Position:
Faculty Affiliate
College or Department name:
School of Public Health, Nutritional Sciences
Email:
jonesand@umich.edu
Website:
Office Location:
3846 SPH I, 1415 Washington Heights Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2029
Degrees:
Ph.D. International Nutrition, Cornell University, 2011
B.A., Film Production, The Pennsylvania State University, 2002
B.A., Geography, The Pennsylvania State University, 2002
Research Interests:
Andrew Jones is a public health nutritionist, interested in understanding the influence of agriculture and food systems on the nutritional status of women and children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Specifically, his research examines four major areas:
- how agricultural and landscape biodiversity influences diet quality and food security among smallholder farming households in LMICs;
- how livestock rearing impacts anemia among adolescent girls and women of reproductive age through both nutrition- and infection-related pathways;
- the role of food systems changes associated with the “nutrition transition” in LMICs in potentiating risk of concurrent iron deficiency and obesity, and the impacts of urbanicity and household food security in mediating these dynamics; and;
- the implications for food systems of aligning dietary recommendations with goals for environmental sustainability.
Projects:
Publications:
- Conceptualizing sustainable diets in Vietnam: Minimum metrics and potential leverage points
- Environmental Analyses to Inform Transitions to Sustainable Diets in Developing Countries: a Component of the EATS Project
- Environmental analyses to inform transitions to sustainable diets in developing countries: case studies for Vietnam and Kenya
- The Influence of Household Refrigerator Ownership on Diets in Vietnam