Professor Rosalind Gibson, Our people, Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, New Zealand

MS(Calif) BSc PhD (London) FRSNZ

Ros Gibson Email rosalind.gibson@otago.ac.nz

Professor Gibson conducts research in low income countries on the assessment and functional health outcomes of micronutrient deficiencies in “at risk’ population groups. She is particularly interested in food-based strategies for combating micronutrient malnutrition.

Professor Rosalind Gibson is a Emerita Professor in the Department of Human Nutrition. She has an MS PH (Nutrition) from the School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, USA and a PhD in Nutrition from the University of London, UK.

Rosalind has had a life-long interest in international nutrition, initially working in the Ethio-Swedish Children’s Nutrition Unit in Ethiopia, and subsequently in collaborative research studies on micronutrients in Papua New Guinea, Guatemala, Ghana, Malawi, Zambia, and Ethiopia as well as Thailand, Mongolia and more recently Cambodia, NE Brazil and Indonesia. Before joining the University of Otago, she was a faculty member in the Division of Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph.

Professor Gibson's current research is based around the aetiology and functional health consequences of iron and zinc deficiency in high risk population groups in low income countries; and food-based strategies to enhance the content and bioavailability of micronutrients in plant-based diets in low income countries and their impact on growth and development.

Professor Gibson is an emerita member of the International Zinc Nutrition Collaborative Group (IZiNCG), of which she was a member from 2000-2018, a fellow of the American Society of Nutrition, and a fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. She was Co-Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Nutrition in the Western Paciﬁc Region in the department until 2017. She is a recipient of the McHenry Award by the Canadian Society of Nutritional Sciences, the Rank Prize from the British Nutrition Society, the Lifetime Achievements in Global Nutrition Research Award by the American Society for Nutrition, and the McCollum Award by the American Society for Nutrition. In 2020 she was awarded a DSc, honoris causa by the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. She is the author of a standard reference text, Principles of Nutritional Assessment, and is currently engaged with colleagues in 3rd revision of Principles of Nutritional Assessment, chapters of which are freely available on-line.

Rosalind taught in a number of the undergraduate and graduate papers, mostly in the areas of dietary and laboratory assessment, development of screening tools for assessing nutritional status, and assessment of micronutrient status.

She has also taught Nutritional Assessment short courses to:
MSc and PhD students in Applied Nutrition from Hawassa and Jimma Universities in Ethiopia; MSc and PhD students at the Asian Ministers of Education Tropical Medicine and Public Health ((SEAMEO TR0PMED), University of Indonesia, Jakarta and at Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia; and courses in Dietary Assessment hosted by Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Thailand and Institute of Home Economics, Delhi University, India.

Graduates

PhD

Ireti Balogun. Association between farm diversity and dietary diversity in four geopolitical zones in Nigeria. 2021.

Aly Diana. Adequacy of micronutrient intakes and status of breastfed Indonesian infants fed traditional complementary foods in Sumedang district, West Java: a longitudinal study. 2017.

Rebecca Lander. Nutritional status of disadvantaged preschool children attending daycares in Salvador, Northeast Brazil: a cross-sectional study. 2012.

Susan Jack. Effect of micronutrient sprinkles on reducing anaemia: a cluster randomized effectiveness trial in Cambodia. 2012.

Ewa Szymlek-Gay. Optimising iron status in toddlers - putting theory into practice. 2008.

Masters of Science

Deborah McIntosh. Nutritional status in young children aged 12-23 months living in New Delhi, India. 2018.

Sarah Beaumont. Enhancing the energy and nutrient supply for preschoolers in Emali, South-Eastern Kenya. 2015

Michelle Gibbs. Manufactured complementary foods for young child feeding in Asia: their micronutrient adequacy and improvement. 2010.

Nick Prosser. Analysis of zinc component of the iron status in Dunedin women with mild iron deficiency. 2010.

Master of Dietetics

Megan Chang. Phytate and zinc intakes of New Zealand toddlers (individual foods).

Catherine Luey. Phytate and zinc intakes of New Zealand toddlers (mixed dishes).

Nicola Hartley. A web-based dietary assessment method for exploring zinc bioavailability.

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Publications

Diana, A., Haszard, J. J., Irda Sari, S. Y., Rahmannia, S., Fathonah, A., Sofiah, W. N., … Harper, M., … Houghton, L., & Gibson, R. (2021). Determination of modifiable risk factors for length-for-age z-scores among resource-poor Indonesian infants. PLoS ONE, 16(2), e0247247. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247247

Leong, C., Gibson, R. S., Diana, A., Haszard, J. J., Rahmannia, S., Ansari, M. B., … Houghton, L. A. (2021). Differences in micronutrient intakes of exclusive and partially breastfed Indonesian infants from resource-poor households are not accompanied by differences in micronutrient status, morbidity, or growth. Journal of Nutrition, 151, 705-715. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxaa381

Gibson, R. S., Rahmannia, S., Diana, A., Leong, C., Haszard, J. J., Hampel, D., Reid, M., … Houghton, L. A. (2020). Association of maternal diet, micronutrient status, and milk volume with milk micronutrient concentrations in Indonesian mothers at 2 and 5 months postpartum. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 112, 1039-1050. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa200

Daniels, L., Gibson, R. S., Diana, A., Haszard, J. J., Rahmannia, S., Luftimas, D. E., … Reid, M., … Houghton, L. A. (2019). Micronutrient intakes of lactating mothers and their association with breast milk concentrations and micronutrient adequacy of exclusively breastfed Indonesian infants. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 110, 391-400. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz047

Diana, A., Purnamasari, D. M., Rahmannia, S., Luftimas, D. E., Haszard, J. J., Gibson, R. S., & Houghton, L. A. (2019). Multimicronutrient biomarkers are related to anemia during infancy in Indonesia: A repeated cross sectional study. Current Developments in Nutrition, 3, nzz022. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzz022

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Houghton, L. A., Brown, R. C., Beaumont, S., Jennings, S., Bailey, K. B., Haszard, J. J., … Daniels, L., & Gibson, R. S. (2019). Micronutrient status differs among Maasai and Kamba preschoolers participating in a supplementary feeding program in Kenya. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 15, e12805. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12805

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Houghton, L. A., Trilok-Kumar, G., McIntosh, D., Haszard, J. J., Harper, M. J., Reid, M., … Bailey, K., & Gibson, R. S. (2019). Multiple micronutrient status and predictors of anemia in young children aged 12-23 months living in New Delhi, India. PLoS ONE, 14(2), e0209564. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209564

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Gibson, R. S., Raboy, V., & King, J. C. (2018). Implications of phytate in plant-based foods for iron and zinc bioavailability, setting dietary requirements, and formulating programs and policies. Nutrition Reviews, 76(11), 793-804. doi: 10.1093/nutrit/nuy028

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Gibson, R. S., Charrondiere, U. R., & Bell, W. (2017). Measurement errors in dietary assessment using self-reported 24-hour recalls in low-income countries and strategies for their prevention. Advances in Nutrition, 8(6), (pp. 980-991). doi: 10.3945/an.117.016980

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

King, J. C., Brown, K. H., Gibson, R. S., Krebs, N. F., Lowe, N. M., Siekmann, J. S., & Raiten, D. J. (2016). Biomarkers of nutrition for development (BOND)-zinc review. Journal of Nutrition, 146 (Suppl), 858S-885S. doi: 10.3945/jn.115.220079

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Gibson, R. S., Wawer, A. A., Fairweather-Tait, S. J., Hurst, R., Young, S. D., Broadley, M. R., … Bailey, K. B., & Siyame, E. W. P. (2015). Dietary iron intakes based on food composition data may underestimate the contribution of potentially exchangeable contaminant iron from soil. Journal of Food Composition & Analysis, 40, 19-23. doi: 10.1016/j.jfca.2014.11.016

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Lander, R. L., Williams, S. M., Costa-Ribeiro, H., Mattos, A. P., Barreto, D. L., Houghton, L. A., Bailey, K. B., Lander, A. G., & Gibson, R. S. (2015). Understanding the complex determinants of height and adiposity in disadvantaged daycare preschoolers in Salvador, NE Brazil through structural equation modelling. BMC Public Health, 15, 1086. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2406-x

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Gibbs, M. M., Carriquiry, A. L., Capanzana, M. V., & Gibson, R. S. (2014). Establishing desirable fortificant levels for calcium, iron and zinc in foods for infant and young child feeding: Examples from three Asian countries. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 10(1), 112-125. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2012.00405.x

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Mallard, S. R., Houghton, L. A., Filteau, S., Mullen, A., Nieuwelink, J., Chisenga, M., … Gibson, R. S. (2014). Dietary diversity at 6 months of age is associated with subsequent growth and mediates the effect of maternal education on infant growth in urban Zambia. Journal of Nutrition, 144(11), 1818-1825. doi: 10.3945/jn.114.199547

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Gibson, R. S. (2012). A historical review of progress in the assessment of dietary zinc intake as an indicator of population zinc status. Advances in Nutrition, 3(6), 772-782. doi: 10.3945/an.112.002287

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Jack, S. J., Ou, K., Chea, M., Chhin, L., Devenish, R., Dunbar, M., … Leon de la Barra, S., Hill, P. C., Herbison, P., & Gibson, R. S. (2012). Effect of micronutrient sprinkles on reducing anemia: A cluster-randomized effectiveness trial. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 166(9), 842-850. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1003

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George, J., Yiannakis, M., Main, B., Devenish, R., Anderson, C., An, U. S., Williams, S. M., & Gibson, R. S. (2012). Genetic hemoglobin disorders, infection, and deficiencies of iron and vitamin A determine anemia in young Cambodian children. Journal of Nutrition, 142(4), 781-787. doi: 10.3945/jn.111.148189

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Gibson, R. S., Kafwembe, E., Mwanza, S., Gosset, L., Bailey, K. B., Mullen, A., … Filteau, S. (2011). A micronutrient-fortified food enhances iron and selenium status of Zambian infants but has limited efficacy on zinc. Journal of Nutrition, 141(5), 935-943. doi: 10.3945/jn.110.135228

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Gibson, R. S., Bailey, K. B., Parnell, W. R., Wilson, N., & Ferguson, E. L. (2011). Higher risk of zinc deficiency in New Zealand Pacific school children compared with their Māori and European counterparts: A New Zealand national survey. British Journal of Nutrition, 105(3), 436-446. doi: 10.1017/S0007114510003569

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Gibson, R. S., & Anderson, V. P. (2009). A review of interventions based on dietary diversification or modification strategies with the potential to enhance intakes of total and absorbable zinc. Food & Nutrition Bulletin, 30(1), S108-S143.

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Manger, M. S., McKenzie, J. E., Winichagoon, P., Gray, A., Chavasit, V., Pongcharoen, T., … Gibson, R. S. (2008). A micronutrient-fortified seasoning powder reduces morbidity and improves short-term cognitive function, but has no effect on anthropometric measures in primary school children in northeast Thailand: A randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 87(6), 1715-1722.

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Gibson, R. S., Abebe, Y., Stabler, S., Allen, R. H., Westcott, J. E., Stoecker, B. J., … Hambidge, K. M. (2008). Zinc, gravida, infection, and iron, but not vitamin B-12 or folate status, predict hemoglobin during pregnancy in Southern Ethiopia. Journal of Nutrition, 138(3), 581-586.

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Gibson, R. S., Perlas, L., & Hotz, C. (2006). Improving the bioavailability of nutrients in plant foods at the household level. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 65, (pp. 160-168). [Full Paper]

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Gibson, R., Yeudall, F., Drost, N., Mtitimuni, B. M., & Cullinan, T. R. (2003). Experiences of a community-based dietary intervention to enhance micronutrient adequacy of diets low in animal source foods and high in phytate: A case study in rural Malawian children. Journal of Nutrition, 133, 3992-3999.

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Gibson, R., & Huddle, J. M. (1998). Suboptimal zinc status in pregnant Malawian women: its association with low intakes of poorly available zinc, frequent reproductive cycling and malaria. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 67, 702-709.

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