Terry Dovey BSc (Teesside) MSc (Surrey) PhD (Liverpool)
Lecturer
Contact details
Room: GG.0.15
Phone: +44 (0)1509 228475
Fax: +44 (0)1509 223940
Email: T.M.Dovey@lboro.ac.uk
Background
Dr Terry Dovey’s primary research focus is feeding problems in children. Although eating disorders are well publicised, knowledge and awareness around feeding disorders in young children is limited. This is despite the fact that feeding disorder is a recognised psychological/medical problem, which probably affects more families around the world than eating disorders. Terry’s career goal is to increase awareness, knowledge and to innovate to create new therapies to help the families and children that suffer from problems around eating. Interested parties can find out a lot more information on this topic in the book Feeding Problems in Children edited by Angela Southall & Clarissa Martin.
Dr Terry Dovey is a lecturer in Psychology in the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University. Prior to joining the LUCRED team in September 2008, Terry was a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Staffordshire University. His BBSRC-funded PhD was conducted at the University of Liverpool in the Kissileff Laboratory for the Study of Human Ingestive Behaviour, and focused on the biological, psychological and individual factors associated with stress-induced over-consumption. In addition to his research focus on children’s feeding disorders, he also writes in the areas of television advertising to children, psychopharmacology of appetite regulation and psychophysical measurements of eating behaviour. Interested parties can find introductory information in the book Eating Behaviour written by Dr Dovey.
Research Interests
Children's eating behaviour; food neophobia; appetite regulation; UEM research; pharmacology of appetite; obesity; body image.
Current research
Food neophobia, picky eating and pathological levels of dietary variety in children.
Sensory components of food choice and the decision to try food.
Microstructural approaches to eating behaviour.
Biological underpinning of appetite regulation.
The pharmacology of weight loss.
All areas of obesity research.
Body image and impression management within food selection
Awards
- 2006: Endocrinology Society President’s Award for Research
- 2004: Young Investigator Award British Feeding & Drinking Group (BFDG).
- 2003: Hot Topic Award North American Association Studying Obesity (NAASO).
- 2003: Young Investigator Award British Feeding & Drinking Group (BFDG)
Selected publications
- TM Dovey., D Clark-Carter., EJ Boyland. & JCG Halford. (2008). A guide to analysing Universal Eating Monitor data: Assessing the impact of different analysis techniques. Physiology & Behaviour (In Press).
- 2. MSB Huda., TM Dovey., SP Wong., PJ English., JCG Halford., P McCulloch., D Kerrigan., K Hayden., JPH Wilding & J Pinkney. (2009). Ghrelin restores ‘lean-type’ hunger and energy expenditure profiles in morbidly obese subjects, but has no effect on post-gastrectomy subjects. International Journal of Obesity, (In Press)
- JCG Halford., EJ Boyland., TM Dovey., MSB Huda, CT Dourish., GR Dawson., & JPH Wilding. (2008). A double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study to quantify the effects of sibutramine on energy intake and energy expenditure in obese subjects during a test meal using a Universal Eating Monitor (UEM) method. Journal of Psychopharmacology (In Press).
- TM Dovey & SJH Biddle. (2008). Understanding the psychology of eating, and not physical activity, is the key to solving the obesity crisis. Sport & Exercise Psychology Review, 4(1), 59-67.
- TM Dovey., PA Staples., EL Gibson. & JCG Halford. (2008). Food neophobia and picky/fussy eating: a review. Appetite, 50(2-3), 181-193.
- JA Harrold, TM Dovey, X-J Cai, JCG Halford & J Pinkney. (2008). Autoradiographic analysis of ghrelin receptors in the rat hypothalamus. Brain Research, 1196, 59-64.
You can view a fuller publications list on the University Publications Database.
External Activities
- Journal Referee
- Appetite, British Journal of Health Psychology, Physiology & Behavior, Eating Behavior
- Learned Societies and Professional Affiliations
- British Food & Drink Group
- Society for the Study of Ingestive Behaviour
- North American Association for the Study of Obesity
- Association for the Study of Obesity
- Visiting Titles
- Honorary Research Fellow for School of Psychology, University of Liverpool
- Invited Lecture / Keynotes
- Keynote Speech to the A-level Psychology Teachers Conference 2008.
- Collaborative Research
- Dr Jason C.G. Halford - University of Liverpool
- Prof John P.H. Wilding - University of Liverpool
- Dr E. Leigh Gibson - University of Roehampton
- Dr Clarissa Martin - Stafford General Hospital
- Prof Sarah Grogen - Staffordshire University