MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (IEU) Seminar Series

Title: Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems

Abstract: 

Food systems are under pressure to deliver both sufficient but also the right diets to growing and rapidly urbanising global populations.  Increasing evidence demonstrates that shifting national diets towards consensual national dietary guidelines is associated with benefits for both population health and the environment.  Simultaneously, projected future environmental change is likely to significantly alter the yield of many important food crops.  These changes are likely to reduce the availability of crops in both food-exporting and food-importing nations with potential impacts on population health.  Understanding the link between agriculture and health, and the impact of environmental change is essential for generating solutions that can ensure future global health.

Biography: 

Alan is Professor of Food and Nutrition for Global Health and Director of the Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.  Alan’s research focusses on the connections between the environment, food systems and health.  Alan runs a large portfolio of interdisciplinary and intersectoral research with an international focus that he has developed with an exciting team of researchers with expertise in epidemiological and mathematical modelling, soil and agricultural science, environmental assessment, climate science, nutrition and health.

All welcome