Tammy Tong
BSc, MPhil, PhD
Nutritional Epidemiologist
Tammy Tong joined the Cancer Epidemiology Unit in January 2017. Her main research interest is the role of diet in health, with a particular focus on cardiovascular diseases. Tammy’s current research examines the health effects of a vegetarian diet, using data from EPIC-Oxford and the UK Biobank. Tammy received her PhD in Nutritional Epidemiology from the University of Cambridge, for which she examined the applicability of the Mediterranean diet in a UK context and its association with cardio-metabolic diseases. She also holds a BSc in Human Sciences (University College London) and an MPhil in Epidemiology (University of Cambridge).
Recent publications
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Hematological parameters and prevalence of anemia in white and British Indian vegetarians and nonvegetarians in the UK Biobank.
Journal article
Tong TYN. et al, (2019), Am J Clin Nutr
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Generalizability of a Diabetes-Associated Country-Specific Exploratory Dietary Pattern Is Feasible Across European Populations.
Journal article
Jannasch F. et al, (2019), J Nutr, 149, 1047 - 1055
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Anthropometric and reproductive factors and risk of esophageal and gastric cancer by subtype and subsite: Results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort.
Journal article
Sanikini H. et al, (2019), Int J Cancer
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RE: "ASSOCIATIONS OF DIETARY PROTEIN INTAKE WITH FAT-FREE MASS AND GRIP STRENGTH: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY IN 146,816 UK BIOBANK PARTICIPANTS".
Other
Tong TYN. et al, (2019), Am J Epidemiol, 188, 977 - 978
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Comparison of Major Protein-Source Foods and Other Food Groups in Meat-Eaters and Non-Meat-Eaters in the EPIC-Oxford Cohort.
Journal article
Papier K. et al, (2019), Nutrients, 11