About
Tilly joined Chichester University in 2013 and combines working at the University with other teaching roles, nutritional consultancy and work with athletes and teams through her company Eat Yourself Brilliant. A specialist working in team sports she is currently the team nutritionist for the Surrey Scorchers BBL team and the LDN Warriors 3×3 basketball team and was the England team nutritionist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
As the module coordinator for the nutrition modules in both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees Tilly’s aim is to make the theory as applied as possible, giving the students real experience that is translatable into performance environments.
Education
1990 BSc Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh
2011 MSc Nutritional Medicine, University of Surrey
2022 PhD Sport and Exercise Physiology, University of Chichester
Professional
Tilly is a full member of the SENr Practitioner Register for performance nutritionists (SENr), the international Professionals in Nutrition for Exercise and Sport register (PINES), the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES), British Dietetics Association (BDA), Associate of Food and Behaviour Research (FAB) and National Health Education Group (NHEG). She is a fellow of the Higher Education Authority.
She regularly speaks at conferences, writes articles in the press, writes online courses for Future Fit Training and has worked with several national and international athletes. She is a member of Akolyte, a specialist coaching group working within esport.
Research
- Game analysis and performance nutrition in junior team sports.
- Nutritional habits and knowledge in junior and grass roots athletes.
- Effectiveness of visual nutrition messaging for behaviour change in elite team sport athletes.
- Effect of accessibility on eating behaviour in elite athletes.
