M. B. E. Livingstone

Barbara Livingstone is Scientific Governer of the British Nutrition Foundation. She also sat on the NI Advisory Committee of the Food Standards Agency. Livingstone has been a member of staff of the University of Ulster since 1984 and before that was a member of staff of the Ulster Polytechnic for 11 years. In 2001 she was appointed Professor of Human Nutrition and her research interests include:

- Food and nutrient intakes in free-living populations/development of evidence based dietary guidelines for healthy eating

- Validation of dietary survey methodologies

- Dietary and lifestyle risk factors for obesity in children and adolescents

- Mechanisms of control of appetite, satiety and food intake

- Development of intervention strategies for the prevention of obesity in children and adolescents.

She has published over 90 research papers and actively collaborates with a number of national and international centres of excellence in research. She is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of Safefood (Ireland)