PhD, MSc, BSc(Hons)
Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- j.kyle@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 438039
- Office Address
Postgraduate Education Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences University of Aberdeen Room 1.078 Polwarth Building Foresterhill Aberdeen AB25 2ZD
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Janet graduated from the University of Strathclyde with a BSc (Hons) in Food Science and microbiology, then gained a MSc(Med sci) in Human Nutrition from the University of Glasgow. After graduating she spent 7 years working as a research assistant, at the Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen on a series of Food Standards Agency and EU human intervention and supplementation projects investigating the uptake and potential antioxidant/oxidant effects of flavonoids and selenium on human health. During this time she completed her PhD at the University of Aberdeen which focussed on dietary flavonoid intake and colorectal cancer risk. On completing her PhD she undertook a Marie Curie Industrial Research Fellowship based at Unilever R&D, Vlaardingen in the Netherlands. In 2005 she returned to Aberdeen to join the Public Health Nutrition Research Group as a Research Fellow in nutrition and to manage the Scottish Collaborative Group Food Frequency Questionnaire service.
In 2011 she moved into lecturing co-ordinating post graduate courses as part of the International Health & Management and Global Health programmes, before returning to Public Health Nutrition as programme co-ordinator for the MSc in Human Nutrition in February 2013 to 2018. Currently, she coordinates the online Masters in Public Health
Qualifications
- PhD Human Nutrition2003 - University of Aberdeen
- MSc (Med sci) Human Nutrition1995 - University of Glasgow
- BSc (Hons) Food Science & Microbiology1994 - University of Strathclyde
Latest Publications
Development of the VEGANScreener,: a Tool for a Quick Diet Quality Assessment among Vegans in Europe
Nutrients, vol. 16, no. 9, 1344Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCreation, Development and Enhancement of Academic Peer Review Panel to support the development and deployment of assessments
14th University of Aberdeen Annual Academic Development Symposium 2023Contributions to Conferences: PostersBridging barriers to advance multisector approaches to improve food security, nutrition and population health in Nepal: transdisciplinary perspectives
BMC Public Health, vol. 19, 961Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Twazon Arabic Weight Loss App: App-Based Intervention for Saudi Women With Obesity
JMIR Mhealth and Uhealth, vol. 7, no. 5, 10923Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/10923
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12436/1/The_Twazon_Arabic_Weight_Loss_App.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
- [ONLINE] View publication in Mendeley
Relationship between pro-environmental attitudes and behaviour and dietary intake patterns
Sustainable Production and Consumption, vol. 16, pp. 216-226Contributions to Journals: Articles
- Research
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Research Overview
- Nutritional Epidemiology - investigating the role of diet in relation to disease, my current projects focus on the role of diet in the management of inflammatory bowel disease and cancer.
- Dietary assessment methods and their appropriate application research studies including cohort studies, clinical trials and human nutrition interventions. This is primarily facilitated through the Institute of Applied Health Sciences dietary assessment team which supports and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams of researchers.
- This interest includes investigating online and mobile methods of dietary assessment and developing novel food composition databases both within the UK and internationally.
- Community nutrition, understanding the role of dietary interventions in improving health and wellbeing within low-income communities
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Applied Health Sciences.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Environmental and Public Health
- Food Science
- Health Sciences
- Nutrition
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
- Development of nutrient and food portion databases to support calculation packages linked to dietary assessment tools including web-based 24hr recall and food frequency questionnaires. These are for both local and internatonal projects based in Nepal, India and Saudi Arabia.
- Design and completion of validation studies for food questionnaire questionnaires
- Food security: maximinising nutirent quality and minimisation of environmental impact of rice production; calculation of environmental impact of diets meeting dietary recommendations.
- Development of novel nutrititive food composition databases to factilitate the epidemiological assessment of dietary intake and disease risk.
- Investigating the role of diet in relation to inflammatory bowel disease
Supervision
My current supervision areas are: Applied Health Sciences.
Postgraduate Research supervision:
- In gut health not all dietary fibres are equal: developing a novel measurement application (Jan 2024-2028).
- Improving Child Health Globally: an interdisciplinary study to help elucidate complex determinants of child growth failure and related health outcomes in low and middle-income countries (Oct 2023-2027).
- Developing a novel social prescription client engagement and support toolkit’ (2022-2026).
- Development of short dietary assessment tools for monitoring diet disease interactions (2021-suspended)
- Using mobile technology for weight reduction among Saudi women’ (completed 2020)
- Feasibility of community-based agricultural and household interventions to improve health, household food security and the environment in Nepal’ (completed 2018).
- Rice: maximising nutrient quality, while ensuring environmental sustainability and minimum heavy metal contamination’ (completed 2017).
- Nutritional needs for People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) in Nepal’ (completed 2014).
- Inflammatory biomarkers of colorectal neoplasia and their manipulation by an anti-inflammatory diet’ (completed 2012).
Funding and Grants
- Thies et al, Scottish Government, RESAS (coPI) Optimizing intervention strategies via social prescribing as a means of encouraging and enabling healthy and sustainable dietary behaviours in individuals from low-income families (£273,000), until 2027
- Kiltie et al, Friends of Anchor (CoI) The oro-intestinal microbiota as a novel marker for early detection and target for prevention of oral cancer (£15,000), until 2023.
- Lees et al, Scottish Government CSO Office & Crohn’s in Childhood Research Association (co PI) with University of Edinburgh. “The prognostic effect of environmental factors in Crohn’s and colitis” Johnstone, A. & Kyle, J. (£213k), complete 2021.
- Gratz et al MRC development award (coPI) “ Mycotoxin exposure, intestinal inflammation and childhood stunting in India” (£24k), complete 2020.
- MacDiarmid et al, Scottish Government Rural Payments & Inspections Directorate (coPI). Centre of Expertise Climate Change Mitigation Module. (£75k), until 2016.
- Scottish Crucible, co-applicants, Unravelling the impact of dietary iodine exposure on brain structures & cognition in the elderly: a study on a large Scottish cohort’, (£36,000).
- NHS Endowment Fund, Dietary Intake of Inorganic Nitrate and Arterial Dysfunction in CVD patients, March 2011 (£5,500).
- WWF UK, Healthy low impact diets, March 2010, extended to October 2011 and October 2012 (£20,000).
- Marie Curie Industrial Research Fellowship, Jan 2003-December 2005 (€100,000).
- Teaching
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Programmes
- Postgraduate, 6 semester, January start
Teaching Responsibilities
- Post-graduate teaching within the Institute of Applied Health Sciences: delivering lectures on a range of Public Health Nutrition related topics
- Programme co-ordinator for online Master in Public Health
- Co-ordinator for following courses:
- Public Health Nutrition
- Contributions to postgraduate teaching:
- Global Health in Context
- Challenges in Global Nutrition
- Assessment of Nutritional Status
- Foundations of Nutrition
- Nutrition & Health
- Contributions to undergraduate teaching
- 1st year Medicine: Art of Science
- 1st year Medicine: self selected elective Population Health course
- 3rd year Sport sciences:
- CPD Introductory and advanced Short Courses in Dietary Assessment Methods
- Publications
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Development of the VEGANScreener,: a Tool for a Quick Diet Quality Assessment among Vegans in Europe
Nutrients, vol. 16, no. 9, 1344Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCreation, Development and Enhancement of Academic Peer Review Panel to support the development and deployment of assessments
14th University of Aberdeen Annual Academic Development Symposium 2023Contributions to Conferences: PostersBridging barriers to advance multisector approaches to improve food security, nutrition and population health in Nepal: transdisciplinary perspectives
BMC Public Health, vol. 19, 961Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Twazon Arabic Weight Loss App: App-Based Intervention for Saudi Women With Obesity
JMIR Mhealth and Uhealth, vol. 7, no. 5, 10923Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/10923
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12436/1/The_Twazon_Arabic_Weight_Loss_App.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
- [ONLINE] View publication in Mendeley
Relationship between pro-environmental attitudes and behaviour and dietary intake patterns
Sustainable Production and Consumption, vol. 16, pp. 216-226Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEffect of increasing fruit and vegetable intake by dietary intervention on nutritional biomarkers and attitudes to dietary change: a randomised trial
European Journal of Nutrition, vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 1855-1872Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRelationship Between Evidence Requirements, User Expectations, and Actual Experiences: Usability Evaluation of the Twazon Arabic Weight Loss App
JMIR human factors, vol. 5, no. 2, e16Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDietary iodine exposure and brain structures and cognition in older people: Exploratory analysis in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936
Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, vol. 21, no. 9, pp. 971-979Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssessing the relative validity of the Scottish Collaborative Group FFQ for measuring dietary intake in adults
Public Health Nutrition, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 449-455Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980016002421
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7489/3/Title_Page_22.7.16.docx
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7489/6/FFQ_validation_paper_22.7.16_resubmission.docx
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7489/2/Supplement_1.docx
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- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7489/7/Supplement_3.docx
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7489/1/Supplement_4.docx
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7489/9/Supplement_5.docx
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7489/4/Figure_1_22.7.16.docx
Type and extent of trans-disciplinary co-operation to improve food security, health and household environment in low and middle income countries: systematic review
BMC Public Health, vol. 16, 1093Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDietary factors and biomarkers of systemic inflammation in older people: the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936
British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 114, no. 7, pp. 1088-1098Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S000711451500210X
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5104/1/S000711451500210Xa.pdf
Resourcefulness, Desperation, Shame, Gratitude and Powerlessness: Common Themes Emerging from A Study of Food Bank Use in Northeast Scotland
AIMS Public Health, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 297-317Contributions to Journals: ArticlesExploratory analysis of dietary intake and brain iron accumulation detected using magnetic resonance imaging in older individuals: the Lothian Birth cohort 1936
Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 64-69Contributions to Journals: Articles"It was an education in portion size":: Experience of eating a healthy diet and barriers to long term dietary change
Appetite, vol. 71, pp. 411-419Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2013.09.012
When is a Healthy Diet Not a Sustainable Diet?
Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism, vol. 63, no. Suppl. 1, pp. 973Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000354245
Which Nutrients Limit Changes to More Sustainable Diets?
Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism, vol. 63, no. Suppl. 1, pp. 909-909Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000354245
Defining "sustainable" and "healthy" diets in an era of great environmental concern and increased prevalence of chronic diseases Reply
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 97, no. 5, pp. 1152-1153Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.113.058305
Reply to I Hawkins and J Sabaté
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 97, no. 5, pp. 1152-1153Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.113.058305
Sustainable diets for the future: can we contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by eating a healthy diet? (vol 96, pg 632, 2012): Erratum
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 97, no. 2, pp. 449Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.112.055673
Assessment of Dietary Knowledge and Intake Among People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nepal
Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism, vol. 63, no. Suppl. 1, pp. 1374Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000354245
How much land is required to produce a healthy diet with reduced greenhouse gas emissions in the UK?
Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism, vol. 63, no. Suppl. 1, pp. 984-985Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000354245
Sustainable diets for the future: can we contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by eating a healthy diet?
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 96, no. 3, pp. 632-639Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.112.038729
The association of dietary intake of purine-rich vegetables, sugar-sweetened beverages and dairy with plasma urate, in a cross-sectional study
PloS ONE, vol. 7, no. 6, e38123Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038123
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3615/1/The_association.pdf
Accuracy of diet quality perception in Scottish adults
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, vol. 71, no. OCE3, E228Contributions to Journals: AbstractsDiet, environmental factors, and lifestyle underlie the high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in healthy adults in Scotland, and supplementation reduces the proportion that are severely deficient
The Journal of Nutrition, vol. 141, no. 8, pp. 1535-1542Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3945/jn.111.140012
Flavonoid intake in relation to cognitive function in later life in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936
British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 106, no. 1, pp. 141-148Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA systematic review of salicylates in foods: estimated daily intake of a Scottish population
Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, vol. 55, no. Suppl. 1, pp. S7-S14Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.201000408
Alcohol intake and cognitive abilities in old age: the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 study
Neuropsychology, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 166-175Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021571
Livewell: a balance of healthy and sustainable food choices
World Wildlife Fund UK. 64 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsChemical transmission through the food chain
Environmental Medicine. Ayres, J., Harrison, R., Nichols, G., Maynard, R. (eds.). Hodder Arnold, pp. 259-275, 17 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersDietary flavonoid intake and colorectal cancer: a case-control study
British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 103, no. 3, pp. 429-436Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114509991784
Caffeine consumption and cognitive function at age 70: the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 study
Psychosomatic Medicine, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 206-214Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181c92a9c
Caffeine, cognition, and socioeconomic status
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 20, no. S1, pp. S151-S159Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-2010-1409
Food frequency questionnaires vs diet diaries
International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 884Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyn237
Diet and risk factors for age-related maculopathy
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 87, no. 3, pp. 712-722Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDietary flavonoid intake is associated with bone mineral density in early postmenopausal Scottish women
Bone Research Society Annual Meeting 2007, pp. 1121-1122Contributions to Journals: AbstractsEffects of infusion time and addition of milk on content and absorption of polyphenols from black tea
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, vol. 55, no. 12, pp. 4889-4894Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jf070351y
Dietary Flavonoids and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 684-693Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0785
The effects of cranberry juice consumption on antioxidant status and biomarkers relating to heart disease and cancer in healthy human volunteers
European Journal of Nutrition, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 113-122Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-005-0572-9
Nutritional relevance of flavonoids in disease prevention
Natural Product Communications, vol. 1, no. 11, pp. 1049-1060Contributions to Journals: Literature ReviewsDietary flavanones are associated with increased bone mineral density and reduced bone resorption in early postmenopausal Scottish women
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, vol. 65, no. Supplement OCA-B , pp. 54AContributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S002966510600526X
Red grape juice protects against exercise-induced DNA damage
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, vol. 65, no. Supplement, pp. 99AContributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S002966510600526X
Increased salicylate concentrations in urine of human volunteers after consumption of cranberry juice
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, vol. 53, no. 8, pp. 2897-2900Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/JF040393B
Dietary flavonoid intakes in early postmenopausal Scottish women
Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society (2005), pp. 85AContributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1079/PNS2004XXX
Possible protective effect of dietary flavonoids in colorectal cancer: a case-control study
Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society (2005), pp. 66AContributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1079/PNS2004XXX
Assessment of the efficacy of functional food ingredients-introducing the concept "kinetics of biomarkers"
Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, vol. 551, no. 1-2, pp. 65-78Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2004.01.013
An increase in selenium intake improves immune function and poliovirus handling in adults with marginal selenium status
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 80, no. 1, pp. 154-162Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAntioxidant activity of anthocyanins in vitro and in vivo
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2004-0871.ch008
Plant polyphenols: are they the new magic bullet?
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, vol. 62, no. 3, pp. 599-603Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1079/PNS2003275
A novel single nucleotide polymorphism in the 3 ' untranslated region of human glutathione peroxidase 4 influences lipoxygenase metabolism
Blood Cells, Molecules & Diseases, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 174-178Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1006/bcmd.2002.0556
Functional effects of selenium supplementation in healthy UK adults
Free Radical Biology and Medicine, vol. 33, pp. S261-S261Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAbsorption and DNA protective effects of flavonoid glycosides from an onion meal
European Journal of Nutrition, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 213-223Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003940070014
Bioavailability and efficiency of rutin as an antioxidant: a human supplementation study
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 54, no. 10, pp. 774-782Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPlant polyphenols in cancer and heart disease: implications as nutritional antioxidants
Nutrition Research Reviews, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 79-106Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1079/095442200108729016
Effects of blueberry and cranberry juice consumption on the plasma antioxidant capacity of healthy female volunteers
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 405-408Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe effects of acute and chronic protein depletion and accretion on plasma concentrations of insulin-like growth factor-1, fibronectin and total protein for ruminants nourished by intragastric infusion of nutrients
British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 78, no. 3, pp. 411-426Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1079/BJN19970160