Dian Luthfiana Sufyan

email: d.sufyan.1@research.gla.ac.uk

School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing, Human Nutrition, New Lister Building, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, G31 2ER

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9534-7976

Research title: Infant snacking and nutritional status in Indonesia

Research Summary

Indonesia faces the double burden of malnutrition. Changes in eating patterns from consumption of traditional fresh foods to ultra-processed foods, such as snacks, are factors contributing to the problem. Parental knowledge, attitudes, and practices and infant's feeding (i.e snackig) behaviours and how they impact infant's nutritional status needs investigation. This programme of research will aim to (1) explore eating and feeding behaviours in children aged 6 months to 5 years, (2) explore parental knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding snacking patterns in Indonesia and determine the extent to which these relate to eating behaviour, satiety and nutritional status (3) develop an intervention using randomised control trial design to address key problem identified during studies 1 and 2. The research will use a mixed methods apporach including cross-sectional studies, focus groups or interview, diet and nutritional assessment, and satiety experiment.

Supervisors

Grants

  • DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) In Country Scholarship 2015-2016
  • Academic Research Grant, SEAMEO RECFON, 2020
  • Orange Knowledge Programme Scholarship for Urban Food System Short Course organized by Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands, 2023 
  • Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP), Ministry of Education and Culture, 2024-present
  • Skills Training Award, College of MVLS, University of Glasgow to attend Advanced Course in Epidemiological Analysis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2025

Additional Information

Dian is currently a Postgraduate Research student in Human Nutrition Department. She obtained her Master of Nutrition from SEAMEO RECFON, University of Indonesia in 2016 with the funding from DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and her bachelor degree in  Health and Nutrition Science from Brawijaya University in 2013. 

Currently, she is employed as a lecturer and researcher at Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta (UPNVJ), Indonesia. Extensively involved in research, she also part of the reviewer board member at Reseach Ethics Committee UPNVJ and 2020 SEAMEO RECFON Affiliated Researcher.

Dian Education in Glasgow is fully funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture, under the Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) regular scheme.


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