Susan Jebb Explained
Susan Ann Jebb is Chair of the United Kingdom's Food Standards Agency and Professor of Diet and Population Health at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.[1]
Career
In 2008, Jebb was awarded an OBE for services to public health.[2] In 2015, she was criticised in an investigation by the British Medical Journal for her closeness to the sugar industry.[3] In 2018, she was appointed Fellow of the Medical Academy of Sciences.[4]
Jebb's research has suggested that a referral to commercial weight management weight loss programmes delivered in the community may be a cost-effective way to treat obesity in primary care.[5] [6] [7] Her more recent work has studied how our perception of portion size as normal or smaller than normal can affect the amount of food we eat, and how shoppers can be influenced to choose decreased salt alternatives at the grocery store.[8] [9]
Jebb is a member of The Times Health Commission. In January 2023, her comments were the subject of some media attention after she appeared to compare bringing cake into the workplace to passive smoking.[10] [11] [12]
Personal life
When at Cambridge, she lived in Steeple Morden, near Royston, Hertfordshire; she now lives in Shropshire.[13]
Notes and References
- Web site: FSA Chair appointment.
- Web site: FSA appoints scientist Professor Susan Jebb as new chair.
- Sugar: Spinning a web of influence . 10.1136/bmj.h231 . 2015 . Gornall . J. . BMJ . 350 . h231 . 25673325 . 45177823 .
- Web site: Professor Susan Jebb | the Academy of Medical Sciences.
- Jebb SA, Ahern AL, Olson AD, Aston LM, Holzapfel C, Stoll J, Amann-Gassner U, Simpson AE, Fuller NR, Pearson S, Lau NS, Mander AP, Hauner H, Caterson ID . Primary care referral to a commercial provider for weight loss treatment versus standard care: a randomised controlled trial . Lancet . 378 . 9801 . 1485–92 . October 2011 . 21906798 . 3207352 . 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61344-5 .
- Ahern AL, Wheeler GM, Aveyard P, Boyland EJ, ((Halford JCG)), Mander AP, Woolston J, Thomson AM, Tsiountsioura M, Cole D, Mead BR, Irvine L, Turner D, Suhrcke M, Pimpin L, Retat L, Jaccard A, Webber L, Cohn SR, Jebb SA . Extended and standard duration weight-loss programme referrals for adults in primary care (WRAP): a randomised controlled trial . The Lancet . 389 . 10085 . 2214–2225 . June 2017 . 28478041 . 5459752 . 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30647-5.
- Astbury NM, Aveyard P, Nickless A, Hood K, Corfield K, Lowe R, Jebb SA . Doctor Referral of Overweight People to Low Energy total diet replacement Treatment (DROPLET): pragmatic randomised controlled trial . BMJ . 362 . k3760 . September 2018 . 30257983 . 6156558 . 10.1136/bmj.k3760 .
- Haynes A, Hardman CA, Makin AD, Halford JC, Jebb SA, Robinson E . Visual perceptions of portion size normality and intended food consumption: A norm range model . Food Quality and Preference . 72 . 77–85 . March 2019 . 30828136 . 6333281 . 10.1016/j.foodqual.2018.10.003 .
- Payne Riches S, Aveyard P, Piernas C, Rayner M, Jebb SA . Optimising swaps to reduce the salt content of food purchases in a virtual online supermarket: A randomised controlled trial . Appetite . 133 . 378–386 . February 2019 . 30502442 . 6335438 . 10.1016/j.appet.2018.11.028 .
- Web site: Rachel Sylvester . Chris Smyth . Kat Lay . Cake in the office should be viewed like passive smoking, obesity expert warns . 7 March 2023 . https://archive.today/20230219231734/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/times-health-commission-office-cake-sugar-passive-smoking-5s3bzb3dn . 19 February 2023 . 19 January 2023 . en . The Times.
- Web site: Beyond cakegate: Why we need to consider the impact of our environment more seriously . Food Active . 7 March 2023 . 30 January 2023.
- Web site: FSA statement on The Times Health Commission . Food Standards Agency . 7 March 2023 . en . 18 January 2023.
- Cambridge Daily News Wednesday 11 May 1994, page 29
