Geraldine McNeill

Biographic Data

ID5460837
NAMEGeraldine McNeill
GIVEN NAMESGeraldine
FAMILY NAMEMcNeill
SIGNATUREMCNEILL G
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Aberdeen
ORCID0000-0003-0373-650X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS40
TOTAL CITATIONS16
AUTHOR COUNT40
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1988
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX3

  • Low awareness and affordability are major drivers of low consumption of animal‐source foods among children in Northern Ethiopia: A mixed‐methods study

    Open AccessTaddese Alemu Zerfu, Alan J Duncan et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2024

    Animal-source foods (ASFs), contain high amounts of essential nutrients that are readily absorbed by the body. However, children in resource-constrained settings often have limited access to these nutritious foods. This study aimed to investigate the reasons for the low consumption of ASFs among children in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. A community-based mixed-methods study was conducted, using exploratory qualitative methods supplemented by the…

  • Car harm: A global review of automobility's harm to people and the environment

    Open AccessPatrick Miner, Burton M Smith et al.ARTICLEJournal of Transport Geography2024

    Despite the widespread harm caused by cars and automobility, governments, corporations, and individuals continue to facilitate it by expanding roads, manufacturing larger vehicles, and subsidising parking, electric cars, and resource extraction. This literature review synthesises the negative consequences of automobility, or car harm, which we have grouped into four categories: violence, ill health, social injustice, and environmental damage. We …

  • Assessing the relative validity of the Scottish Collaborative Group FFQ for measuring dietary intake in adults

    Open AccessJenna L Hollis, Jenna Hollis et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2017

    Objective To assess the relative validity of the latest version of the Scottish Collaborative Group (SCG) FFQ (version 6.6) in adults living in Scotland. Design A cross-sectional validation study. Participants completed the self-administered, 169-item SCG FFQ followed by a 7 d, non-weighed food diary. Energy and energy-adjusted macronutrients and micronutrients were examined for relative validity through Spearman’s correlation, the percentage of …

  • Socio-economic differences in diet, physical activity and leisure-time screen use among Scottish children in 2006 and 2010: Are we closing the gap

    Open AccessGeraldine McNeill, L F Masson et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2017

    Objective To investigate socio-economic differences in children’s diet, activity and inactivity and changes in these differences over 4 years during which new policies on food in schools were introduced. Design Two cross-sectional surveys in which diet was assessed by FFQ and physical activity and inactivity were assessed by interviewer-administered questionnaire. Socio-economic status was assessed by the area-based Scottish Index of Multiple Dep…

  • A qualitative study of independent fast food vendors near secondary schools in disadvantaged Scottish neighbourhoods

    Open AccessMichelle Estradé, Finlay Dick et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    Independent food shops in low-income areas face barriers to offering healthy food choices, and interventions and policies that target the food environment around schools should take the neighbourhood context into consideration

  • It’s a balance of just getting things right”: Mothers’ views about pre-school childhood obesity and obesity prevention in Scotland

    Open AccessFrederick Douglas, Julia Clark et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    The findings have important implications for health professionals and policy makers wishing to engage with parents on this issue, or who are currently developing 'family-centred' early childhood weight management interventions. The challenge lies in the fact that mothers believe themselves to be the primary (and capable) agents of obesity prevention in the early years - but, who are at the same time, attempting to deal with many mixed and conflic…

  • It was an education in portion size”. Experience of eating a healthy diet and barriers to long term dietary change

    Open AccessJennie I Macdiarmid, J Loe et al.ARTICLEAppetite2013Cited by: 5References: 23

  • Sustainable diets for the future: Can we contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by eating a healthy diet?

    Open AccessJennie I Macdiarmid, J Kyle et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Clinical…2012

  • Cooking in this issue – back to basics

    Open AccessAgneta Yngve, Marilyn Tseng et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2012

    Cooking in this issue -back to basics! This issue as usual contains a collection of mixed topics from authors from all over the world. This time, the hot topic is the importance of cooking. The paper by Chen et al. The two other papers under this hot topic have some elements related to the importance of cooking and knowing how to cook. The paper by Laska et al. The paper by Cowan and Devine (3) describes a process evaluation of an environmental a…

  • A refresher in research publication ethics

    Open AccessAllison Hodge, Agneta Yngve et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2012

    Getting a research paper published in a peer-reviewed journal may seem like a daunting and never-ending task but, in the end, it is the peer-review process that ensures good research practice. Guidelines for good research practice are, as a rule, available at the national level, issued by the national Advisory Board/Committee on Research Ethics (for example, in Australia, these are available from the National Health and Medical Research Council E…

  • Public health nutrition and the environment

    Open AccessAgneta Yngve, IRJA HAAPALA et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2012

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  • Interpreting success and failure in food fortification

    Open AccessAgneta Yngve, IRJA HAAPALA et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2012

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  • World Nutrition 2012 – a global Public Health Nutrition opportunity

    Open AccessAgneta Yngve, Marilyn Tseng et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2012

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  • Making soft drinks the dietary version of the cigarette

    Open AccessAgneta Yngve, IRJA HAAPALA et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2012

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  • Food labels for consumers, motivated or otherwise

    Open AccessAgneta Yngve, IRJA HAAPALA et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2012

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  • Nutritional environments affecting the future of our children

    Open AccessIRJA HAAPALA, Allison Hodge et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2012

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  • The vulnerable child

    Open AccessAgneta Yngve, IRJA HAAPALA et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2011

    This issue includes several papers on what we expose our children

  • Improving the quality of meals eaten or prepared outside the home

    Open AccessIRJA HAAPALA, Allison Hodge et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2011

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  • Vitamin D, dietary patterns, and food acquisition

    Open AccessAgneta Yngve, IRJA HAAPALA et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2011

    In this issue of Public Health Nutrition is a much anticipated review of the recent literature on vitamin D by Professor Robert Scragg The November 2010 report by the Institute of Medicine (IoM) In April we published a series of letters critical of the IoM report, followed by a rebuttal in May from the chair of the committee that authored the report. The review by Professor Scragg offers another, balanced perspective on current knowledge of vitam…

  • Nutritional well-being among older people

    Open AccessIRJA HAAPALA, Marilyn Tseng et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2011

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  • Is the emperor nude? Impact factor or health impact factor

    Open AccessAgneta Yngve, Marilyn Tseng et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2011

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  • Developing a timeline for evaluating public health nutrition policy interventions. What are the outcomes and when should we expect to see them

    Open AccessJennie I Macdiarmid, Jennifer Loe et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2011

    Objective To develop a timeline for evaluating public health nutrition policy interventions. Design Concept mapping, a stakeholder-driven approach for developing an evaluation framework to estimate the ‘time to impact’ for policy interventions. The Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Act 2007 was used as the model to develop the evaluation timeline as it had typical characteristics of government policy. Concept mapping requires st…

  • The local touch

    Open AccessAgneta Yngve, Marilyn Tseng et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2011

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  • Children in public health nutrition

    Open AccessAgneta Yngve, IRJA HAAPALA et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2011

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  • Public health nutrition interventions can be simple and effective

    Open AccessAgneta Yngve, Allison Hodge et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2011

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