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Michelle Holdsworth

Chargée de Recherche IRD

michelle.holdsworth@ird.fr
U.M.R 204 Nutripass
911 avenue d'Agropolis
B.P. 64501
34394 Montpellier cedex 5

ORCiD:  0000-0001-6028-885X

Biographie

Je travaille à l'IRD depuis 8 ans comme Chargée de Recherche (2002-2006 ; 2008-2011 et 2019-), au sein de l'équipe "nutrition publique", UMR NUTRIPASS (Nutrition et Alimentation des Populations aux Suds), anciennement UR106 Nutrition, Alimentation et Sociétés. Je suis également Professeur honoraire de nutrition et santé publique à l'Université de Sheffield (Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health), où j'ai travaillé pendant 8 ans comme professeur et dirigé le groupe de recherche sur l'alimentation et nutrition (2011-2019).

Spécialisation
  • Nutrition et Santé Publique

Je suis nutritionniste agréé spécialisé dans la santé publique (auprès du UKVRN) et diététicien agréé (HCPC) au Royaume-Uni.  Je suis également membre de les Sociétés africaine et britannique de nutrition et de l'International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity’.  Je suis Associate Editor de la revue Public Health Nutrition.

Responsabilités scientifiques et administratives
  • Animatrice de l’axe scientifique environnement alimentaire
Recherche

Thématique  : Étudier les environnements alimentaires pour élaborer des politiques et des interventions respectueuses de l'environnement en Afrique urbaine.

J'ai plus de 20 ans d'expérience dans la recherche postdoctorale. Mes recherches à l'IRD ont porté sur la transition nutritionnelle et les environnements alimentaires, d'abord en Afrique du Nord (projets TAHINA/OBE-MAHGREB), en Europe (projets PORGROW/POLMARK), puis en Afrique subsaharienne (projets SUNRAY/MEALS4NCDS/RECAP). À l'université de Sheffield, j'ai continué à collaborer avec des partenaires africains, démontrant ainsi mon engagement dans la recherche en Afrique (projets SUNRAY, EVIDENT, NINOLIP, HEFCE, DFC, TACLED).

Des partenariats sont en cours avec l'Université du Ghana, Accra, et l'African Population Health Research Council (APHRC), au Kenya, dans le cadre de 4 projets de recherche conjoints depuis 2013 (Université du Ghana) et 2017 (APHRC). J'ai également une collaboration en cours par le biais de la supervision d'une thésarde avec K. BAYE, qui dirige le JEAI "AnemiNut" en Éthiopie.

Projets de recherche en cours
  • MEALS4NCDs: Measuring the healthiness of Ghanaian children’s food environments to prevent obesity and non-communicable diseases. Funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). PI: Amos Laar, University of Ghana; 2019-2022. I am a CI and WP lead.  https://www.meals4ncds.org/project-overview/
  • RECAP: Context specific interventions for NR-NCDs prevention in E. Africa. IDRC funding. 2020-23. Role task lead
  • NRF: Nutrition Research Facility (for priority countries in Global South). Funded by DG-DEVCO. 2020-24. Role CI/senior expert
  • PERU-SANO: New strategies to reduce anaemia and overweight/obesity of infants and young children in Peru. Funding: UK Medical Research Council; 2019-22. Role CI.
Projets de recherche récents (5 dernières années)
  • Drivers of Food Choice Competitive Grants Program Dietary transitions in Ghanaian cities: mapping the factors in the social and physical food environments that drive consumption of energy dense nutrient-poor foods and beverages, to identify interventions targeting women and adolescent girls throughout the reproductive life course; 2017-2019.  Role PI.
  • TACLED project: Transitions in African Cities Leveraging Evidence for Diet-related non communicable diseases  This is a MRC-led Foundation Award to study dietary transitions in African cities in Ghana and Kenya. Foundation Awards represent the MRC's first phase of research funding anticipated from the £1.5bn Global Challenges Research Fund. This interdisciplinary partnership of ten co-applicants from five academic institutions across Ghana, Kenya and the UK. The project runs 2017-2019. Role PI.
  • 'Developing tools to implement and evaluate interventions to promote healthy diets in Ghana that prevent all forms of malnutrition' (ODA HEFCE); (2017-18).  Role PI.
  • MRC Research Grant.  The FRESH Street Project:  Developing an area (street) based cash transfer scheme to promote healthy eating communities in areas of high deprivation in the UK, 2017-19. Role CI.
  • MRC NINO LIP  - UK-Africa network to improve the nutrition of infants and young children living in poverty (NINO LIP) in urbanising sub-Saharan African countries. 2018-19.  Role CI
  • The Evidence-informed Decision-making in Nutrition and Health (EVIDENT) partnership  - was an international network of North-South partners that aimed to use existing evidence to also enhance evidence-informed decision making and policy-driven research in nutrition and health in Africa (2013-16). Role CI
  • Health Promoting responses to climate change  Climate  change and non-communicable diseases share a mutual theme - excessive energy use. Role CI
  • Health Outcomes of Migration Events  This project brought together researchers with a wide range of expertise, including innovative methodological approaches, nutrition, non-communicable diseases, maternal and child health, epidemiology, and demography. Role CI
  • Determinants of Diet and Physical Activity (DEDIPAC) Knowledge Hub Funded by the EC. To understand the determinants of dietary, physical activity and sedentary behaviours across Europe. I was task leader investigating social inequalities in dietary and physical activity determinants, especially in migrant populations in Europe. DEDIPAC is a multidisciplinary consortium of scientists from 46 research centres in 12 countries across Europe. Role CI
Enseignements

Enseignement actuel : Université de la Sorbonne (Sustainable food environments in Global South-UE Santé Internationale et Santé globale, MPH), Université de Sheffield (politiques de nutrition globale et les environnements alimentaires)

Alors que je travaillais à l'université de Sheffield, j'étais directeur du MPH en santé publique européenne (dans le cadre du programme Erasmus Mundus EuroPubHealth). J'ai été directeur de l'enseignement pendant 3 ans, avec la responsabilité stratégique des 14 masters en santé. J'ai également créé et dirigée le Master en santé publique (en ligne) en 2011. Je continue d'enseigner le module "Nutrition dans les pays du Sud" et je supervise plusieurs doctorants inscrits à Sheffield et ailleurs (ABDUL-HAQ, BASH, TANDOH, TRUBSWASSER) et encadrer un AXA post-doctorant Ghanéen (OSEI-KWASI).

Publications de référence (5 dernières années)

Laar A, Barnes A, Aryeetey R, Tandoh A, Bash K, Mensah K, Zotor F, Vandevijvere S, Holdsworth M (2020) Implementation of healthy food environment policies in Ghana: gaps and priorities to prevent nutrition related non communicable diseases. Food Policy.In press 

Green M, Pradeilles R, Laar A, Osei-Kwasi H, Bricas N, Coleman N, Klomegah S, Njeri M, Tandoh A, Akparibo R, Griffiths P, Kimani E, Mensah K, Muthari S, Zotor F, Holdsworth M (2020) Characterising the food and advertising environments of deprived neighborhoods in African cities.BMJ Open. In press

Osei Kwasi HA, Mohindra A, Booth A, Laar A, Wanjohi M, Pradeilles R, Graham F, Cohen E, Holdsworth M (2020) Factors influencing dietary behaviours in urban food environments in Africa: a systematic mapping review. Public Health Nutrition.In press

Graham F, Barker M, Menon M, Holdsworth M (2020) Acceptability and feasibility of a café-based sustainable food intervention in the UK.Health Promotion International.1–12. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daaa027.

Rousham E, Pradeilles R, Akparibo R, Aryeetey R, Bash K, Booth A, Muthuri S, Osei-Kwasi HA, Marr C, Norris T, Holdsworth M (2020) Dietary behaviours in the context of nutrition transition: a systematic review & meta-analysis in two African countries.Public Health Nutrition. 1-17.doi:10.1017/S1368980019004014.

Osei-Kwasi HA, Boateng D, Danquah I, Holdsworth M , Mejean M, Terragni L, Powell K, Schulze MB, Owusu-Dabo E, Meeks K, Beune E, Agyemang C, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Stronks K, Galbete C, Nicolaou M (2019) Acculturation and food intake among Ghanaian migrants in Europe: findings from the RODAM study. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2019.09.004

Osei-Kwasi HA, Nicolaou M, Powell K, Holdsworth M (2019) "I cannot sit here and eat alone when I know a fellow Ghanaian is suffering":Perceptions of food insecurity among Ghanaian migrants. Appetite,140:190-196 doi:10.1016/j.appet.2019.05.018

Pradeilles R, Kearney CM, Laar A, Holdsworth M , Zotor F, Tandoh A, Bash K, Klomegah S, Griffiths P (2019) How ready are communities to implement actions to improve diets of adolescent girls and women in urban Ghana? BMC Public Health, 19:646 doi:10.1186/s12889-019-6989-5

Graham G, Russell J, Holdsworth M , Menon M, Barker M (2019) Exploring the Relationship between Environmental Impact and Nutrient Content of Sandwiches and Beverages Available in Cafés in a UK University. Sustainability, 11(11):3190 doi:10.3390/su11113190

Auma CI, Pradeilles R, Blake MK, Holdsworth M (2019) What Can Dietary Patterns Tell Us about the Nutrition Transition and Environmental Sustainability of Diets in Uganda? Nutrients, 11(2):342 doi:10.3390/nu11020342

Holdsworth M and Landais E (2019) Urban food environments in Africa: implications for policy and research.  Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 78(4): 513-525  doi:10.1017/S0029665118002938

Pradeilles R, Baye K, Holdsworth M (2019) Addressing malnutrition in low- and middle-income countries with double duty actions.  Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 78(3):388-397 doi:10.1017/S0029665118002616

Cohen E, Gradidge PJL, Ndao A, Duboz P, Macia E, Gueye L, Boëtsch G, Pasquet P, Holdsworth M and Chapuis-Lucciani N (2018) Biocultural determinants of overweight and obesity in the context of nutrition transition in Senegal: a holistic anthropological approach. Journal of Biosocial Science,51(4):469-490   doi:10.1017/S0021932018000287

Bissell P, Peacock M, Holdsworth M , Powell K, Wilcox J, Clonan A (2018) Introducing the idea of ‘assumed shared food narratives’ in the context of social networks: reflections from a qualitative study conducted in Nottingham, England. Sociology of Health & Illness, 40 (7):1142-1155 doi:10.1111/1467-9566.12746

Roberts K, Cade J, Dawson J, Holdsworth M (2018) Empirically Derived Dietary Patterns in UK Adults Are Associated with Sociodemographic Characteristics, Lifestyle, and Diet Quality. Nutrients,10(2):177 doi:10.3390/nu10020177

Holdsworth M, Nicolaou M, Langøien LJ, Osei-Kwasi HA, Chastin SFM, Stok FM, Capranica L, Lien N, Terragni L, Monsivais P, Mazzocchi M, Maes L, Roos G, Mejean C, Powell K, Stronks K (2017) Developing a systems-based framework of the factors influencing dietary and physical activity behaviours in ethnic minority populations living in Europe - a DEDIPAC study.International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 14:154 doi:10.1186/s12966-017-0608-6

Horton P, Banwart S, Brown G, Bruce R, Cameron D, Holdsworth M , Koh L, Ton J, Jackson P (2017) An agenda for integrated system-wide interdisciplinary agri-food research. Food Security, 9(2):195-210 doi:10.1007/s12571-017-0648-4

Méjean C, Si Hassen W, Gojard S, Ducrot P, Lampuré A, Brug H, Lien N, Nicolaou M, Holdsworth M , Terragni L, Hercberg S, Castetbon K (2017) Social disparities in food preparation behaviours: a DEDIPAC study. Nutrition Journal, 16(1):62 doi:10.1186/s12937-017-0281-2

Aryeetey R, Holdsworth M , Taljaard C, Hounkpatin WA, Colecraft E, Lachat C, Nago E, Hailu T, Kolsteren P, Verstraeten R (2017) Evidence-informed decision making for nutrition: African experiences and way forward. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 76(4):589-596 doi:10.1017/S0029665117001082

Langøien LJ, Terragni L, Rugseth G, Nicolaou M, Holdsworth M , Stronks K, Lien N, Roos G; DEDIPAC consortium (2017) Systematic mapping review of the factors influencing physical activity and sedentary behaviour in ethnic minority groups in Europe: a DEDIPAC study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 14(1):99 doi:10.1186/s12966-017-0554-3

Cohen E, Amougou N, Ponty A, Loinger-Beck J, Nkuintchua T, Monteillet N, Bernard JY, Saïd-Mohamed R, Holdsworth M , Pasquet P (2017) Nutrition Transition and Biocultural Determinants of Obesity among Cameroonian Migrants in Urban Cameroon and France. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,14(7):696 doi:10.3390/ijerph14070696 

Gissing SC, Pradeilles R, Osei-Kwasi H, Cohen E, Holdsworth M (2017) Drivers of dietary behaviors in women living in urban Africa – a systematic mapping review. Public Health Nutrition, 20(12):2104-2113 doi:10.1017/S1368980017000970

Osei-Kwasi HA, Powell K, Nicolaou M, Holdsworth M (2017) The influence of migration on dietary practices of Ghanaians living in the United Kingdom: A qualitative study. Annals of Human Biology, 44(5):454-463 doi:10.1080/03014460.2017.1333148

Stok FM, Hoffmann S, Volkert D, Boeing H, Ensenauer R, Stelmach-Mardas M, Kiesswetter E, Weber A, Rohm H, Lien N, Brug J, Holdsworth M , Renner B (2017) The DONE framework: Creation, evaluation, and updating of an interdisciplinary, dynamic framework 2.0 of determinants of nutrition and eating. PLoS One, 12(2):e0171077 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0171077

Diaz E, Ortiz Barreda G, Ben-Shlomo Y, Holdsworth M , Salami B, Rammohan A, Yat-Nork Chung R, Padmadas SS, Krafft T (2017) Interventions to improve immigrant health. A scoping review. European Journal of Public Health. 27(3):433-439 doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckx001

Akparibo R, Harris J, Blank L, Campbell M, Holdsworth M (2017) Severe acute malnutrition in children aged under 5 years can be successfully managed in a non-emergency routine community healthcare setting in Ghana. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 13(4):e12417 doi:10.1111/mcn.12417

Sullivan RK, Marsh S, Halvarsson J, Holdsworth M , Waterlander W, Poelman MP, Salmond JA, Christian H, Koh LS, Cade JE, Spence JC, Woodward A, Maddison R (2016) Smartphone Apps for Measuring Human Health and Climate Change Co-Benefits: A Comparison and Quality Rating of Available Apps. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth, 4(4):e135 doi:10.2196/mhealth.5931

Condello G, Ling FC, Bianco A, Chastin S, Cardon G, Ciarapica D, Conte D, Cortis C, De Craemer M, Di Blasio A, Gjaka M, Hansen S, Holdsworth M , et al., (2016). Using concept mapping in the development of the EU-PAD framework (EUropean-Physical Activity Determinants across the life course): a DEDIPAC-study. BMC Public Health, 16(1):1145 doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3800-8

Osei-Kwasi HA, Nicolaou M, Powell K, Terragni L, Maes L, Stronks K, Lien N, Holdsworth M (2016) Systematic mapping review of the factors influencing dietary behaviour in ethnic minority groups living in Europe: a DEDIPAC study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 13(1):85 doi:10.1186/s12966-016-0412-8

Verstraeten R, Leroy JL, Pieniak Z, Ochoa-Avilès A, Holdsworth M , Verbeke W, Maes L, Kolsteren P (2016) Individual and Environmental Factors Influencing Adolescents' Dietary Behavior in Low- and Middle-Income Settings. PLoS One, 11(7):e0157744 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157744

Chastin S, De Craemer M, Lien N, Bernaards C, Buck C, Oppert J, Nazare J, Lakerveld J, O’Donoghue G, Holdsworth M , Owen N, Brug J, Cardon G (2016) The SOS-framework (Systems of Sedentary behaviours): an international transdisciplinary consensus framework for the study of determinants, research priorities and policy on sedentary behaviour across the life course: a DEDIPAC-study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity,13(1):83 doi:10.1186/s12966-016-0409-3

Hassen WS, Castetbon K, Cardon P, Enaux C, Nicolaou M, Lien N, Terragni L, Holdsworth M , Stronks K, Hercberg S, Méjean C (2016) Socioeconomic indicators are independently associated with nutrient intake in French adults: a DEDIPAC study. Nutrients, 8(3):158 doi:10.3390/nu8030158

Clonan A, Roberts KE and Holdsworth M (2016) Socioeconomic and demographic drivers of red and processed meat consumption: implications for health and environmental sustainability. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 75(3):367-373 doi:10.1017/S0029665116000100

Cohen E, Ndao A, Boëtsch G, Gueye L, Pasquet P, Holdsworth M , Courtiol A (2015) The relevance of the side-view in body image scales for public health: an example from two African populations. BMC Public Health, 15:1169 doi:10.1186/s12889-015-2511-x

Powell K, Wilcox J, Clonan A, Bissell P, Preston L, Peacock M, Holdsworth M (2015) The role of social networks in the development of overweight and obesity among adults: a scoping review. BMC Public Health, 15:996 doi:10.1186/s12889-015-2314-0

Lawrence M, Burlingame B, Caraher M, Holdsworth M , Neff R, Timotijevic L (2015) Public Health Nutrition and Sustainability. Public Health Nutrition, 18 (13):2287-2292 doi:10.1017/S1368980015002402

Clonan A, Wilson P, Swift JA, Leibovici DG, Holdsworth M (2015) Red and processed meat consumption and purchasing behaviours and attitudes: impacts for human health, animal welfare and environmental sustainability. Public Health Nutrition, 18(13):2446-2456 doi:10.1017/S1368980015000567

Landais E, Bour A, Gartner A, McCullough F, Delpeuch F, Holdsworth M (2015) Socio-economic and behavioural determinants of fruit and vegetable intake in Moroccan women. Public Health Nutrition, 18(5):809-816 doi:10.1017/S1368980014001761

Lachat C, Roberfroid D, Van den Broeck L, Van den Briel N, Nago E, Kruger A, Holdsworth M , Garimoi Orach C, Kolsteren P (2015) A decade of nutrition research in Africa: assessment of the evidence base and academic collaboration. Public Health Nutrition, 18(10):1890-1897 doi:10.1017/S1368980014002146

Hayati Adilin MAM, Holdsworth M , McCullough F, Swift JA, Norimah AK (2015) Whole school mapping to investigate the school environment’s potential to promote a healthy diet and physical activity in Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Nutrition,21(1):1-14 eprints:92636