Dr Claire Copperstone

Dr Claire Copperstone

Dr Claire Copperstone

  B.Pharm.(Hons),M.Sc.(Aberd.),Ph.D.(Aberd.),R.Nutr.

Senior Lecturer

Blk A Lvl 1
Mater Dei Hospital
Msida
  +356 2340 1152
Dr Claire Copperstone is a lecturer in Human Nutrition within the Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition at the Faculty of Health Sciences.
She graduated as pharmacist from the University of Malta in 1991 and obtained her Masters in Human Nutrition and Metabolism from the University of Aberdeen in 1994. Her PhD, awarded by the University of Aberdeen in 2013, focused on childhood obesity research, specifically on the validation of an online dietary assessment tool and the feasibility of an intervention to improve diets in Maltese children. She is a locally registered nutritionist and pharmacist and is also registered with the UK voluntary register as nutritionist.
She is a member of the Board of the Faculty of Health Sciences, and member of the Board of Studies for the BSc Applied Food and Nutritional Sciences and Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics. She was also Acting Head of Department in the academic year 2016-2017.
She lectures and has supervised research projects at both undergraduate and postgraduate level and has also been involved in the organisation of continuous professional development seminars within the department.
Dr Copperstone has been a member of several working groups and technical committees including the multidisciplinary group working on The Healthy Plate-Dietary Guidelines within the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Directorate, and also served as a member on the Council of the Professionals Complementary to Medicine(CPCM). She was also a member of the Maltese Presidency working group on obesity in the period 2016-2017 and has represented her department on various international conferences and workshops. She is a member of the British Nutrition Society and is the local contact for the World Obesity Federation.
Her key research interests primarily involve obesity prevention and reduction from a public health perspective.
  • Human Nutrition
  • Diet and health behaviours
  • Obesity prevention
  • Diet and Inequalities
  • Sustainable diets

COPPERSTONE, C. and BONELLO, M., 2020. Health inequalities within professional health education at the University of Malta. European journal of public health, 30, pp. ckaa166-269.

COPPERSTONE, C., 2020. Public health nutrition: current challenges and reflections. University of Malta. Faculty of Health Sciences.

ZARB, J., DE CARO, J.X. and COPPERSTONE, C., 2020. Weight status, eating and sedentary behaviours in Maltese pre-school children living in a high-risk poverty area. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 79.

COPPERSTONE, C., MCNEILL, G., AUCOTT, L. and JACKSON, D.M., 2019. A pilot study to improve sugar and water consumption in Maltese school children. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 1(-),.

COPPERSTONE, L.F.M.A.C., 2019. Meeting Population Dietary Goals in Scotland and Malta: Shared Challenges and Opportunities for Learning. Malta Journal of Health Sciences, 6(1), pp. 29-34.

BORG, M., COPPERSTONE, C. and BORG, M.A., 2018. Parental perspectives on children's meals consumed in Maltese food outlets. European journal of public health, 28, pp. cky213-518.

COPPERSTONE, C.S., DOUGLAS, F.C.G., CRAIG, L.C.A. and JACKSON, D.M., 2018. Parents and schoolchildren talking about food and drink choices–a focus group study. Health Behavior and Policy Review, 5(1), pp. 28-39.

CALDEIRA, S., GENANNT BONSMANN, S.S., BAKOGIANNI, I., GAUCI, C., CALLEJA, A. and FURTADO, A., 2017. Public procurement of food for health. Joint Publication of the Maltese Presidency and the European Union, Brussels, Belgium, .

ZARB ADAMI, R., JONES, P., CAMILLERI, L. and SILLATO COPPERSTONE, C., 2017. Investigating determinants of obesity in 5-to 6-year-old Maltese children.

COPPERSTONE, C.S., MCNEILL, G., AUCOTT, L. and JACKSON, D.M., 2016. Feasibility of a complex intervention to improve diet in Maltese children. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 75.

COPPERSTONE, C.S., MCNEILL, G., AUCOTT, L., CRAIG, L.C.A. and JACKSON, D.M., 2011. Comparison of a web-based tool to measure dietary intake with 24 h recalls in Maltese school children-RealityMalta. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 70(OCE1),.

PULLICINO, E., COPPERSTONE, C., LUZI, L., MCNEILL, G. and ELIA, M., 1996. Relationship between anthropometric indices of body fat distribution and basal energy metabolism in healthy Maltese women. Acta Diabetologica, 33(3), pp. 198-204.

  • FEH1009 - An Introduction to Food Supply Chain Issues
  • FEH2023 - Applied Nutrition
  • FEH3001 - Seminars/Group Learning and Scenarios for Health Professionals 1 - Nutrition
  • FEH3015 - Interventions in Public Health
  • FEH3021 - Concepts of Health, Food, Procurement and Marketing
  • FEH5012 - Professional Studies - Communication and Ethical Issues
  • FEH5019 - Fundamental Studies in Nutrition and Dietetics
  • FSN1014 - Food through the Ages
  • FSN1020 - An Introduction to Laboratory Skills
  • FSN3009 - Health Promotion and Public Health Nutrition: Basic Principles and Applications
  • HSC3002 - Research Methods in the Health Sciences
  • NUR1135 - Introduction to applied biomedical sciences
  • PHL5109 - Health Promotion
Member of the Nutrition Society UK
Member of the Malta Association of Public Health Medicine (MAPHM)
Local Contact World Obesity Federation
Registered with the Association for Nutrition (AFN, UK) and CPCM

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