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Professor Geraldine McNeill

Professor Geraldine McNeill
Professor Geraldine McNeill
Professor Geraldine McNeill

MB ChB, MSc, PhD, RNutr (Public Health), FAfN

Emeritus Professor

About
Email Address
g.mcneill@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address

Polwarth Building 1:069, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD

School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition

Biography

Geraldine's interest in Nutrition was aroused during higher education in Medicine and Physical Anthropology at the Universities of Cambridge and Birmingham and a year spent as a volunteer with Save the Children Fund on a Mother and Child health and nutrition project in Burkina Faso, W. Africa. She undertook an MSc in Human Nutrition at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine followed by a PhD project on socio-economic and seasonal patterns of energy intake and expenditure in adults in rural S. India. In 1986 she moved to Aberdeen, Scotland, to establish a Human Nutrition Unit at the Rowett Research Institute. Since then she has worked in nutrition research and training at the Rowett Institute and University of Aberdeen, focussing on dietary assessment and relationships between diet and health outcomes ranging from obesity, cardiovascular disease, cancer and cognitive decline in adults and obesity, asthma and dental disease in children. She was lead for obesity in the Scottish School of Public Health Research, a 2-year collaboration between academics, practitioners and policy-makers.

Geraldine is author of over 125 peer-reviewed papers (Scopus H-index 37) and a number of peer-reviewed research reports. She was coordinator of the MSc Human Nutrition and Metabolism programme at the University of Aberdeen from 1991-2000 and has supervised or co-supervised 18 PhD theses to completion. From 2008-14 she led the Public Health Nutrition research group in the University of Aberdeen. She has been a member of research ethics committees, journal editorial boards, research grant funding panels and government advisory committees. In 2014 she took early retirement but continues to work part time as an Emeritus professor.

In 2015 Geraldine was elected to the Council of the Association for Nutrition (AfN) and currently chairs the AfN Registration Committee. She also advises the Scottish Centre for Social Research on dietary aspects of the Scottish Health Survey.

Publications

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  • Dietary vitamin B6 intake and the risk of colorectal cancer

    Theodoratou, E., Farrington, S. M., Tenesa, A., McNeill, G., Cetnarskyj, R., Barnetson, R. A., Porteous, M. E., Dunlop, M. G., Campbelll, H.
    Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 171-182
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Are young children presenting with cough in the absence of wheeze at increased risk for asthma in later childhood?

    Turner, S., Craig, L. C. A., Harbour, P. J., Forbes, S. H., McNeill, G., Devereux, G., Helms, P. J. B., Seaton, A.
    Thorax, vol. 62, pp. 44
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Nutritional status and subsequent all-cause mortality in men and women aged 75 years or over living in the community

    Jia, X., Aucott, L. S., McNeill, G.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 98, no. 3, pp. 593-599
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Dietary fatty acids and colorectal cancer: A case-control study

    Theodoratou, E., McNeill, G., Cetnarskyj, R., Farrington, S. M., Tenesa, A., Barnetson, R., Porteous, M., Dunlop, M., Campbell, H.
    American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 166, no. 2, pp. 181-195
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Dietary flavonoid intake is associated with bone mineral density in early postmenopausal Scottish women

    Hardcastle, A. C., Kyle, J., Duthie, G. G., McNeill, G., Reid, D. M., MacDonald, H. M.
    Bone Research Society Annual Meeting 2007, pp. 1121-1122
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Effects of infusion time and addition of milk on content and absorption of polyphenols from black tea

    Kyle, J. A. M., Morrice, P. C., McNeill, G., Duthie, G. G.
    Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, vol. 55, no. 12, pp. 4889-4894
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of multivitamin and multimineral supplementation on cognitive function in men and women aged 65 years and over: A randomised controlled trial

    McNeill, G., Avenell, A., Campbell, M. K., Cook, J. A., Hannaford, P. C., Kilonzo, M. M., Milne, A. C., Ramsay, C. R., Seymour, D. G., Stephen, A. I., Vale, L. D.
    Nutrition Journal, vol. 6, 10
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Maternal vitamin D intake during pregnancy and early childhood wheezing

    Devereux, G., Litonjua, A. A., Turner, S. W., Craig, L. C., McNeill, G., Martindale, S., Helms, P. J., Seaton, A., Weiss, S. T.
    The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 85, no. 3, pp. 853-859
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Changing Trends in Sex Specific Prevalence Rates for Childhood Asthma, Eczema, and Hay Fever

    Osman, M., Tagiyeva, N., Wassall, H. J. H., Ninan, T. K., Devenny, A. M., McNeill, G., Helms, P. J. B., Russell, G.
    Pediatric Pulmonology, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 60-65
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Maternal and neonatal plasma selenium and risk of early childhood wheeze

    Craig, L. C. A., Devereux, G., McNeill, G., Newman, G., Turner, S., Martindale, S., Helms, P. J. B., Seaton, A.
    Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, vol. 66, no. Supplement OCA-B, pp. 94A-94A
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Parents can distinguish between different characteristics of wheeze at two years of age and this has implications for asthma outcome at five years of age

    Turner, S., Craig, L. C. A., Harbour, P. J., Forbes, S. H., McNeill, G., Seaton, A., Devereux, G., Helms, P. J. B.
    Thorax, vol. 61, no. Suppl. 2, pp. II26-II27
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Effect of B vitamins and genetics on success of in-vitro fertilisation: prospective cohort study

    Haggarty, P., McCallum, H., McBain, H., Andrews, K., Duthie, S., McNeill, G., Templeton, A., Haites, N., Campbell, D., Bhattachayra, S.
    The Lancet, vol. 367, no. 9521, pp. 1513-1519
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Maternal intake of antioxidant vitamins in pregnancy in relation to maternal and fetal plasma levels at delivery

    Scaife, A. R., McNeill, G., Campbell, D. M., Martindale, S., Devereux, G. S., Seaton, A.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 95, no. 4, pp. 771-778
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A life-course approach to the aetiology of late-onset dementias

    Whalley, L. J., Dick, F. D., McNeill, G.
    The Lancet neurology, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 87-96
    Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews

  • Dietary flavanones are associated with increased bone mineral density and reduced bone resorption in early postmenopausal Scottish women

    Hardcastle, A. C., Kyle, J., Duthie, G., McNeill, G., Fraser, W. D., Reid, D. M., Macdonald, H. M.
    Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, vol. 65, no. Supplement OCA-B , pp. 54A
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Low maternal vitamin E intake during pregnancy is associated with asthma in 5-year-old children

    Devereux, G. S., Turner, S. W., Craig, L. C. A., McNeill, G., Martindale, S., Harbour, P. J., Helms, P. J. B., Seaton, A.
    American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 174, no. 5, pp. 499-507
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The influence of birth weight and genetic factors on lipid levels: a study in adult twins

    Tuya, C., Mutch, W. J., Haggarty, P., Campbell, D. M., Cumming, A., Kelly, K., Broom, I., McNeill, G.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 95, no. 3, pp. 504-510
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of multivitamin and multimineral supplements on morbidity from infections in older people (MAVIS trial): pragmatic, randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial

    Avenell, A., Campbell, M. K., Cook, J. A., Hannaford, P. C., Kilonzo, M. M., McNeill, G., Milne, A. C., Ramsay, C. R., Seymour, D. G., Stephen, A. I., Vale, L. D., Writing Group on the MAVIS trial
    British Medical Journal, vol. 331, no. 7512, pp. 324-329
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Dietary flavonoid intakes in early postmenopausal Scottish women

    Hardcastle, A. C., Kyle, J., Duthie, G., McNeill, G., Reid, D. M., Macdonald, H. M.
    Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society (2005), pp. 85A
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Antioxidant intake in pregnancy in relation to wheeze and eczema in the first two years of life

    Martindale, S., McNeill, G., Devereux, G. S., Campbell, D. M., Russell, G., Seaton, A.
    American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 171, no. 2, pp. 121-128
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Possible protective effect of dietary flavonoids in colorectal cancer: a case-control study

    Kyle, J., Sharp, L., Duthie, G. G., McNeill, G.
    Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society (2005), pp. 66A
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • The effect of birth weight on clottable and intact fibrinogen levels in adult twins and singleton controls

    Tuya, C., Mutch, W. J., Broom, J., McNeill, G.
    Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, vol. 6, pp. 1143-1148
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The effect of genetic variation on the lipid response to dietary change: recent findings

    Masson, L. F., McNeill, G.
    Current Opinion in Lipidology, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 61-67
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The role of genetic and environmental factors in the assocation between birthweight and blood pressure: evidence from meta-analysis of twin studies.

    McNeill, G., Tuya, C., Smith, W. C. S.
    International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 995-1001
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Seasonal changes in markers of oxidative damage to lipids and DNA: correlations with seasonal variations in diet

    Smolkova, B., Dusinska, M., Raslova, K., McNeill, G., Spustova, V., Blazicek, P., Horska, A., Collins, A.
    Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, vol. 551, no. 1-2, pp. 135-144
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Description and validation of the ActiReg: a novel instrument to measure physical activity and energy expenditure

    Hustvedt, B., Christophersen, A., Johnsen, L. R., Tomten, H., McNeill, G., Haggarty, P., Løvø, A.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 92, no. 6, pp. 1001-1008
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Blood pressure in relation to birth weight in twins and singleton controls matched for gestational age

    McNeill, G., Tuya, C., Campbell, D. M., Haggarty, P., Smith, W. C. S., Masson, L. F., Cumming, A. M., Broom, I., Haites, N. E.
    American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 158, no. 2, pp. 150-155
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Genetic variation and the lipid response to dietary intervention: a systematic review

    Masson, L. F., McNeill, G., Avenell, A.
    The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 77, no. 5, pp. 1098-1111
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Size at birth, fasting glucose and insulin levels and insulin resistance in adult twins.

    Tuya, C., Mutch, W. J., Broom, I., Campbell, D. M., McNeill, G.
    Twin Research, vol. 6, pp. 302-306
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Statistical approaches for assessing the relative validity of a food-frequency questionnaire: use of correlation coefficients and the kappa statistic

    Masson, L. F., McNeill, G., Tomany, J. O., Simpson, J. A., Peace, H. S., Wei, L., Grubb, D. A., Bolton-Smith, C.
    Public Health Nutrition, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 313-321
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Predictors of micronutrient status in men and women over 75 years old living in the community

    McNeill, G., Peace, H. S., Vyvyan, J., McKie, L., Seymour, D. G., Hendry, J., MacPherson, I.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 88, no. 5, pp. 555-561
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Are the proposed limits of energy intake:basal metabolic rate and dietary nitrogen:urinary nitrogen ratios suitable for validation of food intake?

    Sanchez-Castillo, C. P., Franklin, M., McNeill, G., de Lourdes Solano, M., Bonner, S., Lopez, N., Davidson, L. H., James, W. P.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 85, no. 6, pp. 725-731
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Change in intra-abdominal adipose tissue volume during weight loss in obese men and women: correlation between magnetic resonance imaging and anthropometric measurements

    Kamel, E. G., McNeill, G., Van Wijk, M. C. W.
    International Journal of Obesity, vol. 24, pp. 607-613
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Usefulness of anthropometry and DXA in predicting intra-abdominal fat in obese men and women

    Kamel, E. G., McNeill, G., Van Wijk, M. C. W.
    Obesity Research, vol. 8, pp. 36-42
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Measurement of abdominal fat by magnetic resonance imaging, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and anthropometry in non-obese men and women

    Kamel, E. G., McNeill, G., Han, T. S., Smith, F. W., Avenell, A., Davidson, L., Tothill, P.
    International Journal of Obesity, vol. 23, pp. 686-692
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Dietary intake and tissue concentration of fatty acids in omnivore, vegetarian and diabetic pregnancy

    Lakin, V., Haggarty, P., Abramovich, D. R., Ashton, J., Moffat, C. F., McNeill, G., Danielian, P. J., Grubb, D., Haggarty, P.
    Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 209-220
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Free-living energy expenditure of adult men assessed by continuous heart-rate monitoring and doubly-labelled water

    Davidson, L., McNeill, G., Haggarty, P., Smith, J. S., Franklin, M. F.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 78, no. 5, pp. 695-708
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Energy expenditure during heavy work and its interaction with body weight

    Haggarty, P., Valencia, M. E., McNeill, G., Gonzales, N. L., Moya, S. Y., Pinelli, A., Quihui, L., Saucedo, M. S., Esparza, J., Ashton, J., Milne, E., James, W. P. T.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 77, no. 3, pp. 359-373
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The effect of protein intake on 24h energy expenditure during energy restriction

    Whitehead, J., McNeill, G., Smith, J.
    International Journal of Obesity, vol. 20, no. 8, pp. 727-732
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Energetic consequences of mild Giardia intestinalis infestation in Mexican children

    Valencia, M. E., McNeill, G., Haggarty, P., Moya, S. Y., Pinelli, A., Quihui, L., Davalos, R.
    The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 860-865
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The Influence of Exercise on the Energy Requirements of Adult Males in the UK

    Haggarty, P., McNeill, G., Manneh, M. K., Davidson, L., Milne, E., Duncan, G., Ashton, J.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 72, no. 6, pp. 799-813
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effects of diet composition on 24h energy expenditure during energy restriction

    Whitehead, J. M., McNeill, G., Smith, J. S.
    Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 218A
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Imaging Techniques for the Assessment of Body-Composition

    FULLER, M. F., Fowler, P. A. F., McNeill, G., Foster, A.
    The Journal of Nutrition, vol. 124, no. 8, pp. S1546-S1550
    Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews

  • Basal metabolic rate and body fatness of adult men in northern Mexico

    Valencia, M. E., Moya, S. Y., McNeill, G., Haggarty, P.
    European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 205-211
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Total and Subcutaneous Adipose-Tissue in Women: the measurement of distribution and accurate prediction of quantity by using magnetic resonance imaging

    Fowler, P., Fuller, M. F., Glasbey, C. A., Foster, M. A., Cameron, G. G., McNeill, G., Maughan, R. J.
    The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 18-25
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Body fat in lean and overweight women estimated by six methods

    McNeill, G., Fowler, P. A. F., Maughan, R. J., MCGAW, B. A., FULLER, M. F., GVOZDANOVIC, D., GVOZDANOVIC, S.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 95-103
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Body composition: the precision and accuracy of new methods and their suitablity for longitudinal studies

    FULLER, M. F., Fowler, P. A. F., McNeill, G., FOSTER, M. A.
    Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 423-436
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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