Dr Jordan Marwood

Jordan Marwood is a postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Obesity Institute. Her work focuses on the roles of emotional and disordered eating in obesity.

Jordan completed her doctoral work at Leeds Beckett, which examined the efficacy of addiction risk factors as predictors of binge eating presence and severity in a community sample. She subsequently worked at the University of Warwick and Aston University in teaching-focused roles, before re-joining Leeds Beckett as a Research Fellow in the Obesity Institute.

Jordan's current research focuses on the role of emotional and disordered eating in obesity, and the need for person-centred weight management care which integrates psychological support where appropriate. Her background in eating disorder research and transition to the field of obesity/weight management highlighted the lack of collaboration and integration between these fields, a topic which is frequently raised by people with lived experience. She established the Obesity and Disordered Coalition to create a likeminded network of people who want to improve awareness, identify gaps in provision, and explore synergies and tensions across the fields of obesity and disordered eating. She has recently been awarded a Small Grant from the School of Health to further this work.

Jordan's recent projects include an evaluation of a MoreLife emotional eating pilot and an OHID funded project determining current use of and demand for psychological support within Tier 2 weight management. She is also a Co-investigator on the Re:Mission evaluation of the NHS Low Calorie Diet Programme, co-leads the Yorkshire Obesity Research Coalition and is co-theme lead of the Weight Management and Wellbeing theme within the Obesity Institute.

Jordan co-leads the 'Research Methods for Nutrition' for a Distance Learning MSc and will also be leading a module on the newly formed MSc in Obesity.