Andrew Prentice

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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

23 Articles 7 Podcasts 15 Videos 12 Publications

Articles from this author

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Stunting of Growth in Developing Countries

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Concluding Remarks

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The Double Burden of Malnutrition in Countries Passing through the Economic Transition

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

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Podcasts from this author

Nourishing healthy brain growth and development in young children

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Critical and sensitive periods in child development

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The regulation of healthy growth in young humans

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Videos from this author

NNIW95: Growth faltering: Underweight and stunting (videos)

NNIW95: Growth faltering: Underweight and stunting

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Interview with Andrew Prentice: What are the barriers to child growth and development? (videos)

Interview with Andrew Prentice: What are the barriers to child growth and development?

Andrew Prentice

Environmental and physiological barriers to child growth and development (videos)

Environmental and physiological barriers to child growth and development

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The Contribution of Nutritional and Ancillary Factors in Breast Milk to Infant Growth and Development in Low-income Countries (videos)

The Contribution of Nutritional and Ancillary Factors in Breast Milk to Infant Growth and Development in Low-income Countries

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Publications from this author

Annales 77.3 - Vitamin D: From Gestation to Adolescence in Health and Disease (publications)

Annales 77.3 - Vitamin D: From Gestation to Adolescence in Health and Disease

Co-Authored by 6 Experts

NNIW93 - Global Landscape of Nutrition Challenges in Children (publications)

NNIW93 - Global Landscape of Nutrition Challenges in Children

Co-Authored by 3 Experts

Annales 75.3 - Meeting the Iron Needs of Young Children (publications)

Annales 75.3 - Meeting the Iron Needs of Young Children

Andrew Prentice

NNIW84 - Next-Generation Nutritional Biomarkers to Guide Better Health Care (publications)

NNIW84 - Next-Generation Nutritional Biomarkers to Guide Better Health Care

Co-Authored by 3 Experts