- Professor, Bournemouth University
Professor Heather Hartwell is a UK registered nutritionist. Her expertise and research is within the field of public health nutrition particularly as it relates to food service. Currently she is principal investigator for the EU project Veggieat and the EU project FoodSMART.
She is editor of the highly acclaimed Perspectives in Public Health, a peer reviewed practice based journal, published by Sage.
Her research puts academic impact from nutritional aspects of health and wellbeing into practice in a new and unique way and provides simple strategies for building healthier communities. A ‘whole systems’ approach is taken which integrates facets of consumer behaviour, nutrition, business practice and environmental sustainability.
Experience
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2014–presentProfessor, Bournemouth University
Education
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2006Bournemouth University, Post Grad Cert Research Supervsion
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2004Bournemouth University, PhD
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1981Southampton University, Post Grad Cert Education
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1978London University, BSc Hons Nutrition
Publications
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2017Case study: Wellness, tourism and small business development in a UK coastal resort: Public engagement in practice, Tourism Management
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2016Exploring Well-being as a Tourism Product Resource,, Tourism Management
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2016What do patients value in the hospital meal experience? , Appetite
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2016Increasing vegetable intakes: rationale and systematic review of published interventions, , European Journal Nutrition
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2016Workplace foodservice; perception of quality and trust, Appetite
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2016E menus- managing choice options in hospital food,, Int Journal Hospitality Management
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2016What are we eating? Consumer information requirement within a workplace canteen, Food Quality and Preference
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2015Assessment of the healthy dietary diversity of a main meal in a self-service restaurant, British Food Journal
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2015An exploration of the fruit and vegetable “foodscape” in a university setting for staff: A preliminary study, British Food Journal
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2015Nutrition information and its influence on menu choice within higher education establishments, British Food Journal
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2014Menu Psychology to Encourage Healthy Menu Selections at a New Jersey University, J Culinary Science and Technology
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2014Perceived barriers to optimum nutrition among congregate (sheltered) housing residents in the USA. , Health Education Journal
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2014Assisted-living elderly and the mealtime experience, J Human Nutrition and Dietetics
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2013Using student opinion and design inputs to develop an informed university foodservice menu, Appetite
Grants and Contracts
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2015FoodSMART
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- EU
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2014VeggiEAT
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- EU
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2014Destination FeelGOOD
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- Economic and Social Research Council
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2011The relationship between emotion, food consumption and acceptability when eating out of the home,
- Role:
- CoI
- Funding Source:
- US Army Research Laboratory
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2010PHORUS
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- JISC
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2006Evaluation of the opportunity for healthy eating in UK prisons
- Role:
- CoI
- Funding Source:
- National Audit Office
Professional Memberships
- Registered Nutritionist
Contact Heather for
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- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision
- Location: UK
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