Anika Knüppel
PhD
Nutritional Epidemiologist
Anika Knüppel is a nutritional epidemiologist with a profound interest in relationships between diet, lifestyle, psychosocial factors and non-communicable diseases.
At the Cancer Epidemiology Unit Anika will work as part of the Wellcome Trust funded LEAP (Livestock, Environment and People) project. The project focusses on associations between the intake of animal products and physical health. For this, Anika will work with data from large scale prospective cohort studies such as the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) and UK Biobank.
Anika joined the Cancer Epidemiology Unit in 2018 after receiving her PhD in Epidemiology & Public Health from University College London (UCL). There she worked with data from the London-based Whitehall II cohort study investigating links between diet, adiposity and mental health. She holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Nutritional Sciences from Martin Luther University, Germany.
Recent publications
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Circulating insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) concentrations and incidence of 30 cancers: prospective analyses in UK Biobank.
Journal article
Knuppel A. et al, (2020), Cancer Res
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Meat intake and cancer risk: prospective analyses in UK Biobank
Journal article
KNUPPEL A. et al, (2020), International Journal of Epidemiology
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This is not the EAT-Lancet Diet - Authors' reply.
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Papier K. et al, (2020), Lancet, 395
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Author's Reply
Other
PAPIER K. et al, (2019), The Lancet
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Weight change increases the odds of psychological distress in middle age: bidirectional analyses from the Whitehall II Study.
Journal article
Knüppel A. et al, (2019), Psychol Med, 49, 2505 - 2514