About Alison Tedstone
Born 1961. Alison Tedstone is a scientist and nutritionist.
Alison Tedstone MBE RNutr FAfN (born April 1961) was Chief Nutritionist (National Director of Diet, Obesity and Physical Activity) at Public Health England.
Education Tedstone has a BSc and a PhD degree from the University of London, and conducted research into nutrition at the University of Oxford.
Career In 2001, she became an academic at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. In 2010, her role (along with colleagues working on nutrition policy in England) transferred to the Department of Health, and in turn to Public Health England (PHE) when it was established in 2013.
Tedstone is a Registered Public Health Nutritionist and a founding fellow of the Association for Nutrition, the voluntary regulator for nutritionists in the United Kingdom.
Honours Tedstone was appointed MBE in the 2021 Birthday Honours, for services to public health.
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chief nutritionist of Public Health England, 2013-
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Alison Tedstone was born on 8 April 1961.
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