Dr Charlie Roberts

• Sports Nutrition
• Health Nutrition

• PhD Health, Sport and Human Performance (University of Waikato, NZ)
• MSc Human Nutrition with specialisation in Sport and Exercise Nutrition (University of Glasgow, UK)
• Applied Sport and Exercise Science (Northumbria University, UK)

• British Dietetics Association

Charlie teaches on:

• MSc Sport and Exercise Nutrition
• BSc Sport and Exercise Science

External PhD

• Developing the implementation of nutrition education within the Northamptonshire Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme.

Publications

• Roberts, C.J., Hurst, H.T., Keay, N., Hamer, J., Sims, S., Schofield, K. and Hardwicke, J., 2024. An Appetite to Win: Disordered Eating Behaviours amongst Competitive Cyclists. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching.
• Roberts, C.J., Ryan, D.J., Campbell, J. and Hardwicke, J., 2024. Self-reported physical activity and sedentary behaviour amongst UK university students: a cross-sectional case study. Critical Public Health, 34(1), pp.1-17.
• Callis, L., Russell, M., Hurst, H., Hardwicke, J. and Roberts, C.J., 2023. Room for improvement in sports nutrition knowledge amongst parents and caregivers of male academy soccer players in the UK: a cross-sectional study. Nutrients, 15(20), p.4331.
• Hardwicke, J., Roberts, C.J., Anderson, E. and Magrath, R., 2023. Drafting behind LGB: Transgender athletes in the sport of cycling. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 59(1), pp.58-81.
• Roberts, C.J., Gill, N.D., Baxter, B.A. and Sims, S.T., 2023. Ecological validation and practical challenges of conducting dietary analysis in athletic individuals using a novel remote food photography method mobile phone application. Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise, 6(1), pp.90-96.
• Roberts, C.J., Gill, N.D., Beaven, C.M., Posthumus, L.R. and Sims, S.T., 2022. The Influence of Full-Time Holistic Support Delivered by a Sports Nutritionist on Within-Day Macronutrient Distribution in New Zealand Provincial Academy Rugby Union Players. Nutrients, 15(1), p.17.
• Roberts, C.J., Hurst, H.T. and Hardwicke, J., 2022. Eating disorders and disordered eating in competitive cycling: a scoping review. Behavioral Sciences, 12(12), p.490.
• Roberts, C.J., Gill, N.D., Beaven, C.M., Posthumus, L.R. and Sims, S.T., 2022. Application of a nutrition support protocol to encourage optimisation of nutrient intake in provincial academy rugby union athletes in New Zealand: Practical considerations and challenges from a team-based case study. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 18(6), pp.2263-2276.
• Roberts, C., Gill, N., Darry, K., Posthumus, L. and Sims, S., 2022. Daily protein distribution patterns in professional and semi-professional male Rugby Union players. The Journal of Sport and Exercise Science, 6(1), pp.31-41.

Conference Outputs

• Roberts, C., Gill, N., Beaven, C.M., Posthumus, L. and Sims, S., 2022. Full-time nutrition practitioner support may positively influence meal distribution of dietary protein in provincial academy rugby union athletes. Sport and Exercise Science New Zealand Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Roberts, C., 2022. Semi-Professional Rugby Union Players May be at Risk of Low-Energy Availability. European College of Sport Science, Sevilla, Spain.
• Roberts, C., Sims, S., Gill, N., Posthumus, L. and Beaven, C.M., 2022. Nutrition Knowledge in provincial academy rugby athletes in New Zealand. The 19th Annual International Society of Sports Nutrition Conference, Fort Lauderdale, USA.