Dr Tuck Seng Cheng BSc, MPhil, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher - MaatHRI tuckseng.cheng@npeu.ox.ac.uk
Biography
Tuck Seng is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU), working in a UK-India collaborative platform for maternal and perinatal health research (MaatHRI). His expertise lies in skilfully applying observational and Mendelian randomization analytical approaches to understand aetiology of chronic diseases in mothers and children.
Prior to joining this Unit, he completed his BSc in Life Sciences at National University of Singapore, MPhil in Epidemiology at University of Hong Kong and PhD in Lifecourse Epidemiology at University of Cambridge. Throughout his research career, he has been mainly involved in multiple pregnancy and birth cohort studies in Singapore (Growing up in Singapore towards healthy Outcomes, GUSTO), Hong Kong (Children of 1997), the UK (Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, ALSPAC and Millennium Cohort Study) and the United Arab Emirates (The Mutaba'ah study).
Publications
Cheng, TS., Brage, S., van Sluijs, E., Ong, KK. (2023). Pre-pubertal accelerometer-assessed physical activity and puberty timing in British boys and girls: The Millennium Cohort Study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 1-12.
Ku, CW., Cheng, TS., Ku, CO., Zhou, KX., Cheung, YB., Godfrey, KM., Han, WM., Yap, F., Chan, JKY., Loy, S. L. (2023). Distribution and association of interpregnancy weight change with subsequent pregnancy outcomes in Asian women. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 4834.
Cheng, TS., Ong, KK., Biro, FM. (2022). Adverse impacts of early puberty timing in girls and potential solutions. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, S1083-3188(22)00221-2.
Cheng, TS., Ong, KK., Biro, FM. (2022). Trends towards earlier puberty timing and its likely mechanisms. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, S1083-3188(22)00194-2.
Cheng, TS., Sharp, SJ., Brage S., Emmett, PM., Forouhi, NG., Ong, KK. (2022). Longitudinal associations between prepubertal childhood total energy and macronutrient intakes and subsequent puberty timing in UK boys and girls. European Journal of Nutrition, 61(1), 157-167.
Cheng, TS., Ali, N., Elbarazi, I., Al-Rifai, RH., Al-Maskari, F., Loney, T., Ahmed, LA. (2021). Sociodemographic determinants of prepregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain: The Mutaba'ah Study. Obesity Science and Practice.
Cheng, TS., Day, FR., Perry, JRB., Luan J., Langenberg, C., Forouhi, NG., Wareham, NJ., Ong, KK. (2021). Prepubertal dietary and plasma phospholipid fatty acids related to puberty timing: Longitudinal cohort and Mendelian Randomization analyses. Nutrients, 13(6), 1868.
Chadda, KR., Cheng, TS., Ong, KK. (2020). GLP‐1 agonists for obesity and type 2 diabetes in children: Systematic review and meta‐analysis. Obesity Reviews, 22(6), e13177.
Cheng, TS., Day, FR., Lakshman, R., Ong, KK. (2020). Association of puberty timing with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS medicine, 17(1), e1003017.
Ong, KK., Cheng, TS., Olga, L., Prentice, PM., Petry, CJ., Hughes, IA., Dunger, DB. (2020). Which infancy growth parameters are associated with later adiposity? The Cambridge Baby Growth Study. Annals of Human Biology, 47(2), 142-149.
Cheng, TS., Leung, GM., Hui, LL., Leung, JYY., Kwok, MK., Au Yeung, SL., Schooling, CM. (2018). Associations of growth from birth to puberty with glycaemic indicators at ~17.5 years: evidence from Hong Kong's “Children of 1997” birth cohort. Pediatric Diabetes, 20(4), 380-388.
Cheng, TS., Leung, GM., Hui, LL., Leung, JYY., Kwok, MK., Au Yeung, SL., Schooling, CM. (2018). Associations of growth from birth to puberty with blood pressure and lipid profile at ~17 years: evidence from Hong Kong's “Children of 1997” birth cohort. Hypertension Research, 42(3), 419-427.
Cheng, TS., Kwok, MK., Leung, GM., Schooling, CM. (2018). The associations of breast feeding with infant growth and body mass index to 16 years: “Children of 1997”. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 32(2), 200-209.
Cheng, TS., Loy, SL., Cheung, YB., Cai, S., Colega, MT., Godfrey, KM., Chong, YS., Tan, KH., Shek, LP., Lee, YS., Lek, N., Chan, JKY., Chong, MF., Yap, F. (2017). Plasma vitamin D deficiency is associated with poor sleep quality and night-time eating at mid-pregnancy in Singapore. Nutrients, 9(4), p.340.
Cheng, TS.*, Loy, SL.*, Cheung, YB., Godfrey, KM., Gluckman, PD., Kwek, K., Saw, SM., Chong, YS., Lee, YS., Yap, F., Chan, JKY., Lek, N. (2016). Demographic characteristics, health behaviours before and during pregnancy, and pregnancy and birth outcomes in mothers with different pregnancy planning status. Preventive Science, 17(8), p.960-969.
Cheng, TS.*, Loy, SL.*, Toh, JY., Cheung, YB., Chan, JKY., Godfrey, KM., Gluckman, PD., Saw, SM., Chong, YS., Lee, YS., Lek, N., Chong, MFF., Yap, F. (2016). Predominantly nighttime feeding and weight outcomes in infants. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 104(2), p.380-8.
Quah, PL.*, Cheng, TS.*, Cheung, YB., Yap, F., Saw, SM., Godfrey, KM., Gluckman, PD., Chong, YS., Chong, MF. (2016). Maternal and infant correlates of maternal feeding beliefs and practices in a multi-ethnic Asian population: the GUSTO (Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outciomes) study. Public Health Nutrition, 19(15), p.2789-98.
Loy, SL.*, Cheng, TS.*, Colega, MT., Cheung, YB., Godfrey, KM., Gluckman, PD., Kwek, K., Saw, SM., Chong, YS., Padmapriya, N., Müller-Riemenschneider, F., Lek, N., Yap, F., Chong, MF., Chan, JKY. (2016). Predominantly night-time feeding and maternal glyceamic levels during pregnancy.British Journal of Nutrition, 115(9), p.1563-1570.
Cheng, TS.*, Loy, SL.*, Cheung, YB., Chan, JKY., Tint, MT., Godfrey, KM., Gluckman, PD., Kwek, K., Saw, SM., Chong, YS., Lee, YS., Yap, F., Lek, N. (2016). Singaporean mothers' perception of their three-year-old child's weight status: a cross-sectional study. PLos One, 11(1), e0147563.
Cheng, TS.*, Loy, SL.*, Cheung, YB., Chan, JKY., Pang, WW., Godfrey, KM., Gluckman, PD., Kwek, K., Saw, SM., Chong, YS., Lee, YS., Lek, N., Yap, F. (2015). Sexually dimorphic response to feeding mode in the growth of infants. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 103(2), 398-405.
Cheng, TS., Chen, H., Lee, T., Teoh, OH., Shek, L., Lee, BW., Chee, C., Thomas, B., Godfrey, KM., Gluckman, PD., Kwek, K., Saw, SM., Chong, YS., Meaney, M., Broekman, BFP., Chay, OM., Van Bever, H., Goh, A. (2015). An independent association of prenatal depression with wheezing and anxiety with rhinitis in infancy. Peadiatric Allergy and Immunology, 26(8), 765- 771.
Dong, Y., Cheng, TS., Tsou, KYK., Chan, QL., Chen, CLH. (2014). Feasibility and acceptability of the informant AD8 for cognitive screening in primary healthcare: A pilot study. The Scientific World Journal.