Including people from different background in research: Improving the accuracy of dietary assessment in nutrition research

Start date: 6 June 2025
End date: 25 July 2025
Funder: Rank Prize (Summer Internship)
Value: £6000
Partners and collaborators: Dr Tanefa Apekey - University of Sheffield | Rahimah Kaleem - Nutrition Student, Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds | Feel Good Factor, Leeds | Mrs Narinder Panesar
Primary investigator: Dr Sally Moore
Co-investigators: Rahimah Kaleem
External co-investigators: Dr Tanefa Apekey

This project aims to work with people in the community to help find in how we can make research on what people eat more become more inclusive of foods eaten in real life, including cultural and traditional dishes. This is important because what people eat is often linked to how healthy they are.

Our project will include people from different ethnicities who attend community services in Leeds. We will work together to openly share views on how such research is undertaken, the tools used, and what needs improving.

Impact

In future we hope to use the findings of our research to inform larger studies and to develop more inclusive methods to capturing what people eat in real life.