Janette Cecile Brand-Miller

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Location: Sydney, Australia.
Work: glycemic index diabetes obesity carbohydrates
Biographical: email contact: jennie.brandmiller@sydney.edu.au Professor Jennie Brand-Miller holds a Personal Chair in Human Nutrition at the University of Sydney, Australia. She is recognised for her work on carbohydrates and diabetes, particularly the glycemic index of foods. She received the 2003 Clunies Ross Medal for contributions to science and technology in Australia and the 2004 Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology Award of Merit. Her books under the series title The New Glucose Revolution have sold over 3 million copies world wide and appeared in 12 languages. She has analysed and compiled tables of composition of over 800 Australian Aboriginal bush foods - the largest wild food database in the world - and has a strong interest in the diet of our ancestors – ‘paleolithic nutrition’. She is the Chair of the Nutrition Committee of the Australian Academy of Science and is Chair of the Board of Directors of a non-profit company (Glycemic Index Limited), which administers a food symbol program for consumers in collaboration with Diabetes Australia and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Since 1998, Jennie has been a proud recipient of a Nucleus® bionic ear. She has taught nutrition at graduate and undergraduate levels for 30 y.
Favourite Publications: American Journal of clinical Nutrition Europen Journal of Clinical Nutrition British Journal of Nutrition Diabetes Care New England Journal of Medicine

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