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

25 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

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

Linden Stocker and Alexandra Kermack - Nutrition for Preconception Health and Fertility - Annales Nestlé - Episode 18

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

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