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Dr. Samantha Caton is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Medicine and Population Health at the University of Sheffield, where she works within the Academic Unit of Primary Medical Care. Her office is located at Regent Court (ScHARR) on the university campus. She holds an ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9096-0800.
Dr. Caton completed her BSc (Hons) in Psychology at the University of Leeds, followed by an M.Med.Sci in Human Nutrition at the University of Sheffield. She earned her PhD at the University of Liverpool, where she studied the effects of alcohol on appetite regulation and energy balance, combining her interests in psychology and nutrition.
As a biological psychologist, Dr. Caton's research focuses on obesity, appetite regulation, and nutrition, with particular emphasis on infant feeding behavior and promotion of healthful eating in pre-school children. Her work examines how responsive feeding practices impact childhood nutrition and obesity prevention. She has led research on vegetable intake promotion in preschool children and has been involved in the EU FP7-funded "HabEat" project focused on food habit formation in early childhood. She also conducts research on the effects of alcohol on appetite and body weight regulation.
Dr. Caton's publication record demonstrates consistent contributions to nutrition science, particularly in child feeding practices, responsive feeding, and obesity prevention. Her recent work shows increasing focus on socioeconomic determinants of malnutrition, with several 2024-2025 publications analyzing demographic variations in malnutrition in Vietnamese children. She frequently collaborates with international research teams across Europe and Southeast Asia.
- Association for the Study of Obesity (ASO)
- Society for the Study of Ingestive Behaviour (SSIB)
- British Feeding and Drinking Group (BFDG)
Dr. Caton teaches Public Health in Phase 1 of the Undergraduate Medical Degree (MBChB) and supervises Masters dissertations and PhD students. She has co-supervised PhD student Janet McNally at the University of Leeds. Her current research is supported by funding from the ESRC White Rose Collaborative studentship and EU FP7 program.
