Prof Jeya Henry BSc MSc PhD RNutr, FIFST

Professor Jeya Henry is a Professor of Human Nutrition at Oxford Brookes University and a Royal Society Visiting Professor at the Chinese University, Hong Kong. He is a consultant to the World Health Organisation, Unicef and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations on all aspects relating to nutrition assessment, food safety and nutrient requirements.

Jeya is Editor–in–Chief of the International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition and has served on the Board of the Food Standards Agency.

His current research interests include the management and treatment of childhood obesity, the evaluation and use of low and high glycaemic index foods, the development of high energy food for refugee feeding, nutrition and dietary needs of the elderly and the optimisation of diet for effective weight loss.

Jeya has edited five books and has had over 150 articles published.