The Society regrets to hear of the death of Professor Kevin Tipton, Director of Science and Research at The Institute of Performance Nutrition, London, UK. Tipton’s interest in exercise science led to a career working with athletes, where his research focused on nutrition and metabolism. He served on the UK Sport Nutritional Supplements Advisory Board and contributed to the sports nutrition programmes of a variety of national and international committees, including FIFA and the International Olympic Committee. He also carried out clinical research, developing nutrition support for patients with brain injuries and worked on the USA National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine, Committee for Military Nutrition Research.

Tipton was a Professor of Sport, Health and Exercise Science at the University of Durham, UK. From 2010-2019 he led the Physiology, Exercise and Nutrition Research Group at the University of Stirling, Scotland. He published over 100 papers, book chapters and review articles.