Rachael Taylor (academic)

Rachael Taylor (born 1971) is a New Zealand childhood nutrition academic. She is currently a full professor at the University of Otago.
Academic career.
After a 2001 PhD titled " 'Body composition in children and adolescents : a DXA based study' " at the University of Otago, she worked at Otago, rising to full professor in 2016.
Much of Taylor's research is related to infant and childhood obesity and has frequently made the news.