Dr Penny Rumbold

Dr Penny Rumbold is an Associate Professor in Exercise Nutrition in the Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation at Northumbria University. Research and teaching interests lie primarily in the promotion of nutritional strategies to improve metabolic health in both adult and paediatric populations. Through her PhD work Penny focused on energy and appetite regulation in young athletes, specifically exploring the appetite and energy intake responses to netball-specific exercise in adolescent girls, under ‘free-living’ conditions. Since completing her PhD in 2010, Penny has been successful in gaining research funding from various industry partners (Dairy Council; Nourishmenow; Cool Milk) to fund one of her research interests focussed around the influence of milk and other dairy products on energy and appetite regulation in females, but also primarily in paediatric populations. Additional research interests also include the influence of active video games on appetite and energy intake in paediatric populations. Most recently Penny has been working collaboratively with local football academies (NUFC) to explore the implementation of nutritional interventions for supporting metabolic health in adolescent-academy football players. Currently this work involves profiling various sources of stress (e.g. high intensity training loads; growth and maturation; severe energy deficits) using measures of thyroid status, that adolescent-academy footballers are exposed to, which may potentially be promoting poor metabolic health. The findings of the profiling exercise will then inform acute and chronic nutritional interventions and educational strategies to facilitate restoration and maintenance of good nutritional practices and metabolic health in adolescent-academy footballers. Penny also works proactively to develop collaborative relationships with local primary and secondary schools to advise on nutritional practices to promote health in young people.

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• Are there interindividual differences in the reactive hypoglycaemia response to breakfast? A replicate crossover trial, Gonzalez, J., Lolli, L., Veasey, R., Rumbold, P., Betts, J., Atkinson, G., Stevenson, E. 1 Dec 2024, In: European Journal of Nutrition
• DE-PASS best evidence statement (BESt): determinants of adolescents’ device-based physical activity and sedentary behaviour in settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Kolovelonis, A., Syrmpas, I., Marcuzzi, A., Khudair, M., Ng, K., Tempest, G., Peric, R., Bartoš, F., Maier, M., Brandes, M., Carlin, A., Ciaccioni, S., Cortis, C., Corvino, C., Di Credico, A., Drid, P., Gallè, F., Izzicupo, P., Jahre, H., Kongsvold, A., Kouidi, E., Mork, P., Palumbo, F., Rumbold, P., Sandu, P., Stavnsbo, M., Vilela, S., Woods, C., Wunsch, K., Capranica, L., MacDonncha, C., Ling, F. 26 Jun 2024, In: BMC Public Health
• DE-PASS Best Evidence Statement (BESt): Determinants of self-report physical activity and sedentary behaviours in children in settings: A systematic review and meta-analyses, Ling, F., Khudair, M., Ng, K., Tempest, G., Peric, R., Bartoš, F., Maier, M., Brandes, M., Carlin, A., Ciaccioni, S., Cortis, C., Corvino, C., Di Credico, A., Drid, P., Gallè, F., Izzicupo, P., Jahre, H., Kolovelonis, A., Kongsvold, A., Kouidi, E., Mork, P., Palumbo, F., Rumbold, P., Sandu, P., Stavnsbo, M., Syrmpas, I., Vilela, S., Woods, C., Wunsch, K., Capranica, L., MacDonncha, C., Marcuzzi, A. 25 Nov 2024, In: PLoS One
• Fluid and electrolyte balance following consumption of skimmed milk and a plant-based soya beverage at rest in euhydrated males, Peden, D., Derbyshire, S., Funnell, M., McLeod, C., Rumbold, P., Hansell, E., Clifford, T., Mears, S., James, L. 1 Oct 2024, In: European Journal of Applied Physiology
• Determinants of physical activity and sedentary behaviour among children and adolescents with disabilities: A narrative review, Yu, J., Wang, W., Peric, R., Khudair, M., Brazo-Sayavera, J., Lopez-Gil, J., Sakalidis, K., Aija, K., Marcuzzi, A., Tempest, G., Brandes, M., Carlin, A., Ciaccioni, S., Cortis, C., Corvino, C., Di Credico, A., Drid, P., Galle, F., Izzicupo, P., Jahre, H., Kolovelonis, A., Kongsvold, A., Kouidi, E., Mork, P., Palumbo, F., Rumbold, P., Stavnsbo, M., Syrmpas, I., Vilela, S., Woods, C., Wunsch, K., Capranica, L., MacDonncha, C., Ling, F., Ng, K. Jun 2023, The 24th International Symposium of Adapted Physical Activity
• Investigation into the transition to online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, between new and continuing undergraduate students, Briggs, M., Thornton, C., McIver, V., Rumbold, P., Peart, D. 1 Jun 2023, In: Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education
• DE-PASS Best Evidence Statement (BESt): Modifiable determinants of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in children and adolescents aged 5-19 years– A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis, Khudair, M., Marcuzzi, A., Ng, K., Tempest, G., Bartoš, F., Peric, R., Maier, M., Beccia, F., Boccia, S., Brandes, M., Cardon, G., Carlin, A., Castagna, C., Chaabene, H., Chalkley, A., Ciaccioni, S., Cieślińska-Świder, J., Čingienė, V., Cortis, C., Corvino, C., de Geus, E., Di Baldassarre, A., Di Credico, A., Drid, P., Fernandez Tarazaga, R., Gallè, F., García Sánchez, E., Gebremariam, M., Ghinassi, B., Goudas, M., Hayes, G., Honorio, S., Izzicupo, P., Jahre, H., Jelsma, J., Juric, P., Kolovelonis, A., Kongsvold, A., Kouidi, E., Mansergh, F., Masanovic, B., Mekonnen, T., Jarle Mork, P., Murphy, M., O'Hara, K., Ozbil Torun, A., Palumbo, F., Popovic, S., Prieske, O., Puharic, Z., Ribeiro, J., Rumbold, P., Sandu, P., Sorić, M., Stavnsbo, M., Syrmpas, I., Van Der Ploeg, H., Van Hoye, A., Vilela, S., Woods, C., Wunsch, K., Capranica, L., MacDonncha, C., Ling, F. 20 Sep 2022, In: BMJ Open
• The potential nutrition-, physical- and health-related benefits of cow's milk for primary-school aged children, Rumbold, P., McCullogh, N., Boldon, R., Haskell, C., James, L., Stevenson, E., Green, B. 1 Jun 2022, In: Nutrition Research Reviews
• Using animations to support student learning in undergraduate physiology, Peart, D., Keane, K., Allen, G., Bruce-Martin, C., Rumbold, P. 8 Aug 2022, In: Journal of Biological Education
• Cow's milk as a post-exercise recovery drink: implications for performance and health, James, L., Stevenson, E., Rumbold, P., Hulston, C. 2 Jan 2019, In: European Journal of Sport Science

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• Other: Additional funds to support the nutritional interventions for metabolic health in adolescent-academy footballers project 2017
• Other: The effect of milk or fruit consumption on subsequent energy intake and appetite in 7-10 y old primary school children 2011

• Marc Briggs Investigating the Dietary Habits of Adolescent Academy Soccer Players Start Date: 27/09/2016 End Date: 15/06/2017
• Ruth Boldon Nutritional Interventions for Thyroid Function in Adolescent Academy Footballers Start Date: 05/02/2020 End Date: 28/09/2021
• Susan Allsop Acute Appetite, Energy Intake and Physical Activity Levels of 8 to 11 Year-Old Boys in Response to Active Video Gaming Start Date: 13/11/2014 End Date: 05/05/2016
• Victoria Duke Nutritional interventions to support thyroid function in female high intensity functional training (HIFT) athletes: a mixed methods exploration. Start Date: 01/03/2024
• Catrin Roberts Moo’ving towards better hydration and cognition in school children: Applying novel neuroimaging technology to determine a neurophysiological basis. Start Date: 01/10/2022
• Graham Mytton Pacing Strategies in Competitive Middle Distance Events Start Date: 09/02/2015 End Date: 11/11/2016
• Dean Allerton Postprandial Metabolic and Appetite Responses Following Whey Protein Supplementation at Breakfast Start Date: 16/12/2015 End Date: 20/04/2017
• Benjamin Green Appetite and Metabolic Responses to Acute and Moderate-Term Dairy Snack Consumption in Young People Start Date: 01/05/2012 End Date: 25/02/2016
• Philip Stead . Start Date: 01/10/2015 End Date: 09/09/2021

• Sport PhD July 05 2010
• Senior Fellow (SFHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2016
• Information not provided Nutrition Society (NS) 2010
• Information not provided Institute for Learning (IFL) 2010
• Sport, Exercise and Nutrition Register SENr