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Dr. Harry Kennard is a former Senior Research Associate at the Center on Global Energy Policy. His research is centered on the impacts of energy use, particularly on health in the context of the built environment. Since 2020 he has been a lead contributor to the Lancet Countdown‘s Mitigation Actions and Health Co-benefits Working Group, developing research and producing global and regional reports. He co-leads the production of the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction annual Global Status Report, focusing on tracking building energy codes and national commitments to building sector decarbonization.

Dr. Kennard’s PhD thesis, from University College London, examined the relationship between domestic energy use, experienced temperature and health. He also holds degrees in Physics from the University of Oxford (BA) and Cambridge (MaSt), an MPhil in Applied Mathematics from the Open University, an MA in Linguistics from Queen Mary and an MRes in Energy Demand studies from UCL. While at UCL, he produced and hosted the Climate Change and Health podcast. He maintains a keen interest in furthering the public understanding of energy science.

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International food trade contributes to dietary risks and mortality at global, regional and national levels

Food trade is generally perceived to increase the availability and diversity of foods available to consumers, but there is little empirical evidence on its implications for human health. Here we show that a substantial proportion of dietary risks and diet-related mortality worldwide is attributable to international food trade and that whether the contributions of food trade are positive or negative depends on the types of food traded. Using bilateral trade data for 2019 and food-specific risk–disease relationships, we estimate that imports of fruits, vegetables, legumes and nuts improved dietary risks in the importing countries and were associated with a reduction in mortality from non-communicable diseases of ~1.4 million deaths globally. By contrast, imports of red meat aggravated dietary risks in the importing countries and were associated with an increase of ~150,000 deaths. The magnitude of our findings suggests that considering impacts on dietary risks will become an important aspect of health-sensitive trade and agriculture policies, and of policy responses to disruptions in food chains. A large share of all food produced for human consumption is internationally traded, including foods with important public health implications such as fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts and red meat. Using bilateral trade data and food-specific risk–disease relationships, this study estimates the impact of food imports on diet-related health effects per country.

External Publications with Harry Kennard nature food • October 09, 2023
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