Dr Gillian Purdon

Gillian is Chief Nutritionist at Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and leads the FSS Public Health Nutrition Division. She manages a team of registered public health nutritionists to publish a robust national picture of trends in diet and nutrition and disseminate the science and evidence base to influence public health nutrition policy development to improve diet in Scotland.

Prior to her post at FSS, Gillian worked for FSA in Scotland for 10 years as a senior public health nutrition advisor. Her career followed an MSc in Human Nutrition followed by a PhD and 6 years of postdoctoral positions focused on energy metabolism and diabetes research.

Dr Gillian Purdon
Chief Nutritionist
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