Karen Light
Karen Light is a Registered Associate Nutritionist with the UK Association for Nutrition (AfN) with an academic background in biochemistry and nutrition and a business background in applied research and consultancy. She was awarded an MSc in Nutrition and Behaviour at Bournemouth University in 2021 and has since worked as a researcher in public health nutrition focussing on solutions to improve health and wellbeing of older adults and underserved communities.
Projects have included investigation of novel foods for people with dysphagia, evaluation of the effectiveness of a digital health coaching intervention for older adults and collaborative work with Uppsala University in Sweden supporting the delivery of an MSc module on Nutrition for healthy Ageing.
She worked on the TANGERINE project to assist in the development of the final outputs and dissemination materials including academic papers and other knowledge mobilisation activities.