delhi birth cohort |
| Amount | £184,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | PG/05/046/18730 |
| Organisation | British Heart Foundation (BHF) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | Wellcome Trust Project Grant (Early-life antecedents of type 2 diabetes and polycystic ovary syndrome in young Indian adults) |
| Amount | £472,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 083460/Z/07/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2008 |
| End | 06/2011 |
| Description | Wellcome Trust Project Grant COHORTS 2 |
| Amount | £177,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 082554/Z/07/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2007 |
| End | 06/2009 |
| Description | Wellcome Trust Project Grant Pune Mysore |
| Amount | £391,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 079877/Z/06/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2006 |
| End | 06/2008 |
| Title | Multiple cohort studies |
| Description | Data (including birth data, longitudinal growth data, and outcomes data including cardiovascular and metabolic health, bone health, cognitive function) from a number of birth cohorts in the UK and India |
| Type Of Material | Biological samples |
| Year Produced | 2006 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Strong evidence of the importance of early life nutrition and growth on a wide variety of adult health outcomes. |
| Title | Use of stress response measurements in children |
| Description | Use of the Trier Social Stress Test in Indian children to measure cortisol and autonomic responses to streeful situations |
| Type Of Material | Physiological assessment or outcome measure |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Too early |
| Title | Databases from 8 Indian birth cohorts |
| Description | Lifecourse data from 8 Indian birth cohorts. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Widening of research usage |
| Description | COHORTS collaboration |
| Organisation | Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel) |
| Department | 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohort |
| Country | Brazil |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributions to study design, fieldwork training and quality control, data management, analysis and interpretation. Epidemiological and statistical expertise; Cohort-specific knowledge. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contribution to study design, data management, analysis and interpretation. Cohort data. Epidemiological, statistical, social science, economic expertise. |
| Impact | 19297457, 19856426, 20007336, 21224276, 21325148, 22100968, 22121058, 23477997, 23541370, 23977075, 24064150, 21511113, 22100968, 25008854, 25186666, 25999096, 27765286. Abstracts presented at a major international meetings and published in peer-reviewed international journals. Multi-disciplinary partnership (epidemiology, paediatrics, statistics, social science, nutrition). |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | COHORTS collaboration |
| Organisation | Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP) |
| Country | Guatemala |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Contributions to study design, fieldwork training and quality control, data management, analysis and interpretation. Epidemiological and statistical expertise; Cohort-specific knowledge. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contribution to study design, data management, analysis and interpretation. Cohort data. Epidemiological, statistical, social science, economic expertise. |
| Impact | 19297457, 19856426, 20007336, 21224276, 21325148, 22100968, 22121058, 23477997, 23541370, 23977075, 24064150, 21511113, 22100968, 25008854, 25186666, 25999096, 27765286. Abstracts presented at a major international meetings and published in peer-reviewed international journals. Multi-disciplinary partnership (epidemiology, paediatrics, statistics, social science, nutrition). |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | COHORTS collaboration |
| Organisation | The New Delhi Birth Cohort Study |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributions to study design, fieldwork training and quality control, data management, analysis and interpretation. Epidemiological and statistical expertise; Cohort-specific knowledge. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contribution to study design, data management, analysis and interpretation. Cohort data. Epidemiological, statistical, social science, economic expertise. |
| Impact | 19297457, 19856426, 20007336, 21224276, 21325148, 22100968, 22121058, 23477997, 23541370, 23977075, 24064150, 21511113, 22100968, 25008854, 25186666, 25999096, 27765286. Abstracts presented at a major international meetings and published in peer-reviewed international journals. Multi-disciplinary partnership (epidemiology, paediatrics, statistics, social science, nutrition). |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | COHORTS collaboration |
| Organisation | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Department | Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributions to study design, fieldwork training and quality control, data management, analysis and interpretation. Epidemiological and statistical expertise; Cohort-specific knowledge. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contribution to study design, data management, analysis and interpretation. Cohort data. Epidemiological, statistical, social science, economic expertise. |
| Impact | 19297457, 19856426, 20007336, 21224276, 21325148, 22100968, 22121058, 23477997, 23541370, 23977075, 24064150, 21511113, 22100968, 25008854, 25186666, 25999096, 27765286. Abstracts presented at a major international meetings and published in peer-reviewed international journals. Multi-disciplinary partnership (epidemiology, paediatrics, statistics, social science, nutrition). |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | COHORTS collaboration |
| Organisation | University of the Witwatersrand |
| Department | Birth to Twenty |
| Country | South Africa |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributions to study design, fieldwork training and quality control, data management, analysis and interpretation. Epidemiological and statistical expertise; Cohort-specific knowledge. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contribution to study design, data management, analysis and interpretation. Cohort data. Epidemiological, statistical, social science, economic expertise. |
| Impact | 19297457, 19856426, 20007336, 21224276, 21325148, 22100968, 22121058, 23477997, 23541370, 23977075, 24064150, 21511113, 22100968, 25008854, 25186666, 25999096, 27765286. Abstracts presented at a major international meetings and published in peer-reviewed international journals. Multi-disciplinary partnership (epidemiology, paediatrics, statistics, social science, nutrition). |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | Earlyread Collaboration |
| Organisation | Academic Medical Center |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributed data, participated in interpretation of results |
| Collaborator Contribution | Shared data for meta-analyses |
| Impact | Publications: 19109117, 18689365, 22558399 |
| Description | Earlyread Collaboration |
| Organisation | George Institute for Global Health |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributed data, participated in interpretation of results |
| Collaborator Contribution | Shared data for meta-analyses |
| Impact | Publications: 19109117, 18689365, 22558399 |
| Description | Earlyread Collaboration |
| Organisation | Harvard University |
| Department | Harvard Medical School |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributed data, participated in interpretation of results |
| Collaborator Contribution | Shared data for meta-analyses |
| Impact | Publications: 19109117, 18689365, 22558399 |
| Description | Earlyread Collaboration |
| Organisation | Karolinska Institute |
| Department | Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributed data, participated in interpretation of results |
| Collaborator Contribution | Shared data for meta-analyses |
| Impact | Publications: 19109117, 18689365, 22558399 |
| Description | Earlyread Collaboration |
| Organisation | Kuopio University Hospital |
| Country | Finland |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | Contributed data, participated in interpretation of results |
| Collaborator Contribution | Shared data for meta-analyses |
| Impact | Publications: 19109117, 18689365, 22558399 |
| Description | Earlyread Collaboration |
| Organisation | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributed data, participated in interpretation of results |
| Collaborator Contribution | Shared data for meta-analyses |
| Impact | Publications: 19109117, 18689365, 22558399 |
| Description | Earlyread Collaboration |
| Organisation | Saiseikai Central Hospital, Tokyo |
| Department | Department of Internal Medicine |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | Contributed data, participated in interpretation of results |
| Collaborator Contribution | Shared data for meta-analyses |
| Impact | Publications: 19109117, 18689365, 22558399 |
| Description | Earlyread Collaboration |
| Organisation | St George's University of London |
| Department | Community Health Sciences Division |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributed data, participated in interpretation of results |
| Collaborator Contribution | Shared data for meta-analyses |
| Impact | Publications: 19109117, 18689365, 22558399 |
| Description | Earlyread Collaboration |
| Organisation | Sunder Lal Jain Hospital |
| Department | Department of Paediatrics |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | Contributed data, participated in interpretation of results |
| Collaborator Contribution | Shared data for meta-analyses |
| Impact | Publications: 19109117, 18689365, 22558399 |
| Description | Earlyread Collaboration |
| Organisation | Thomas Jefferson University |
| Department | School of Medicine Thomas Jefferson |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributed data, participated in interpretation of results |
| Collaborator Contribution | Shared data for meta-analyses |
| Impact | Publications: 19109117, 18689365, 22558399 |
| Description | Earlyread Collaboration |
| Organisation | Trondheim University Hospital |
| Department | Department of Internal Medicine |
| Country | Norway |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | Contributed data, participated in interpretation of results |
| Collaborator Contribution | Shared data for meta-analyses |
| Impact | Publications: 19109117, 18689365, 22558399 |
| Description | Earlyread Collaboration |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Department | MRC Centre for Epidemiology for Child Health |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributed data, participated in interpretation of results |
| Collaborator Contribution | Shared data for meta-analyses |
| Impact | Publications: 19109117, 18689365, 22558399 |
| Description | Earlyread Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Department | MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributed data, participated in interpretation of results |
| Collaborator Contribution | Shared data for meta-analyses |
| Impact | Publications: 19109117, 18689365, 22558399 |
| Description | Earlyread Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) |
| Department | Department of Family and Preventive Medicine |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributed data, participated in interpretation of results |
| Collaborator Contribution | Shared data for meta-analyses |
| Impact | Publications: 19109117, 18689365, 22558399 |
| Description | Earlyread Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Helsinki |
| Department | Diabetes and Obesity Research Program |
| Country | Finland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributed data, participated in interpretation of results |
| Collaborator Contribution | Shared data for meta-analyses |
| Impact | Publications: 19109117, 18689365, 22558399 |
| Description | Earlyread Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Iceland |
| Department | Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition |
| Country | Iceland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributed data, participated in interpretation of results |
| Collaborator Contribution | Shared data for meta-analyses |
| Impact | Publications: 19109117, 18689365, 22558399 |
| Description | Earlyread Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Saskatchewan |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributed data, participated in interpretation of results |
| Collaborator Contribution | Shared data for meta-analyses |
| Impact | Publications: 19109117, 18689365, 22558399 |
| Description | INDECHO collaboration |
| Organisation | All India Institute of Medical Sciences |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Epidemiological expertise. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Data collection. Cardiology expertise. |
| Impact | Multi-disciplinary collaboration (epidemiology, biostatistics, cardiology) |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | INDECHO collaboration |
| Organisation | Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC) |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | Epidemiological expertise. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Data collection. Cardiology expertise. |
| Impact | Multi-disciplinary collaboration (epidemiology, biostatistics, cardiology) |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | INDECHO collaboration |
| Organisation | Christian Medical College, Vellore |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Epidemiological expertise. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Data collection. Cardiology expertise. |
| Impact | Multi-disciplinary collaboration (epidemiology, biostatistics, cardiology) |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | INDECHO collaboration |
| Organisation | Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Epidemiological expertise. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Data collection. Cardiology expertise. |
| Impact | Multi-disciplinary collaboration (epidemiology, biostatistics, cardiology) |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | INDECHO collaboration |
| Organisation | Sunder Lal Jain Hospital |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | Epidemiological expertise. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Data collection. Cardiology expertise. |
| Impact | Multi-disciplinary collaboration (epidemiology, biostatistics, cardiology) |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | INDECHO collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | Oxford Centre for Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Epidemiological expertise. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Data collection. Cardiology expertise. |
| Impact | Multi-disciplinary collaboration (epidemiology, biostatistics, cardiology) |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation Study Group |
| Organisation | Aga Khan University |
| Department | Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation Study Group |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Data management, analysis and interpretation, report writing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of data, contribution to data analysis and interpretation. |
| Impact | Publications: 20120796, 20120794, 20120793, 20120795 Multidosciplinary collaboration: epidemiology, statistics, nutrition, public health, policy |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation Study Group |
| Organisation | Emory University |
| Department | Nutrition and Health Sciences |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Data management, analysis and interpretation, report writing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of data, contribution to data analysis and interpretation. |
| Impact | Publications: 20120796, 20120794, 20120793, 20120795 Multidosciplinary collaboration: epidemiology, statistics, nutrition, public health, policy |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation Study Group |
| Organisation | Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Data management, analysis and interpretation, report writing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of data, contribution to data analysis and interpretation. |
| Impact | Publications: 20120796, 20120794, 20120793, 20120795 Multidosciplinary collaboration: epidemiology, statistics, nutrition, public health, policy |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation Study Group |
| Organisation | International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Data management, analysis and interpretation, report writing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of data, contribution to data analysis and interpretation. |
| Impact | Publications: 20120796, 20120794, 20120793, 20120795 Multidosciplinary collaboration: epidemiology, statistics, nutrition, public health, policy |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation Study Group |
| Organisation | Johns Hopkins University |
| Department | Department of International Health |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Data management, analysis and interpretation, report writing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of data, contribution to data analysis and interpretation. |
| Impact | Publications: 20120796, 20120794, 20120793, 20120795 Multidosciplinary collaboration: epidemiology, statistics, nutrition, public health, policy |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation Study Group |
| Organisation | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Data management, analysis and interpretation, report writing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of data, contribution to data analysis and interpretation. |
| Impact | Publications: 20120796, 20120794, 20120793, 20120795 Multidosciplinary collaboration: epidemiology, statistics, nutrition, public health, policy |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation Study Group |
| Organisation | MURAZ Center |
| Country | Burkina Faso |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Data management, analysis and interpretation, report writing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of data, contribution to data analysis and interpretation. |
| Impact | Publications: 20120796, 20120794, 20120793, 20120795 Multidosciplinary collaboration: epidemiology, statistics, nutrition, public health, policy |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation Study Group |
| Organisation | Mother and Infant Research Activities (MIRA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Data management, analysis and interpretation, report writing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of data, contribution to data analysis and interpretation. |
| Impact | Publications: 20120796, 20120794, 20120793, 20120795 Multidosciplinary collaboration: epidemiology, statistics, nutrition, public health, policy |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation Study Group |
| Organisation | UNICEF |
| Department | Nutrition Section UNICEF |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Data management, analysis and interpretation, report writing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of data, contribution to data analysis and interpretation. |
| Impact | Publications: 20120796, 20120794, 20120793, 20120795 Multidosciplinary collaboration: epidemiology, statistics, nutrition, public health, policy |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation Study Group |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Department | Institute of Child Health |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Data management, analysis and interpretation, report writing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of data, contribution to data analysis and interpretation. |
| Impact | Publications: 20120796, 20120794, 20120793, 20120795 Multidosciplinary collaboration: epidemiology, statistics, nutrition, public health, policy |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation Study Group |
| Organisation | University of Copenhagen |
| Department | Centre for Epidemiology and Screening |
| Country | Denmark |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Data management, analysis and interpretation, report writing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of data, contribution to data analysis and interpretation. |
| Impact | Publications: 20120796, 20120794, 20120793, 20120795 Multidosciplinary collaboration: epidemiology, statistics, nutrition, public health, policy |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation Study Group |
| Organisation | University of Copenhagen |
| Department | Department of Human Nutrition, Exercise and Sports |
| Country | Denmark |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Data management, analysis and interpretation, report writing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of data, contribution to data analysis and interpretation. |
| Impact | Publications: 20120796, 20120794, 20120793, 20120795 Multidosciplinary collaboration: epidemiology, statistics, nutrition, public health, policy |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation Study Group |
| Organisation | University of Indonesia |
| Department | Center for Health Research |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Data management, analysis and interpretation, report writing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of data, contribution to data analysis and interpretation. |
| Impact | Publications: 20120796, 20120794, 20120793, 20120795 Multidosciplinary collaboration: epidemiology, statistics, nutrition, public health, policy |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation Study Group |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Department | Institute of Human Nutrition |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Data management, analysis and interpretation, report writing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of data, contribution to data analysis and interpretation. |
| Impact | Publications: 20120796, 20120794, 20120793, 20120795 Multidosciplinary collaboration: epidemiology, statistics, nutrition, public health, policy |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation Study Group |
| Organisation | World Health Organization (WHO) |
| Country | Global |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Data management, analysis and interpretation, report writing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of data, contribution to data analysis and interpretation. |
| Impact | Publications: 20120796, 20120794, 20120793, 20120795 Multidosciplinary collaboration: epidemiology, statistics, nutrition, public health, policy |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Maternal Micronutrient Supplementation Study Group |
| Organisation | Xi'an Jiaotong University |
| Department | Department of Public Health |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Data management, analysis and interpretation, report writing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of data, contribution to data analysis and interpretation. |
| Impact | Publications: 20120796, 20120794, 20120793, 20120795 Multidosciplinary collaboration: epidemiology, statistics, nutrition, public health, policy |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Mumbai Maternal Nutrition Project |
| Organisation | Centre for the Study of Social Change |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Study design, research governance, epidemiological and statistical expertise. Epidemiological, statistical and nutritional expertise. Research governance. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in community-based research, including interventions, in low income settings in a developing country. Fieldwork and data management. |
| Impact | Publications 19292744, and Chopra H et al 2012. 25332324, 25677713, 27281802, 28251804 PhD studentships. Medical student and Masters research projects. Presentations at national and international conferences. |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Mysore Parthenon Cohort Study |
| Organisation | Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore |
| Department | Epidemiology Research Centre |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Epidemiological and statistical expertise, study design, training of field team, mentorship, interpretation of data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Day-to-day liaison with cohort, fieldwork, data management, and analysis and interpretation. Publications. Fellowship for Dr GV Krishnaveni |
| Impact | Publications and conference presentations 16929411, 16929412, 17143606, 17640759, 1773682, 18285809, 19236724, 19430084, 19690580, 19707742, 19918007, 19946010, 20032815, 20090113, 20335637, 20614102, 20852257, 21166711, 21228264, 21682572, 21731039, 21924491, 21978208, 22318657, 22558399, 22751963, 22829248, 22895107, 23297873, 23819872, 23920141, 24098836, 24146284, 24162586, 24609067, 24866058, 24986282, 25052622, 25478935, 26575994, 27520466. Multi-disciplinary (Epidemiology, Nutrition, Psychiatry, Endocrinology, Paediatrics). PhD Dr GV Krishnaveni 2005; Wellcome Trust Intermediate fellowship Dr GV Krishnaveni 2011; PhD studentship Dr SR Veena 2011. |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | New Delhi Birth Cohort Study |
| Organisation | All India Institute of Medical Sciences |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributions to study design,fieldwork training and quality control, data management, analysis and interpretation. Epidemiological and statistical expertise. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Day-to-day liaison with cohort subjects, fieldwork management, data management, analysis and interpretation. Publications. Membership of COHORTS collaboration. Membership of Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group, |
| Impact | 18835958, 19015213, 20090113, 20660641, 21511113, 21682572, 22237812, 22537976, 23798637, 25008854, 25186666, 25999096, 26109024, 26831418, 27061677, 27115820, 27458798, 27484448, 27765286, 27863813. Abstracts presented at a major international meetings and published in peer-reviewed international journals. Multi-disciplinary study: epidemiology, statistics, diabetes, cardiology, paediatrics, genetics |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | New Delhi Birth Cohort Study |
| Organisation | Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC) |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | Contributions to study design,fieldwork training and quality control, data management, analysis and interpretation. Epidemiological and statistical expertise. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Day-to-day liaison with cohort subjects, fieldwork management, data management, analysis and interpretation. Publications. Membership of COHORTS collaboration. Membership of Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group, |
| Impact | 18835958, 19015213, 20090113, 20660641, 21511113, 21682572, 22237812, 22537976, 23798637, 25008854, 25186666, 25999096, 26109024, 26831418, 27061677, 27115820, 27458798, 27484448, 27765286, 27863813. Abstracts presented at a major international meetings and published in peer-reviewed international journals. Multi-disciplinary study: epidemiology, statistics, diabetes, cardiology, paediatrics, genetics |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | New Delhi Birth Cohort Study |
| Organisation | Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Contributions to study design,fieldwork training and quality control, data management, analysis and interpretation. Epidemiological and statistical expertise. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Day-to-day liaison with cohort subjects, fieldwork management, data management, analysis and interpretation. Publications. Membership of COHORTS collaboration. Membership of Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group, |
| Impact | 18835958, 19015213, 20090113, 20660641, 21511113, 21682572, 22237812, 22537976, 23798637, 25008854, 25186666, 25999096, 26109024, 26831418, 27061677, 27115820, 27458798, 27484448, 27765286, 27863813. Abstracts presented at a major international meetings and published in peer-reviewed international journals. Multi-disciplinary study: epidemiology, statistics, diabetes, cardiology, paediatrics, genetics |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | New Delhi Birth Cohort Study |
| Organisation | Sunder Lal Jain Hospital |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | Contributions to study design,fieldwork training and quality control, data management, analysis and interpretation. Epidemiological and statistical expertise. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Day-to-day liaison with cohort subjects, fieldwork management, data management, analysis and interpretation. Publications. Membership of COHORTS collaboration. Membership of Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group, |
| Impact | 18835958, 19015213, 20090113, 20660641, 21511113, 21682572, 22237812, 22537976, 23798637, 25008854, 25186666, 25999096, 26109024, 26831418, 27061677, 27115820, 27458798, 27484448, 27765286, 27863813. Abstracts presented at a major international meetings and published in peer-reviewed international journals. Multi-disciplinary study: epidemiology, statistics, diabetes, cardiology, paediatrics, genetics |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Pune Children's Study |
| Organisation | KEM Hospital, Pune |
| Department | Department of Paediatrics |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | Contributions to study design, fieldwork training and quality control, data management, analysis and interpretation. Epidemiological, statistical and nutritional expertise. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in long-term follow-up of birth cohorts, clinical and laboratory expertise. Day-to-day liaison with cohort members, fieldwork/data collection, data management, analysis and interpretation. |
| Impact | Publications: 24874906, 25940643 and several abstracts presented at a major international meetings and published in peer-reviewed international journals. |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Pune Maternal Nutrition Study |
| Organisation | KEM Hospital Research Centre |
| Department | Department of Diabetes |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributions to study design, fieldwork training and quality control, data management, analysis and interpretation.Epidemiological, statistical and nutritional expertise. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in community-based research, including interventions, in rural and urban settings in a developing country. Day-to-day liaison with cohort subjects, fieldwork management, data management, analysis and interpretation. |
| Impact | 16480528, 16735496, 17032446, 17116720, 17620450, 17653070, 17851649, 19005641, 19498084, 19636321, 19776185, 20090113, 20103791, 20216560, 20675085, 21682572, 21731039, 22109280, 22323413, 22829248, 22941936, 22941936, 22941936, 22323413, 23349157, 23757425, 23920141, 24162586, 24459167, 25052622, 26902699 Abstracts presented at major international meetings and published in peer-reviewed international journals. Multi-disciplinary study: diabetes, paediatrics, obstetrics, radiology, nutrition, epidemiology, statistics |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Vellore Birth Cohort Study |
| Organisation | Christian Medical College, Vellore |
| Department | Department of Biostatistics |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Epidemiological and statistical expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in community-based follow-up of birth cohorts, laboratory expertise, statistical expertise. Study design, fieldwork, data analysis and interpretation. |
| Impact | Publications (17229484, 18334789, 18684785, 20115937, 21712988, 22366083, 22421923, 23963770, 27823768) and presentations at national and international conferences. |
| Title | Food based micronutrient supplements |
| Description | Development of a micronutrient-rich food supplement for poorly nourished pre-pregnant and pregnant women living in urban slums in India. Made from vegetables, fruit and milk. |
| Type | Preventative Intervention - Nutrition and Chemoprevention |
| Current Stage Of Development | Early clinical assessment |
| Year Development Stage Completed | 2006 |
| Development Status | Under active development/distribution |
| Clinical Trial? | Yes |
| UKCRN/ISCTN Identifier | ISRCTN62811278 |
| Impact | Intervention associated with increased birth weight and reduction in gestational diabetes. 25332324. |
| URL | http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN62811278 |
| Title | Vitamin B12 |
| Description | Physiological doses of vitamin B12 for women and men before conception and (women) during pregnancy, to prevent adverse fetal programming |
| Type | Preventative Intervention - Nutrition and Chemoprevention |
| Current Stage Of Development | Early clinical assessment |
| Year Development Stage Completed | 2010 |
| Development Status | Under active development/distribution |
| Clinical Trial? | Yes |
| Impact | Trial ongoing. |
| URL | http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN32921044 |
| Description | Caroline Fall: "The 'thin-fat' Indian and developmental origins of health and disease". Invited Keynote speaker, Wessex Paediatric Winter Meeting (organised by the Paediatric Innovation, Education and Research Network), Southampton General Hospital, 11th December 2015. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "The 'thin-fat' Indian and developmental origins of health and disease". Invited Keynote speaker, Wessex Paediatric Winter Meeting (organised by the Paediatric Innovation, Education and Research Network), Southampton General Hospital, 11th December 2015. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Caroline Fall: "The environmental and developmental origins of health and disease (WHO CEH module)" and "Birth cohorts in India: An overview". Invited plenary speaker, PHFI-CHEP Workshop on Children's Environmental Health, Gurgaon, India, 23rd November 2015. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "The environmental and developmental origins of health and disease (WHO CEH module)" and "Birth cohorts in India: An overview". Invited plenary speaker, PHFI-CHEP Workshop on Children's Environmental Health, Gurgaon, India, 23rd November 2015. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Caroline Fall: Body mass index from birth to adulthood and metabolic risk markers for cardiovascular disease. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Body mass index from birth to adulthood and metabolic risk markers for cardiovascular disease. The New Delhi Cohort Study. 14th Annual Sneha-India Conference, Lonavla, India, 4th Greater awareness among clinicians, economists and policy makers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006 |
| Description | Caroline Fall: Cardiovascular disease - the role of development in early life |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Health professionals |
| Results and Impact | Cardiovascular disease - the role of development in early life. Invited speaker. Symposium on Cardiovascular risk markers Royal Society of Medicine, London, May 19th 2006. Greater awareness of the field among general scientific audience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006 |
| Description | Caroline Fall: Changing dietary behaviour in disadvantaged women. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Health professionals |
| Results and Impact | Symposium organised by the International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease on Changing dietary behaviour in disadvantaged women. Greater awareness among clinicians and other health professionals. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Caroline Fall: Developmental origins of type 2 diabetes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Health professionals |
| Results and Impact | Developmental origins of type 2 diabetes. 16th Annual meeting of the RSSDI (Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India), Symbiosis College, Pune, India, March 2006. Awareness of the field. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006 |
| Description | Caroline Fall: Early life origins of diabetes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at a Cafe Scientifique evening, Portsmouth Greater public awareness. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Caroline Fall: Film on the Mumbai Maternal Nutrition Project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Used as a teaching aid for research workers, nutrition and epidemiology students, and for presentation to grant donors. Too early. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012 |
| Description | Caroline Fall: Growth in utero and in childhood and type 2 diabetes. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Health professionals |
| Results and Impact | Growth in utero and in childhood and type 2 diabetes. Meeting entitled: Diabetes and the South Asian diaspora. Organised by the South Asian Health Foundation. Royal College of Physicians, London, February 21st 2007. Greater awareness among clinicians. Contact with this group led to a collaborative network for funding applications. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
| Description | Caroline Fall: Interviews with journalists at FIGO conference, Rome |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Wide public dissemination. The presentation reaced a large number of international obstetricians at their major annual conference. Presentation has been posted on the website of C3 for Health, for longer term dissemination to everyone interested in global health issues. Requests to give further talks! |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Caroline Fall: Invited presentation at NERC workshop on 'Early life developmental effects: unifying evolutionary and biomedical perspectives', Falmouth, 9th to 12th September 2015. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation at NERC workshop on 'Early life developmental effects: unifying evolutionary and biomedical perspectives', Falmouth, 9th to 12th September 2015. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Caroline Fall: MRC Life Magazine article (Jun 2014) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | An article advertising the David Barker Commemorative meeting, "The Future of the Science David Barker Inspired", organised by MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit and University of Southampton Highlighting the commemorative event and work of the unit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | Caroline Fall: Maternal nutrition - getting the balance right. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Health professionals |
| Results and Impact | Maternal nutrition - getting the balance right. Invited speaker, opening plenary session. 5th International Congress on Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, Perth, Australia, November Press conference. Greater awareness among clinicians, other health professionals and lay public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
| Description | Caroline Fall: Press launch for Lancet series on maternal and child undernutrition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press conference. Major impact on the policy of international health agencies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Caroline Fall: Television documentary BBC Horizon Aug 2011 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Multiple e-mails from lay public and scientists around the world; requests for copies for teaching purposes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012 |
| Description | Clive Osmond: Inaugural lecture (May 2014) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Clive Osmond gate his inaugural lecture on 29 May 2014. It was entitled "Painting with numbers: exploring life's wonders" Increased awareness of the work of the MRC LEU |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | Early life programming: a driver of the global diabetes burden? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Overview of DHaD research and diabetes. Invited speaker STENO conference, Copenhagen, 25th-27th May 2016 . |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Inter-generational influences on linear growth |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | "Inter-generational influences on linear growth". Invited speaker at meeting on Research interventions to improve linear growth in infants and children. World Health Organization, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, Geneva, 21st March 2016. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Invited presentation at the 2nd annual PRIDE meeting, University of Warwick. Prof Caroline Fall "The Mumbai Maternal Nutrition Project" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation at the 2nd annual PRIDE meeting, University of Warwick. November 2014 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Invited presentation at the annual review meeting of the GIFTS consortium. Prof Caroline Fall "The Mumbai Maternal Nutrition Project" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation at the annual review meeting of the GIFTS consortium, London, April 2014 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Launch of Southampton India Centre, March 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A day of presentations of research in Southampton related to India; presentations from all departments of the university. Attended by Indian High Commissioner and his team, major grant donors, media, staff and students from all faculties, general public. Official launch of University of Southampton India Centre for Sustainable Growth and Innovation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Press interviews with local and national radio, and major newspapers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | More than 20 interviews. Greater public awareness. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013 |
| Description | Prof Caroline Fall: Disentangling the effects of weight and height gain in early life on chronic disease risk and human capital; data from 5 cohorts in low- and middle-income countries; the COHORTS collaboration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of the work of the COHORTS collaboration at the 17th Annual meeting of Sneha-India, Mysore, India, 2013 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Pune Public Health Conference 2014, School of Health Sciences, University of Pune and Joint State Conference of IPHA-IAPSM (K Kumaran) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to public health conference and IPHA-IAPSM on maternal health and pre-conceptional health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | The catch-up dilemma in low and middle-income countries; data from the COHORTS collaboration, MRC Unit seminar with Prof Clive Osmond |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Seminar to colleagues in MRC Unit 11th December 2012 with Prof Clive Osmond |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | The role of food-based approaches to improve pre-conceptional nutrition and birth outcomes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | "The role of food-based approaches to improve pre-conceptional nutrition and birth outcomes". Invited presentation in Symposium on 'Do we need preconception nutrition interventions to improve birth outcomes beyond the prevention of neural tube defects? Current knowledge'. EB2015 Annual meeting of the American Nutrition Society, Boston, March 29th 2015. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |