Overview
Background
I am a motivated and enthusiastic Accredited Practising Dietitian and Accredited Sports Dietitian. I am interested in building sustainable foodservices worldwide, sports nutrition for recreational runners and seperate entrepreneurial ventures. I have a passion for clinical research and quality improvement projects in hospital dietetic services. Currently I want to help build sustainable foodservice systems for public/private entities that consider the future of human and planetary health. I am an ambitious individual who loves networking and who is eager to collaborate, please reach out.
My PhD research has focussed on the measurement and management of food waste in hospital foodservices through aggregate food waste audit activities and diverting food waste from landfill.
Availability
- Dr Nathan Cook is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Nutrition and Dietetics, Griffith University
- Doctor of Philosophy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Monash University
Research interests
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Food waste in large settings
Large amounts of food waste occurs in places where foodservices are attached such as hospitals, agedcare, hospitality, sports and music events. Reducing food waste in line with Sustainable Development Goal 12 (halving food waste globally) and diverting it from landfill is the core goal of my research.
Research impacts
- Cited in the Nutrition and quality food standards for health services in Victoria
- Top 10 cited article in 'Nutrition and Dietetics' and the 'Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics'
Works
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2024
Journal Article
Diverting Food Waste From Landfill in Exemplar Hospital Foodservices: A Qualitative Study
Cook, Nathan, Porter, Judi, Goodwin, Denise and Collins, Jorja (2024). Diverting Food Waste From Landfill in Exemplar Hospital Foodservices: A Qualitative Study. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 124 (6), 725-739. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2023.12.010
2022
Journal Article
Food and food‐related waste management strategies in hospital food services: A systematic review
Cook, Nathan, Goodwin, Denise, Porter, Judi and Collins, Jorja (2022). Food and food‐related waste management strategies in hospital food services: A systematic review. Nutrition & Dietetics, 80 (2), 116-142. doi: 10.1111/1747-0080.12768
2022
Journal Article
‘It's a constant changing environment, and we're just playing catch up’: Hospital food services, food waste, and <scp>COVID</scp>‐19
Cook, Nathan, Goodwin, Denise, Collins, Jorja and Porter, Judi (2022). ‘It's a constant changing environment, and we're just playing catch up’: Hospital food services, food waste, and COVID‐19. Nutrition & Dietetics, 80 (2), 201-210. doi: 10.1111/1747-0080.12762
2021
Journal Article
A systematic review of food waste audit methods in hospital foodservices: development of a consensus pathway food waste audit tool
Cook, Nathan, Collins, Jorja, Goodwin, Denise and Porter, Judi (2021). A systematic review of food waste audit methods in hospital foodservices: development of a consensus pathway food waste audit tool. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 35 (1), 68-80. doi: 10.1111/jhn.12928
Supervision
Availability
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Media
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