Dr Hannah Greatwood, Senior Lecturer

Dr Hannah Greatwood

Senior Lecturer

Before joining the Carnegie School of Sport, Hannah worked as a clinical Dietitian at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. Hannah's doctoral research, funded by Leeds Beckett University investigated socio-ecological influences on adolescent dietary behaviours, using both local and national data.

Hannah contributes to the sport and exercise nutrition undergraduate and postgraduate modules, as well as a number of multidisciplinary modules that are delivered across the School of Sport. She supervises both undergraduate and postgraduate research projects. In addition she is course leader for the MSc Obesity.

Current Teaching

  • BSc Sport and Exercise Nutrition
  • BSc Sport and Exercise Science
  • MSc Sport and Exercise Nutrition
  • MSc Obesity

Research Interests

Hannah's main interests lie in investigating dietary behaviours. Her current role includes working on FIO Food, an UKRI funded project as part of the Transforming UK Food System call, that investigates Food Insecurity and Sustainable eating in People Living with Obesity. She has also been involved in  a number of systematic and scoping reviews considering portion size, supermarket interventions and prevention and treatment strategies in childhood obesity.

Dr Hannah Greatwood, Senior Lecturer

Ask Me About

  1. Food Insecurity
  2. Children
  3. Diet
  4. Nutrition
  5. Obesity
  6. Sustainability

Selected Outputs

  • Greatwood HC; Daly-Smith A; McGregor S; McKenna J (2013) Year 7 dietary intake: a comparison of two schools with middle-high socio-economic status. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 26 (6), pp. 563-569.

    https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.12124

  • Radley D; Smith AJW; Greatwood H; Mackreth P; Griffiths C; Cooke CB; McKenna J (2010) Accelerometry-based physical activity assessment: An objective measure?. Journal of Sports Sciences, 27 (Supplement 2), pp. S60.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/02640411003642890

  • Smith AJW; Greatwood H; MacKreth PK; Griffiths C; Cooke CB; McKenna J (2009) The impact of commuting made to/from school on the amount of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity accumulated in the journey. Journal of Sport and Exercise Science, 27 (Supplement 2), pp. S56.

  • Greatwood H; McGregor S; Smith AJW; Mackreth PK; Griffiths C; Cooke CB; McKenna J (2009) Is there a relationship between energy intake and self-perception in year 7 children?. Journal of Sport and Exercise Science, 27 (Supplement 2), pp. S57.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/02640410903195819

  • Greatwood H; Pringle A; Gilson N; McKenna J; Rivett M (2009) The effect of motivational-interviews on the physical activity engagement and change in completers. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 12 (Supplement) pp. S16.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2008.12.043

  • Gately P; King N; Greatwood H; Humprey L; Radley D; Cooke CB; Hill AJ (2007) Does a High-protein Diet Improve Weight Loss in Overweight and Obese Children?. Obesity, 15 pp. 1527-1534.

  • Gately PJ; Radley D; Tonge D; Powell M; Greatwood H; Hester J; Cooke CB (2004) Six-month outcomes of a monthly pilot primary care activity and education clinic for overweight and obese children. In: North American Association for the Study of Obesity Annual Meeting, 14 November 2004 - 18 November 2004, Las Vagas, Nevada, USA.