
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

The Triple Burden of Malnutrition in the Era of Globalization

Stunting of Growth in Developing Countries


Stunting of Growth in Developing Countries
Podcasts from this author
Digital agriculture: New frontiers for the food system
Eating better: Enhancing health, sustainability, and food security
Food, planet and health: A complex equation to solve
Human growth patterns – an evolutionary and cross-species perspective
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

NNIW97: The Triple Burden of Malnutrition in the Era of Globalization – 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