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  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Andrew M. Prentice is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their primary research area is Medicine, with 240 publications contributing to the field.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including Nutrition and Dietetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Hematology, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research addresses a range of topics, such as:

  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Iron Metabolism and Disorders
  • Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Infant Nutrition and Health
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Breastfeeding in the Modern World" (2022), published in Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
  • "Global Effect of Modifiable Risk Factors on Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality" (2023), published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Gut microbiomes from Gambian infants reveal the development of a non-industrialized Prevotella-based trophic network" (2021), published in Nature Microbiology
  • "Nutrition in school-age children: a rationale for revisiting priorities" (2022), published in Nutrition Reviews
  • "The Role of Nutrition in COVID-19 Susceptibility and Severity of Disease: A Systematic Review" (2021), published in Journal of Nutrition

Co-authors frequently collaborating with Andrew M. Prentice include Sophie E. Moore, Anthony Cerami, Modou Jobe, Bakary Sonko, and Ana Bonell.

The scientist has published books with Karger Publishers, including "Global Landscape of Nutrition Challenges in Infants and Children" (2020).

Regular publication venues for this researcher include:

  • Wellcome Open Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics

Andrew M. Prentice has been recognized as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • ESHRE guideline: management of women with endometriosis

    G. A. J. Dunselman;N. Vermeulen;C. Becker;C. Calhaz-Jorge

  • Effects of recombinant leptin therapy in a child with congenital leptin deficiency.

    I S Farooqi;S A Jebb;G Langmack;E Lawrence

  • Critical evaluation of energy intake data using fundamental principles of energy physiology: 1. Derivation of cut-off limits to identify under-recording.

    Goldberg Gr;Black Ae;Jebb Sa;Cole Tj

  • Diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases

    EK Amine;NH Baba;M Belhadj;M Deurenberg-Yap

  • ESHRE guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis

    Stephen Kennedy;Agneta Bergqvist;Charles Chapron;Thomas D’Hooghe

  • Obesity in Britain: gluttony or sloth?

    Andrew M Prentice;Susan A Jebb

  • Beyond body mass index

    A. M. Prentice;S. A. Jebb

  • The emerging epidemic of obesity in developing countries

    Andrew M Prentice

  • Body fat reference curves for children

    H D McCarthy;T J Cole;T Fry;S A Jebb

  • Origins of lifetime health around the time of conception: causes and consequences.

    Tom P Fleming;Adam J Watkins;Miguel A Velazquez;John C Mathers

  • Fast foods, energy density and obesity: a possible mechanistic link.

    A. M. Prentice;S. A. Jebb

  • Human energy expenditure in affluent societies: an analysis of 574 doubly-labelled water measurements

    A E Black;W A Coward;T J Cole;A M Prentice

  • High levels of energy expenditure in obese women.

    A M Prentice;A E Black;W A Coward;H L Davies

  • The Relationship among Dental Status, Nutrient Intake, and Nutritional Status in Older People:

    A. Sheiham;J.G. Steele;W. Marcenes;C. Lowe

  • Hepcidin and the Iron-Infection Axis

    Hal Drakesmith;Andrew M. Prentice

  • Critical evaluation of energy intake data using fundamental principles of energy physiology: 2. Evaluating the results of published surveys.

    A. E. Black;G. R. Goldberg;S. A. Jebb;M. B. E. Livingstone

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor is produced by peritoneal fluid macrophages in endometriosis and is regulated by ovarian steroids.

    J McLaren;A Prentice;D S Charnock-Jones;S A Millican

  • Critical windows for nutritional interventions against stunting

    Andrew M Prentice;Kate A Ward;Gail R Goldberg;Landing M Jarjou

  • Accuracy of weighed dietary records in studies of diet and health

    M. B. E. Livingstone;A. M. Prentice;J. J. Strain;W. A. Coward

  • Modification of immune function through exposure to dietary aflatoxin in Gambian children.

    Paul C Turner;Sophie E Moore;Andrew J Hall;Andrew M Prentice

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan A. Jebb
Susan A. Jebb University of Oxford
Tim J. Cole
Tim J. Cole University College London
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski
Dominic P. Kwiatkowski University of Oxford
Philip Bejon
Philip Bejon University of Oxford
Thomas N. Williams
Thomas N. Williams Imperial College London
Charles R. Newton
Charles R. Newton University of Oxford
Ann Prentice
Ann Prentice University of Cambridge
Cyrus Cooper
Cyrus Cooper University of Southampton
Keith M. Godfrey
Keith M. Godfrey University of Southampton
Fenella J. Kirkham
Fenella J. Kirkham University College London

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