Our expert panel – Jacqui Lavin, RNutr

After gaining her masters degree (MMedSci) in Human Nutrition from the University of Sheffield in 1993, Jacquie stayed in Sheffield as a researcher at the Centre of Human Nutrition, investigating the effects of carbohydrate on appetite control. Jacquie obtained a PhD in 1998, and has presented her work at a number of national and international conferences. She has published several academic journal papers and was involved in the preparation of a distance learning masters degree course in human nutrition and supervision of Masters student projects on appetite regulation.

Jacquie became a Registered Nutritionist with the Nutrition Society in 1999, and continues to contribute to the teaching of the Masters in Human Nutrition at the Centre for Human Nutrition University of Sheffield. She also gives lectures on obesity and weight loss to research groups and students of nutrition and psychology.

A member of the Association for the Study of Obesity, The Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, the Nutrition Society, the British Feeding and Drinking Group and the Nutritionists in Industry Group, Jacquie has become a regular contributor to the popular press, including Men's Health, Woman's Own, Best, Zest, Top Sante, Woman, Woman's Weekly, Bella, Sunday Mirror, Sunday People, The Express and Daily Record, advising on nutrition and slimming issues.

She joins bodyOptimise as our expert on nutrition.

"We take our responsibility to all our members very seriously indeed. Our aim, and what we strive so hard to achieve at Slimming World and bodyOptimise is to translate sound dietetic expertise into an effective, attractive, nutritiously balanced and practical long-term solution for slimmers."