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Marita Hennessy is a Health Research Board-funded SPHeRE Scholar within the Health Behaviour Change Research Group in the School of Psychology at NUI Galway where she is investigating health professional-delivered early life obesity prevention interventions. Her research interests include maternal and child health, obesity, nutrition, weight stigma, health inequalities, men’s health, commercial determinants of health, health behaviour change interventions, and implementation science. She is experienced in a range of research methods including qualitative, mixed methods, systematic review, and creative approaches.