Jennie Brand-Miller

Janette Cecile Brand-Miller AO FAA (born 1952), also known as Jennie Brand-Miller, Janette Cecile Brand and GI Jennie, is an Australian academic who holds a chair in human nutrition in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney.[1] She is best known for her research and publications on the glycemic index, a term originated by David J. Jenkins of the University of Toronto, and its role in human health.

Jennie Brand-Miller

AO FAA
Born1952 (age 70–71)
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales
Awards
  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (2018)
  • Member of the Order of Australia (2011)
Scientific career
FieldsNutrition
InstitutionsUniversity of Sydney (1978–present)
Websitesydney.edu.au/science/about/our-people/academic-staff/jennie-brandmiller.html

Research interests

Her research interests focus on all aspects of carbohydrates—diet and diabetes, the glycemic index of foods, insulin resistance, lactose intolerance and oligosaccharides in infant nutrition.

Brand-Miller holds a special interest in evolutionary nutrition and the diet of Australian Aborigines. As a nutrition lecturer in 1981, she was investigating Aboriginal bushfood when she came across the glycemic index, a nutritional concept devised by David J. Jenkins and colleagues from the University of Toronto. The glycemic index has since changed the way the world thinks about food, nutrition and dieting.

Publications

Brand-Miller has played a major role in educating the community on the glycemic index. Her books about the low GI diet, including The New Glucose Revolution, have sold more than two million copies since 1996. The most recent title in the series, The Low GI Diet, was published in September 2004. She has published 16 books and 200 journal articles.

The Australian paradox: added sugar consumption

She has come under attack by economist Rory Robertson over her argument that added sugar consumption in Australia has declined in recent decades at the same time rates of obesity increased,[2] which she has dubbed the Australian paradox.[3] Recent research by GreenPool Commodity Specialists for the Australian Sugar Refiners, using Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS "extended series") methodology, has confirmed that apparent consumption of sugar has decreased in Australia over the past few decades.[4] It is worth noting that the ABS is now looking into re-establishing the collection of Apparent Consumption data for Australia. In addition to this, new research by Levy and Shrapnel[5] has confirmed that added sugar from soft drinks has continued to decline, and finally the Australian Governments latest Health Survey[6] indicates that total sugar consumption has decreased from 1995 - 2011/12.

Following an investigation prompted by the Australian economist, two minor arithmetical errors were identified in the original manuscript of The Australian Paradox which were promptly corrected in early 2014.[7] Similarly, complaints about the scientific journal Nutrients publication of The Australian Paradox paper were not substantiated.[8]

Awards and recognition

References
  1. "Professor Jennie Brand-Miller | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  2. Gardner, Tom (2 March 2014), Sweet research goes sour (PDF), HoniSoit
  3. Pascoe, Michael (7 March 2012), "Economist v nutritionists: big sugar and low-GI brigade lose", Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax
  4. Sugar Consumption in Australia - A Statistical Update (PDF), GreenPool Commodities, 4 October 2012, archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2014
  5. Levy, Gina S.; Shrapnel, William S. (2014). "Quenching Australia's thirst: A trend analysis of water-based beverage sales from 1997 to 2011". Nutrition & Dietetics. 71 (3): 193–200. doi:10.1111/1747-0080.12108. ISSN 1747-0080.
  6. "Australian Health Survey: Nutrition First Results - Foods and Nutrients". www.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  7. Barclay, Alan W.; Brand-Miller, Jennie (2014). "Barclay, A.W. and Brand-Miller, J. The Australian Paradox: A Substantial Decline in Sugars Intake over the Same Timeframe that Overweight and Obesity Have Increased. Nutrients 2011, 3, 491-504". Nutrients. 6 (2): 663–664. doi:10.3390/nu6020663.
  8. "Conclusions from OASPA Membership Committee Investigation into MDPI". OASPA. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  9. "News and events".
  10. Morgan, Branwen (13 June 2011), "Nutritionist recognised for pioneering work", ABC News in Science, ABC, retrieved 16 December 2017
  11. "Queen's Birthday 2022 Honours - the full list". Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment Co. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
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