Nerys Astbury
BSc(Hon) MMedSc PhD
Associate Professor - Diet & Obesity
Diet, Obesity, Weight management, Regulation of energy intake
I'm a Nutrition Scientist and Associate Professor in the Health Behaviours team. My main interests are how dietary manipulations impact weight management and the regulation of energy intake.
I lead a programme of work exploring the effect of dietary interventions and weight management before, during and after pregnancy can influence health of mothers and their children.
Recent publications
Engagement with gestational diabetes self-management: A qualitative study from the UK
Journal article
Amanda M. et al, (2026), BMJ Public Health
The effects of dietary and physical exercise interventions among women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus on cardiometabolic risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal article
Abdulsalam R. et al, (2026), Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 237
Practical solutions to weight management in primary care
Journal article
Astbury N. and Morris E., (2026), Nature Medicine
Postpartum Body Weight and Cardiometabolic Biomarker Trajectories in Women With Gestational Diabetes: A Population-Based Matched Cohort Study
Journal article
Abdulsalam R. et al, (2026), Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism
Metabolomic and proteomic signatures of gestational diabetes predicting long-term risk of type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study in the UK Biobank
Preprint
Torres-Martos A. et al, (2026)