Corinna Hawkes
Corinna Hawkes | |
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Alma mater | Bristol University King's College London |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | City, University of London World Cancer Research Fund International |
Thesis | Mediterranean shrub mortality : a field and modelling investigation (1998) |
Website | www |
Corinna Hawkes is a Professor of Food Policy at City, University of London. She works on policies that improve the quality of diets, both nationally and internationally.[1][2][3] She studies various forms of ill-health relating from diet, including obesity and malnutrition. She Is Vice Chair of the London Child Obesity Taskforce and a member of the London Food Board.
Early life and education
Hawkes studied geography at the University of Bristol. She moved to King's College London as a postgraduate researcher, and earned her PhD in 1998. Her PhD focussed on ecology and food systems.[4][5]
Research and career
After her PhD Hawkes moved to Los Angeles, where she discovered farmers' markets.[6] She returned to the United Kingdom and volunteered for the organisation Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming.[6] She began to research food poverty and became interested in a career in food policy. She also worked in New York City.[6]
Hawkes was appointed chair of the World Health Organisation expert group on the marketing of food and non-alcoholic drinks to children.[7] In 2009 Hawkes joined the International Food Policy Research Institute.[4] She moved to the University of São Paulo where she served as a Fellow in the School of Public Health.[8][9]
In 2012 Hawkes moved to the World Cancer Research Fund International, where she served as Head of Policy and Public Affairs.[10] She established the NOURISHING policy framework of policies that promotes and tracks healthy diets.[11][12] As Hawkes starts from the perspective of the eater, she connects the challenges of agriculture, healthy eating and food security.[13] She published the annual Global Nutrition Report, identifying places for progress.[14] The report includes global targets for nutrition as defined by the Sustainable Development Goals.[6] In the 2015 report, Hawkes made a number of findings, including that he increased number of refugee children results in more stunted growth.[14] She found that the majority of countries are not on target for reducing anemia and obesity.[15] She identified that only 15% of children in developing countries were receiving adequate nutrition.[15]
In 2016 Hawkes was made Chair of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Agriculture.[16] She joined the Centre for Food Policy at City, University of London. Here she looks to make a more sustainable and equal global food system.[17] She led the report Food Systems and Diets: Facing the Challenges of the 21st Century.[18] She was one of several signatories who requested a sugary drink tax in South Africa.[19] She was appointed to the City Hall Food Board in 2017.[20] In 2018 the Mayor of London appointed Hawkes as the Vice Chair of the London Child Obesity Taskforce.[21]
She has written a series of essays on the evidence that must be required to prevent obesity, and is a member of The Lancet commission on obesity.[22][23][24] She has argued that the people of a food system should be involved in the creation of new policies, and that extra value needs to be placed on their lived experiences. Hakwes created a report on food policy for the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, defining the sweetspot of food systems at the intersection of the environment, economy and health.[25] The systems approach recognises that food production is a complex process, which requires cross-government collaboration.[25]
Hawkes is an advisor for the Leverhulme Trust Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health and a member of the EAT Forum.[26][27] She developed their Department for International Development map of agriculture-nutrition research.[26] She has written for The Conversation.[28]
References
- ^ Yach, Derek; Hawkes, Corinna; Gould, C. Linn; Hofman, Karen J. (2004). "The Global Burden of Chronic Diseases". JAMA. 291 (21): 2616–22. doi:10.1001/jama.291.21.2616. ISSN 0098-7484. PMID 15173153.
- ^ Hawkes, Corinna (2006). "Uneven dietary development: linking the policies and processes of globalization with the nutrition transition, obesity and diet-related chronic diseases". Globalization and Health. 2 (1): 4. doi:10.1186/1744-8603-2-4. ISSN 1744-8603.
- ^ Roberto, Christina A; Swinburn, Boyd; Hawkes, Corinna; Huang, Terry T-K; Costa, Sergio A; Ashe, Marice; Zwicker, Lindsey; Cawley, John H; Brownell, Kelly D (2015). "Patchy progress on obesity prevention: emerging examples, entrenched barriers, and new thinking". The Lancet. 385 (9985): 2400–2409. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61744-X. ISSN 0140-6736.
- ^ a b "Connecting with the food system – Corinna Hawkes – Food Thinkers". Food Research Collaboration. 2015-03-31. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ Hawkes, Corinna (1998). Mediterranean shrub mortality : a field and modelling investigation (PhD thesis). King's College London (University of London). EThOS uk.bl.ethos.300580.
- ^ a b c d "Interview with Corinna Hawkes, Honorary Fellow at the City University London Centre for Food Policy". NYC Food Policy Center. 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ "Corinna Hawkes". 2020conference.ifpri.info. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ "Professor Corinna Hawkes". EAT. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ UCL (2018-05-19). "Corinna Hawkes". NIHR Obesity Policy Research Unit at UCL. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ "A new framework for international healthy-diet policies. | Food Climate Research Network (FCRN)". www.fcrn.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ "Professor Corinna Hawkes - Networks of evidence and expertise for public policy". www.csap.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ Hawkes, C.; Jewell, J.; Allen, K. (2013). "A food policy package for healthy diets and the prevention of obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases: the NOURISHING framework" (PDF). Obesity Reviews. 14: 159–168. doi:10.1111/obr.12098. ISSN 1467-7881.
- ^ "We need a food system that works for everyone, and our planet. This is how we can do it". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ a b IFPRI (2018-11-30), Corinna Hawkes, City University of London, UK, retrieved 2019-06-27
- ^ a b "Professor Corinna Hawkes, Director of the Centre for Food Policy, City University London | FCRNfoodsource". foodsource.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ "Authors". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ "Food Thinkers: City Region Food Systems: What, Why, How?". Bristol Food Network. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ "Foresight Lead Expert Group (LEG) | Global Panel". glopan.org. Archived from the original on 2019-06-27. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ "Globally renowned health experts add their names to call for sugar tax in SA". Health-e. 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ "Mayor unveils new London Food Board". London City Hall. 2017-05-03. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ "London's Child Obesity Taskforce". London City Hall. 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ "Experts Urge Action Now for Healthier Lifestyles". 2006. doi:10.1037/e569412006-007.
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(help) - ^ Kain, Juliana; Thow, Anne Marie; Friel, Sharon; Hammond, Ross A.; Wardle, Jane; Jewell, Jo; Smith, Trenton G.; Hawkes, Corinna (2015). "Smart food policies for obesity prevention". The Lancet. 385 (9985): 2410–2421. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61745-1. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 25703109.
- ^ Healy, Melissa. "Obesity, climate change and hunger must be fought as one, health experts declare". latimes.com. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ a b "Food policy experts compile major report for EU Presidency". City, University of London. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ a b "Welcome to Dr. Corinna Hawkes, LCIRAH Senior Advisor! | LCIRAH". www.lcirah.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ "Prof. Corinna Hawkes PhD". EAT. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ "Corinna Hawkes". The Conversation. Retrieved 2019-06-27.