Dr. Olutayo A. ADEYEMI

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	Name: Olutayo A. ADEYEMI
	Designation: Reader
	Faculty: PUBLIC HEALTH
	Department: Human Nutrition
	Phone Number: +2348169554192
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Biography Olutayo Adedayo Adeyemi (née Akintobi), PhD (Cornell) Dr. Olutayo Adeyemi graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Human Nutrition from the University of Ibadan in 2005 and obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Education from the National Teachers’ Institute in 2008. She worked as a Research and Programme Officer at Food Basket Foundation International between 2006 and 2008. Between 2008 and 2013, she received her doctoral training in International Nutrition (with minors in Epidemiology and Public Affairs) at Cornell University, U.S.A., where she was also a teaching assistant. From 2013 to 2015, Olutayo worked for the Lagos State Government as a Nutrition Teacher in the Lagos State School of Nursing Complex, Igando. She subsequently worked as a National Consultant on Nutrition Education and Capacity Strengthening at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Nigeria Country Office, Abuja, between 2015 and 2019; and in the process made a shift from working primarily in the health sector to working mainly in the agriculture sector and food systems. In 2016, to enable her work out of Lagos where her family is domiciled, Olutayo switched to a part-time position at FAO and began working as an Independent Consultant. She has since consulted for several organizations, including the Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network, Nigeria; Accenture Development Programme, Nigeria; National Cash Transfer Office, Nigeria; International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC; Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Maryland, U.S.A.; Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK; Sahel Consulting Agriculture and Nutrition Ltd, Nigeria; Sight and Life, Basel Switzerland; European Commission Joint Research Centre; and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, Nigeria. In 2024, she is the Project Manager for the Leadership Development for Accelerated Progress in Nutrition in Nigeria Project led by the Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. She has been an Associate Lecturer at the Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, the University of Ibadan since 2017. Olutayo is a member of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria, UK Nutrition Society, American Society for Nutrition, Nigerian Institute of Management, International Academy of Nutrition Educators, New York Academy of Sciences, and Society for Nutrition Education and Behaviour. She is a certified teacher with the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria. Area of Specialization Olutayo specializes in Food and Nutrition Policy. She is particularly interested in implementation research and approaches to translate scientific evidence into household and community impact. She has worked on studies of the enabling environment for food systems and nutrition in both the health and agriculture sectors. Through the consultancies with various organizations, she has supported efforts to increase the performance of the health and food systems in Nigeria and the ability to adequately deliver priority interventions through these systems. At the University of Ibadan, students’ research she co- supervises seek to understand determinants of nutrition outcomes, costs of healthy diets, factors associated with diet quality, and real or perceived impacts of nutrition-related programmes.

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Publications

1. Akseer, N., Tasic, H., Adeyemi, O., & Heidkamp, R. (2023). Concordance and determinants of mothers’ and children’s diets in Nigeria: An in-depth study of the 2018 Demographic and Health Survey. BMJ Open, 13(7), e070876. Click Here

2. Mekonnen, D. A., Adeyemi, O., Gilbert, R., Akerele, D., Achterbosch, T., & Herforth, A. (2023). Affordability of healthy diets is associated with increased food systems performance in Nigeria: State- level analysis. Agricultural and Food Economics, 11(1), 1-27.

3. Akerele, D., Fadare, O., Ogunniyi, A., Rufai, M., & Adeyemi, O. (2023). Effects of food price shocks on nutrition outcomes among farm households in Nigeria: Implications for food-price-related policies. African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Working Paper AFPON-008. Click Here

4. Adeyemi, O., Adesiyun, Y., Omenka, S., Ezekannagha, O., Adanlawo, A., Oyeleke, R., Umunna, L., Aminu, F., Onabolu, A., & Ajieroh, V. (2023). Government budget for nutrition-sensitive agriculture in Nigeria increased following development of related strategy. Food and Nutrition Bulletin Click Here.

5. Ezekannagha, O., Adeyemi, O., Ajieroh, V., & Onabolu, A. (2023). Advancing a multisectoral platform for nutrition-sensitive agriculture in Nigeria: Reflections on effectiveness and lessons learnt. Food and Nutrition Bulletin Click Here

6. Ajieroh, V., Onabolu, A., Ezekannagha, O., & Adeyemi, O. (2023). Fostering an enabling environment for nutrition-sensitive agriculture and food systems in Nigeria. Food and Nutrition Bulletin Click Here

7. Adeyemi, O., Adejoh, V. Anjorin, O., Ariyo, O., Makanjuola, M., Sablah, M. & Onabolu, A. (2023). Nutrition capacity assessment of agriculture extension services in Nigeria. Food and Nutrition Bulletin Click Here

8. Ojo, A., Adeyemi, O., Kayode, F., Oyebamiji, O., Onabolu, A., Grema, A., MacNaughtan, K. & Ajieroh, V. (2022). Evidence-based design process for nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions: A case study of the Advancing Local Dairy Development Programme in Nigeria. Food and Nutrition Bulletin Click Here

9. Adeyemi, O., van den Bold, M., Nisbett, N., & Covic, N. (2022). Changes in Nigeria’s enabling environment for nutrition from 2008 to 2019 and challenges for reducing malnutrition. Food Security. Click Here

10. Adeyemi, O., Phorbee, O., Samuel, F., Sanusi, R., Afolabi, W., Covic, N., Onabolu, A., & Ajieroh, V. (2022). Training to build nutrition capacity in the Nigerian agricultural sector: Initial assessment and future directions. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. Click Here

11. Nisbett, N., Harris, J., Headey, D., van den Bold, M., Gillespie, S., Aberman, N., Adeyemi, O., Aryeetey, R., Avula, R., Becquey, E., Drimie, S., Iruhiriye, E., Salm, L., Turowska, Z. (2022). Stories of change in nutrition: lessons from a new generation of studies from Africa, Asia and Europe. Food Security. Click Here

12. Adeyemi, O., Ajieroh, V., Umunna, L., Aminu, F., & Onabolu, A. (2022). Stakeholders, relationships, and coordination: 2015 baseline study of needed enablers for bridging agriculture-nutrition gaps in Nigeria. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. Click Here

13. Adeyemi, O., Toure, M., Covic, N., van den Bold, M., Nisbett, N. & Headey, D. (2022). Understanding drivers of stunting reduction in Nigeria from 2003 to 2018: a regression analysis. Food Security. Click Here

14. Maziya-Dixon, B., Achterbosch, T. J., Adelekan, A. L., Adeyemi, O., Ajieroh, V., Akerele, D., Alamu, E., van Berkum, S., Byrd, K., Nijhuis, A. P., Onyibe, J., Raaijmakers, I., Samuel, F., Snoek, H.M., Yusuf, A.M., Brouwer, I. D. (2021). Food systems for healthier diets in Nigeria: A research agenda. IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 2018. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Click Here

15. De Filippo, A., Meldrum, G., Samuel, F., Tuyet, M.T., Kennedy, G., Adeyemi, O.A., Ngothiha, P., Wertheim-Heck, S., Talsma, E.F., Shittu, O.O. & Do, T.T. (2021). Barrier analysis for adequate daily fruit and vegetable consumption among low-income residents of Hanoi, Vietnam and Ibadan, Nigeria. Global Food Security 31:100586. Click Here

16. Anjorin, O., Okpala, O., & Adeyemi, O. (2019). Coordinating Nigeria's micronutrient deficiency control programs is necessary to prevent deficiencies and toxicity risks. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1446(1):153-169. Click Here

17. Adeyemi, O.A., Afolabi, W.A., Ferguson, E., Hoyt, J., Lawal, H., Okunola, R.A., Webster, J., & Yohanna- Dzingina, C. (2015). How to strengthen the Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) programme in Northern Nigeria.  feeding-iycf-programme-in-northern-nigeria Click Here

18. Adeyemi, O., Afolabi, W.A., Ferguson, E., Akinyele, I., Lawal, H., Okunola, R., Webster, J., &Yohanna- Dzingina, C. (2014). How to strengthen the CMAM programme in Northern Nigeria and reduce rates of programme defaulting. Click Here

19. Ferguson, E., Webster, J., Yohanna-Dzingina, C., Akinyele, I., & Adeyemi, O. (2014). What are the barriers to attendance to the MNCHW and how can these be reduced? Click Here

20. Adeyemi, O. A. & Oyewole, O. E. (2012). How can we really improve childcare practices in Nigeria? Health Promotion International 29(2):369-377. Click Here

Supervision

CURRENT STUDENTS
Masters Level
1. Cost and Affordability of Healthy Diets and Household Food Security in Nigeria; Emmanuel Adesoji

2. Assessment of Data Availability and Political Commitment in North, West, and Central African Countries; Adam Ahmad

3. Study of Nutrition Data and Political Commitment in Eastern and Southern Africa; Peace Aransiola

4. Assessment of the Relationship between Child Survival Strategies and Nutritional Status in Children Under 5 Years Old; Ayooluwa Ojo

5. Assessment of the Enabling Environment for Biofortified Foods in Nigeria; Salmah Olayiwola

6. Assessment of Diet Quality of Adults in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria; Mosadoluwa Omolade

Doctoral Level
7. Barriers and Enablers of Replacing Iron Folic Acid Supplements with Multiple Micronutrient Supplements in Antenatal Care Delivery in Nigeria; Anuoluwapo Ogundero

8. Factors Associated with Exclusive Breastfeeding and Recommendations for Improving Exclusive Breastfeeding Coverage in Nigeria; Adeola Okijiola

PREVIOUS STUDENTS
Bachelors level
9. Praise Fasoyiro (2023). Coverage of Micronutrient Supplements and its Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women in Ondo State, Nigeria.

Masters Level
10. Olutayo Toromade (2022). Assessment of Nutrition-Sensitive Programming in Non- Humanitarian Food Assistance in Lagos State.

11. Adejoke Adewusi (2021). Factors Associated with Inappropriate Complementary Feeding Practices in Nigeria: A Secondary Analysis of Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey Data 2003–2018

12. Taiwo Aladesanmi (2021). Implementation of Vitamin A Supplementation Policy in Nigeria: Case Study of Kaduna and Jigawa States.

13. Muhammad Momoh (2021). Implementation of Infant and Young Child Feeding Policy in Nigeria: Case Study of Jigawa and Kaduna States.

14. Titilope Olayiwola (2021). Assessing the Inequalities in Micronutrient Supplementation Coverage Among Health System Users in West Africa.

15. Adebimpe Adeniran (2019). Relationship Between Participation in School Gardening and Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Primary School Pupils in Lagos State.

16. Iyanuoluwa Akinyemi (2019). Cost of Diet Assessment in Akinyele Local Government Area, Oyo State.

17. Eric Ezeibe (2019). Diet Cost and Quality Among Women of Reproduction Age in Akinyele Local Government Area, Oyo State.

18. Chinaza Nwamadi (2019). Assessment of Direct and Indirect Benefits of Home-Grown School Feeding Programme Among Participants in Oyo State, Nigeria.

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