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Mr Joe Yates

ANH Academy Co-Director

United Kingdom

I have been with LSHTM since 2013 working across research, programme management and communications. Prior to this I was with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine working on maternal and child health, as well as several roles within newspapers and the music industry.

Since 2016 I have co-led the Agriculture, Nutrition & Health (ANH) Academy - a global network of 9000+ researchers, practitioners and policymakers in 140+ countries. ANH Academy is part of the Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions programme which aims to improve nutrition and health by strengthening tools, capacity and evidence in agriculture and food systems research.

Most of my work is around agriculture and food systems in the context of human and planetary health. I'm fortunate to collaborate with a broad range of colleagues on topics including:

** The impacts of plastics used across food systems
** Political economy and power
** Equity and sustainability in research, education and practice

Affiliations

Department of Population Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Teaching

Circular food systems [module: Nutrition Related Chronic Diseases]

Research

Most of my work is around agriculture and food systems in the context of human and planetary health. I'm fortunate to collaborate with a broad range of colleagues on topics including:

** The impacts of plastics used across food systems
** Political economy and power
** Equity and sustainability in research, education and practice

Selected Publications

A toxic relationship: ultra-processed foods & plastics.
YATES, J; Kadiyala, S; DEENEY, M; Carriedo, A; Gillespie, S; Heindel, JJ; Maffini, MV; Martin, O; Monteiro, CA; Scheringer, M; Touvier, M; Muncke, J;
2024
Globalization and health
Publisher Correction: A call to action for transformation towards nutritious food systems.
Wineman, A; Zanello, G; Degefaw, DM; Samuel, F; YATES, J; Shankar, B; Nutritious Food Systems Consortium,;
2024
Nature food
Assessing needs for interdisciplinarity in agriculture, nutrition, and health education
Roshania, RP; YATES, J; McIntyre, L; Chancellor, T; FIVIAN, E; Hill, M; Isoto, R; Marinda, P; Narayanan, S; Whatford, L; Zotor, F; Khandelwal, S;
2023
Global Food Security
Human health effects of recycling and reusing food sector consumer plastics: A systematic review and meta-analysis of life cycle assessments
DEENEY, M; GREEN, R; Yan, X; Dooley, C; YATES, J; Rolker, HB; KADIYALA, S;
2023
Journal of Cleaner Production
Conflict of interest in nutrition conference financing: Moving towards solutions after IUNS 2022
Harris, J; Carriedo, A; Freire, W; Du Plessis, L; YATES, J; Kadiyala, S; Badham, J; Gillespie, S; Greiner, T;
2022
World Nutrition
Centring human health in the global plastics treaty: a call to action.
DEENEY, M; YATES, J; GREEN, R; KADIYALA, S;
2022
BMJ global health
Trust and responsibility in food systems transformation. Engaging with Big Food: marriage or mirage?
YATES, J; Gillespie, S; SAVONA, N; DEENEY, M; KADIYALA, S;
2021
BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH
Effects of plastics in the food system on human health, food security, and the environment: a systematic scoping review
YATES, J; DEENEY, M; Rolker, HB; White, H; Kalamatianou, S; KADIYALA, S;
2021
The Lancet Planetary Health
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