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Academic Biography
Dr Amelia A Lake is a dietitian and public health nutritionist. Amelia works as a Professor of Public Health Nutrition at Teesside University and is an Associate Director of Fuse, The Centre for Translational Research in Public Health. Amelia is the Fuse lead on the NIHR School of Public Health research theme ‘Health Places, Healthy Planet’.
Amelia’s research involves transdisciplinary collaborations to examine how the environment interacts with individual behaviours. Her current work is around healthy planning policy, food insecurity, energy drinks, mental health, Liver Disease and Obesity, workplace health, food systems, school food environments, the obesogenic environment and knowledge exchange.
Amelia has extensive experience of working with policy makers, practitioners, non-specialist audiences as well as academics, and has produced training programmes as well as short films. Amelia also runs a small charity called The David Ashwell Foundation funding research into a rare lung diseases affecting new born babies in memory of her son David.
Amelia received her first degree from Glasgow Caledonian University and worked in the National Health Service before taking up a research post with Newcastle University, where she completed a PhD and held a prestigious NIHR Post-doctoral Fellowship on the topic of Obesogenic Environments. One of the outcomes from this fellowship was the publication of a collected volume on Obesogenic Environments.
Other roles have included, Senior Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition at Northumbria University, where in June 2010 she was awarded the Association for the Study of Obesity (ASO) Young Achiever Award for her Obesity research. Amelia's previous post was at Durham University where she was an Associate Professor in Knowledge Exchange. She joined Teesside University in November 2017 and was appointed to her Chair in 2019. Amelia is a Visiting Professor, Sheffield Hallam University.
External Roles and Professional Activities
Amelia’s work around the impact of the food environment, food insecurity, energy drinks and health is highly policy relevant. In March 2024 Amelia was invited to give evidence at the House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee, she also submitted written evidence.
Amelia has contributed to the Welsh Governments consultation around Food Environments and Energy Drinks.
In June 2018, Amelia was invited to give oral and written evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee on Energy Drinks.
Amelia represented the British Dietetic Association on the Public Health Responsibility Deal's Food Network High Level Steering Committee (2014-15). Amelia is a member of the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) Scientific Advisory Panel. Previously, Amelia was a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Task Group on 'Takeaways & Obesity' (Sept 2010) and was a member of the Food Standards Agency Register of Specialists for Social Science (April 2009).
In February 2020 Amelia was identified as one of Timewise Power 50 winners for her achievements in a senior leadership role while working part-time.
In 2019, Amelia was invited to the prestigious SciFoo Conference at Google in California and presented the energy drink research to the international participants.
A founding member, Amelia is on the executive board for the NHSA Nutrition North Network.
Amelia is on the editorial board of Cities & Health and Nutrition Bulletin.
Amelia has been an ASO Trustee (2006-2010), a member of Nutrition Society Council (2007-2010) and also a Research Committee member for the British Dietetic Association (BDA) (2000 - 2005). Amelia was a co-founder of the North East Obesogenic Environment Network (NEOeN) www.neoen.org.uk and was the chair of the North East Obesity Forum (ASO regional group).
Amelia was a Beacon for Public Engagement Fellow as well as being a regular contributor to her profession's publications. Amelia is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She has extensive experience of working with non-specialist audiences as well as academics, policy makers and with the media.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Longitudinal Dietary Change from Adolescence to Adulthood, Newcastle University
Award Date: 1 Dec 2004
HCPC registration as a Dietitian, Health and Care Professions Council
30 Jun 1999 → …
Award Date: 30 Jun 1999
Bachelor, Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Glasgow Caledonian University
Award Date: 30 Jun 1999
External positions
Visiting Professor, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield Hallam University
12 Mar 2024 → 12 Mar 2027
Associate Director , Fuse - Centre for Translational Research in Public Health
30 Nov 2017 → …
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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FUSE Sustainability Renewal April 22 - Mar 27
Lake, A. (CoI)
FUSE - Funded by 5 NE Universities
1/04/22 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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A scoping review of food poverty in adults with severe mental illness
Giles, E. (CoI), Stevens, H. (RA), Lake, A. (CoI) & Smith, J. (PI)
10/11/20 → …
Project: Research
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A systematic review of behavioural change techniques to facilitate healthy dietary behaviour in the South Asian and Black population in Western society
Ahmed, F. (PI), Eberhardt, J. (CoI), Moore, H. (CoI), Poulter, H. (CoI), Lake, A. (CoI) & Van Schaik, P. (CoI)
12/10/20 → …
Project: Research
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NIHR Programme Development Grant Increasing accessibility of affordable healthy food to adults living with Severe Mental Illness in Middlesbrough.
Dunne, J. (PI), Lake, A. (PI), Smith, J. (CoI), Moore, H. (CoI), He, J. (CoI), Giles, E. (CoI), Cotton, M. (CoI) & Birkby, E. (CoI)
1/06/23 → 31/05/24
Project: Research
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A02-03 Evidence from a rapid review to identify high fat, sugar, salt food tax options for the Health Economic Analysis incorporating effects on Labour outcomes, Households, Environment and Inequalities (HEALTHEI) Project
Connor, N., Moore, H., Burrows, A., O'Malley, C., Breeze, P., Reynolds, C., Lake, A. & Snell, J., 23 Jan 2024, In: International Journal of Obesity. 48Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review
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A thematic analysis of UK healthy planning frameworks and tools designed to support the inclusion of health in urban planning
De La Haye, A., Gow, R., Lake, A. A., Ball, C., van Herk, S., Rofin Serra, M., Jones, A., Chang, M. & Moore, H. J., 13 Jun 2024, In: Cities and Health. 8, 5, p. 956-972 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Barriers and enablers to engagement with a type 2 diabetes remission project in the North East of England: Qualitative perspectives of patients
Boocock, R. C., Haste, A., Moore, H. J. & Lake, A. A., 5 Aug 2024, In: Journal of Nutritional Science. 13, 2024, 11 p., e28.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Consumption of energy drinks by children and young people: a systematic review examining evidence of physical effects and consumer attitudes
Ajibo, C., Van griethuysen, A., Visram, S. & Lake, A. A., 15 Jan 2024, In: Public Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Developing and implementing whole systems approaches to reduce inequalities in childhood obesity: A mixed methods study in Dundee, Scotland
van der Graaf, P., Subramanian, M. P., Gillespie, J., Passey, A., Chng, N. R., Lake, A. & Moore, H., 1 Jun 2025, In: Public Health in Practice. 9, 7 p., 100579.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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sj-xlsx-7-rsh-10.1177_17579139231205494 – Supplemental material for Mapping healthy planning frameworks
De, L. H. A. (Creator), Jones, A. (Creator), van Herk, S. (Creator), Rofin-Serra, M. (Creator), Lake, A. A. (Creator) & Moore, H. J. (Creator), SAGE Journals, 2023
DOI: 10.25384/sage.24471194, https://sage.figshare.com/articles/dataset/sj-xlsx-7-rsh-10_1177_17579139231205494_Supplemental_material_for_Mapping_healthy_planning_frameworks/24471194
Dataset
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sj-xlsx-7-rsh-10.1177_17579139231205494 – Supplemental material for Mapping healthy planning frameworks
De, L. H. A. (Creator), Jones, A. (Creator), van Herk, S. (Creator), Rofin-Serra, M. (Creator), Lake, A. A. (Creator) & Moore, H. J. (Creator), SAGE Journals, 2023
DOI: 10.25384/sage.24471194.v1, https://sage.figshare.com/articles/dataset/sj-xlsx-7-rsh-10_1177_17579139231205494_Supplemental_material_for_Mapping_healthy_planning_frameworks/24471194/1
Dataset
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Additional file 1: Box 1. of Designing equitable workplace dietary interventions: perceptions of intervention deliverers
Smith, S. (Creator), Visram, S. (Creator), OâMalley, C. (Contributor), Summerbell, C. (Creator), Araujo-Soares, V. (Contributor), Hillier-Brown, F. (Creator) & Lake, A. (Contributor), figshare, 16 Oct 2017
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3905995_d1.v1, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Additional_file_1_Box_1_of_Designing_equitable_workplace_dietary_interventions_perceptions_of_intervention_deliverers/5504710/1
Dataset
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Additional file 1: Box 1. of Designing equitable workplace dietary interventions: perceptions of intervention deliverers
Smith, S. (Creator), Visram, S. (Creator), OâMalley, C. (Contributor), Summerbell, C. (Creator), Araujo-Soares, V. (Contributor), Hillier-Brown, F. (Creator) & Lake, A. (Contributor), figshare, 16 Oct 2017
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3905995_d1, https://doi.org/10.6084%2Fm9.figshare.c.3905995_d1
Dataset
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Designing equitable workplace dietary interventions: perceptions of intervention deliverers
Smith, S. A. (Creator), Visram, S. (Contributor), O'Malley, C. (Contributor), Summerbell, C. (Creator), Araujo-Soares, V. (Creator), Hillier-Brown, F. (Creator) & Lake, A. A. (Creator), figshare, 2017
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3905995.v1, https://figshare.com/collections/Designing_equitable_workplace_dietary_interventions_perceptions_of_intervention_deliverers/3905995/1
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Press/Media
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Junk food advertising ban could be effective in the North East, says Teesside University professor
20/02/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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New warning over energy drinks as study links consumption to greater risk of mental health issues in kids
15/01/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Energy drinks associated with childhood depression and heart problems
25/01/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Exploring the public health impact of COVID-19 on the food takeaway landscape
23/09/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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The impact of Covid-19 on the regional food takeaway scene
22/09/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media