Andrew Prentice
- Professor of International Nutrition at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
- Head of the 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
Articles from this author
Calcium and Iron Nutrition Through the Reproductive Life Course
Human Growth Patterns: An Evolutionary and Cross-Species Perspective
Annales 80.1 - Foods for the future and their potential impact on child nutrition
The Triple Burden of Malnutrition in the Era of Globalization
Podcasts from this author
Zulfiqar Bhutta - Early Growth and Impacts on Long-Term Neurodevelopment and Human Capital - Annales Nestlé - Episode 13
Berthold Koletzko - Is Growth in Early Childhood a Window of Opportunity for Programming Long-Term Health? - Annales Nesté - Episode 12
Rosan Mayer - An Update on the Diagnosis and Management of Faltering Growth and Catch-Up Growth in Young Children - Annales Nestlé - Episode 11
Tanis Fenton - Principles, practicalities and pitfalls of growth assessments in infants and children - Annales Nestlé - Episode 10
Videos from this author
Human growth patterns – an evolutionary and cross-species perspective
Round Table: Healthy growth within a healthy planet
Two sides of the same coin: strategies to address over- and undernutrition, Andrew Prentice
Publications from this author
Annales 80.1 - Foods for the future and their potential impact on child nutrition
Nutrition in school-age children: a rationale for revisiting priorities
Annales 79.2 - Children‘s Diets in a Changing World
Annales 78.2 - Gut Microbiota: No Longer the Forgotten Organ