Tammy Tong
BSc, MPhil, PhD
Nutritional Epidemiologist
Tammy Tong joined the Cancer Epidemiology Unit in January 2017. Her main research interest is the role of diet in health, with a particular focus on cardiovascular diseases. Tammy’s current research examines the health effects of a vegetarian diet, using data from EPIC-Oxford and the UK Biobank. Tammy received her PhD in Nutritional Epidemiology from the University of Cambridge, for which she examined the applicability of the Mediterranean diet in a UK context and its association with cardio-metabolic diseases. She also holds a BSc in Human Sciences (University College London) and an MPhil in Epidemiology (University of Cambridge).
Recent publications
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The associations of major foods and fibre with risks of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke: a prospective study of 418 329 participants in the EPIC cohort across nine European countries.
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Tong TYN. et al, (2020), Eur Heart J
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Lifestyle Factors and Risk of Multimorbidity of Cancer and Cardiometabolic Diseases: A Multinational Cohort Study
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TONG YIN. and SCHMIDT J., (2019), BMC Medicine
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Dietary intake of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and changes in body weight in European adults
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Cordova R. et al, (2019), European Journal of Nutrition
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A combination of metabolites predicts adherence to the Mediterranean diet pattern and its associations with insulin sensitivity and lipid homeostasis in the general population: the Fenland Study, United Kingdom.
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TONG YIN., (2019), The Journal of Nutrition
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Risks of ischaemic heart disease and stroke in meat eaters, fish eaters, and vegetarians over 18 years of follow-up: results from the prospective EPIC-Oxford study.
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Tong TYN. et al, (2019), BMJ, 366