Noel Cameron BEd(Hons)(Nottingham), MSc(Loughborough), PhD(London), CBiol, FIBiol
Professor of Human Biology
Contact details
Room: L.1.08
Phone: +44 (0)1509 223008
Fax: +44 (0)1509 223940
Email: N.Cameron@lboro.ac.uk
Background
Qualified from the Universities of Nottingham (BEd), Loughborough (MSc), and London University's Institute of Child Health (PhD) ). 1984 - 1997 Department of Anatomy at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa as Senior Lecturer and then Professor of Anatomy and Human Biology. Since 1997 the Department of Human Sciences at Loughborough University as Professor of Human Biology.
Research Interests
Normal and abnormal growth and development of children, with particular reference to those living in developing and/or transitional economies. Current research interests include the epidemiological transition in childhood and adolescence and the determinants of risk factors for the obesity, type 2 diabetes and CVD i.e. the metabolic syndrome.
Current research
Factors affecting the development of bone mass and skeletal maturity during adolescence. Determinants of the acquisition of obesity during childhood and adolescence. Early determinants of pubertal development. The determinants of sedentary behaviour in adolescents. Risk factors for the metabolic syndrome in South Asian infants. Adolescent development and environmental pollution.
Awards
- Fellow of the Institute of Biologists (1998)
- Editor-in-Chief Annals of Human Biology
- WHO expert panel on Nutrition (1994-2000)
- Honorarey Professor Department of Paediatrics University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
- Visiting Professor of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
- Grant awards from Wellcome Trust, Child Growth Foundation, Medical Research Council
Selected publications
- Cameron N. Human growth in adverse environments. American Journal of Human Biology 2007 19(5), 615-621
- Cameron N. Body mass index cut offs to define thinness in children and adolescents. Editorial. British Medical Journal 2007; 335:166-7. doi:10.1136/bmj.39281.439178.80
- Cameron N, Preece MA, Cole TJ. Catch-up growth or regression to the mean? Recovery from stunting revisited. Am J Hum Biol. 2005 Jul-Aug;17(4):412-7
- Cameron N, Wright MM, Griffiths PL, Norris SA, Pettifor JM. Stunting at 2 years in relation to body composition at 9 years in African urban children. Obesity Research. 13(1) 131-136 2005
- Cameron N, Griffiths PL, Wright MM, Blencowe C, Davis NC, Pettifor JM, Norris SA. Regression equations to estimate percentage body fat in African prepubertal children aged 9 years. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 80 (1) 70-75 2004
- Cameron N, Demerath EW. Critical periods in human growth: relationships to chronic disease. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 45 159-184 2002 Cameron N, Demerath EW. Critical periods in human growth: relationships to chronic disease. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 45 159-184 2002
You can view a fuller publications list on the University Publications Database.
External Activities
- Journal Activity
- Editor-in-Chief Annals of Human Biology
- Editorial Board: Homo (Germany)
- Editorial Board: Anthropological Science (Japan)
- Editorial Board: American Journal of Human Biology (USA) (1991-2008)
- Editorial Board: Collegium Anthropologicum (Croatia)
- Journal Referee
- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, American Journal of Human Biology, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Annals of Human Biology, Anthropological Science (Japan), Archives of Diseases in Childhood, Biological reviews, British Journal of Nutrition, Collegium Antropologicum (Croatia), European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Hormone Research, Human Biology, Gerontology, Journal of Biosocial Science, Journal of Pediatrics, International Journal of Obesity, Obesity research, Paediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Social Science and Medicine, South African Journal of Science, South African Journal of Psychology, South African Medical Journal, WHO Bulletin
- Learned Societies and Professional Affiliations
- Society for the Study of Human Biology (Executive Committee)
- Human Biology Association (Executive Committee)
- International Associaiton for the Study of Human Growth and Clinical Auxology (Secretary General)
- Instuitute of Biology (Fellow)
- Visiting Titles
- Honorary Professor of Paediatrics, Department of Paediatrics, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
- Visiting Professor of Public and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University.
- Invited Lecture / Keynotes
- 2006 Washington DC, USA. NIH/NIA workshop: Factors in youth that protect against aging processes
- 2006 Princeton, New Jersey. Centre for Health & Wellbeing conference: Height, Health & Living Standards
- 2006 Hvar, Croatia: Croatian Anthropological Society: Women and Obesity
- 2007 61st Nestle Nutrition Workshop Bali, Indonesia
- 2007 International Congress of Human Auxology, Tokyo, Japan.
- Advisory Roles
- Growth and development steering committee Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)
- Collaborative Research
- The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)
- The South African Birth to Twenty Birth Cohort study and Bone Health study (Bt20)
- The Askwasasne Longitudinal study of adolescent development and environmental pollution (with Professor Lawrence Schell)
- The Born in Bradford Birth Cohort.