Amanda Ursell is a qualified dietician and a member of the British Dietetic Association; The Nutrition Society; The Guild of Health Writers and the Guild of Food Writers and has been made a Visiting Fellow at Oxford Brookes University.

In 1999 and 2000 Amanda was voted the most influential health professional in the UK and in 2003 was awarded the HFMA Health Writer of The Year.

Born and brought up in West Sussex, England, Amanda studied at King's College London University where she gained a 2:1BSc degree in Nutrition and the Associateship of King's College (AKC).

President of the Student Nutrition Society, on completion of her degree course, she spent a further  year at King's to be awarded a Diploma in Dietetics.

Amanda worked as a dietician at St Stephen's and Westminster Hospitals, London involved in general inpatient and outpatient work specialising in diabetes, HIV, elderly and antenatal care.   During this period, Amanda also undertook research with the dermatology department investigating the effects of omega 3 fatty acids on chronic plague psoriasis.

The work was published in the European Journal of Nutrition.