Alexandra Bellows
Research Fellow, Global Academy for Agriculture and Food Systems, The University of Edinburgh

Alexandra Bellows has a doctorate degree in Philosophy from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a master’s degree in Epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a bachelor’s degree in Human Biology, Health and Society from Cornell University. Her dissertation focused on how nutrition transition is associated with changes in the food environment and dietary intake in rural Bangladesh. 

Summary

Securing Food Systems in Asia and the Pacific Needs an Intersectoral Approach

The pandemic exposed gaps in food systems that call for integrating healthy diets with sustainable resource management and public health.

   Agriculture and natural resources; Environment
   SDG: Goal 2: Zero Hunger; Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being; Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production