Rate My Professor Lisa Daniels

Daniels' research expertise lies in nutrition and public health, with a specific focus on paediatrics. She leads and co-leads projects examining breast milk intakes in New Zealand infants using the dose-to-mother stable isotope technique, breast milk nutrient composition at 7-10 months postpartum, child health metrics from Plunket electronic records such as growth trajectories, breastfeeding practices, and safe sleep environments, and healthy weight promotion in Māori preschoolers via Ministry of Health B4 School Check data. She contributes to investigations into rapid weight gain in infancy, parental knowledge of food allergens during complementary feeding, the nutritional impacts of baby-led weaning and baby food pouch use on iron status, and freeze-dried donor human milk for premature infants. Her publications include 'Early infant sleep environments: An observational study of New Zealand electronic health data' (Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 2025), 'Household food insecurity, nutrient intakes and BMI in New Zealand infants' (Public Health Nutrition, 2025), 'Video-measured fullness cues in baby-led weaned and traditionally spoon-fed infants and subsequent intake' (Appetite, 2025), 'Household food insecurity and novel complementary feeding methods in New Zealand families' (Maternal & Child Nutrition, 2025), and 'Parent-reported offering of allergen foods to infants during complementary feeding: An observational study of New Zealand infants' (Appetite, 2024). Her work informs infant feeding guidelines and childhood obesity trends in New Zealand.