Author

Andrew Prentice

Professor of International Nutrition at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Head of the Nutrition & Planetary Health Theme at the MRC Unit The Gambia (MRCG)
Through a combination of discovery research and clinical trials his team is focused on developing better interventions in maternal and child nutrition
Contributed to numerous national and international expert groups and advisory bodies
Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences and was recently elected as an International Member of the US National Academy of Sciences
Specific interests are in iron, infection and anemia, and how the maternal diet at the time of conceiving a baby affects the fetal epigenome with life-long effects on health

28 Articles

30 Podcasts

16 Videos

13 Publications

Articles from this author

Clinical Implications of New Insights into Hepcidin-Mediated Regulation of Iron Absorption and Metabolism

Growth Faltering: Underweight and Stunting

Stunting of Growth in Developing Countries

Environmental and Physiological Barriers to Child Growth and Development

Stunting in Developing Countries

Applications of Nutritional Biomarkers in Global Health Settings

Podcasts from this author

Stanley Zlotkin - Micronutrient Powders: Scaling simple solutions for micronutrient deficiencies - Milestones in Pediatric Nutrition - Episode 3

Keith West - Universal Vitamin A: The public‑health impact of large‑scale supplementation - Milestones in Pediatric Nutrition - Episode 2

Mercedes de Onis - Milestones in Pediatric Nutrition - WHO Growth Standards: How global growth curves transformed assessment and policy - Episode 1

Kate Ward - Calcium and Iron Nutrition Through the Reproductive Life Course - Annales Nestlé - Episode 21

Otilia Perichart-Perera - Nutrition for Optimal Lactation - Annales Nestlé - Episode 20

Nandita Perumal - Nutrition During Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes - Annales Nestlé - Episode 19

Videos from this author

Nutrition Challenges and Issues of Relevance to Adolescents in Low and Middle Income Countries

Strategies to Prevent Iron Deficiency in Developing and Developed Countries

Nutritional Biomarkers in Global Public Health

Nutrition and Chronic Disease

Publications from this author

NNIW63 - Emerging Societies – Coexistence of Childhood Malnutrition and Obesity