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BSc BGDipDiet MSc

Email kirsten.webster@otago.ac.nz

Senior Teaching Fellow

Kirsten Webster is a Senior Teaching Fellow in the Department of Human Nutrition. She teaches a wide range of topics in 100- and 300-level papers. She is a University of Otago graduate with a BSc and PGDipDiet, MSc and is a registered dietitian.

Publications

Ranasinghe, C., Peddie, M., Smith, C., Scott, T., Fleming, E., Webster, K., Brown, R., Haszard, J., & Houghton, L. (2023). Prevalence of inadequacy of micronutrient intake in a sample of vegetarian and non-vegetarian female adolescents in New Zealand. Medical Sciences Forum, 18(1), 29. doi: 10.3390/msf2023018029

Peddie, M., Scott, T., Ranasinghe, C., Fleming, E., Webster, K., Brown, R., Houghton, L., & Haszard, J. (2022). Macronutrient intakes of a sample of New Zealand adolescent females consuming vegetarian and omnivorous diets. Medical Sciences Forum, 9, 21. doi: 10.3390/msf2022009021

Peddie, M., Scott, T., Ranasinghe, C., Fleming, E., Webster, K., Brown, R., Houghton, L., & Haszard, J. (2022). A sample of female adolescent self-identified vegetarians in New Zealand consume less protein and saturated fat, but more fiber than their omnivorous peers. Nutrients, 14, 711. doi: 10.3390/nu14030711

Yap, J., Ng, H. M., Peddie, M. C., Fleming, E. A., Webster, K., Scott, T., & Haszard, J. J. (2021). How does being overweight moderate associations between diet and blood pressure in male adolescents? Nutrients, 13, 2054. doi: 10.3390/nu13062054

Kumari, S., Gray, A. R., Webster, K., Bailey, K., Reid, M., Han Kelvin, K. A., Tey, S. L., Chisholm, A., & Brown, R. C. (2020). Does ‘activating’ nuts affect nutrient bioavailability? Food Chemistry, 319, 126529. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.126529

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