Ina Danquah
© Gregor Hübl
Prof. Dr. Ina Danquah

Affiliations
  • Climate Change and Diets
  • Adaptation for Sustainable Nutrition
  • Nutrition and Climate Change Mitigation
Research topics
  • Nutrition and Planetary Health (HEALTH)
ZEF’s Division of Nutrition and Planetary Health conducts population-based research into the interrelations of climate change and other planetary systems with dietary behaviour, nutritional status, and human health. The current research program focuses on identifying the impacts of climate change on diet and nutrition, characterizing features of sustainable diets, co-designing and testing approaches for climate change adaptation and resilience in the food system, and developing strategies for nutritional benefits of climate change mitigation. The work also comprises aetiological research into overnutrition-related chronic diseases and their interactions with undernutrition and infectious diseases. The regional focus is sub-Saharan Africa.
Selected publications

Osei TB, Osei-Kwasi H, Nicolaou M, Beune E, Agyemang C, Meeks KAC, Bahendeka S, Schulze MB, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Addo J, Hayfron-Benjamin CF, Danquah I. Associations of low-carb diets with glycaemic control and diabetic complications among adult Ghanaians: the RODAM study. Eur J Nutr. 2025;64(5):207. doi: 10.1007/s00394-025-03729-3


Herrmann A, Krippl N, Fischer H, Nieder J, Griesel S, Bärnighausen T, Schildmann J, Mikolajczyk R, Danquah I, Mezger NCS, Kantelhardt EJ. Acceptability of health-only versus climate-and-health framings in lifestyle-related climate-sensitive health counselling: results of a randomised survey experiment in Germany. Lancet Planet Health. 2025;9(6):e456-e466. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00110-X

Okekunle AP, Nicolaou M, De Allegri M, Meeks KAC, Osei-Kwasi H, Stockemer J, de-Graft Aikins A, Agbemafle I, Bahendeka S, Boateng D, Klipstein-Grobusch D, Beune E, Agyemang C, Schulze MB, Danquah I. A multi-dimensional Sustainable Diet Index (SDI) for Ghanaian adults under transition: The RODAM Study. Nutr J. 2024;23(1):117. doi: 10.1186/s12937-024-01009-0

Harrison L, Herrmann A, Quitman C, Stieglbauer G, Zeitz C, Franke B, Danquah I. Effects of a cafeteria-based sustainable diet intervention on the adherence to the EAT-Lancet Planetary Health Diet and greenhouse gas emissions of consumers: a quasi-experimental study at a large German hospital. Nutr J. 2024;23(1):80. doi: 10.1186/s12937-024-00981-x

Yeboah E, Lohmann J, Koulidiati JL, Naasengnibe K, Kyei NNA, Hamadou S, Ridde V, Danquah I, Brenner S, De Allegri M. Quality of nutritional status assessment and its relationship with the effect of rainfall on childhood stunting: a cross-sectional study in rural Burkina Faso. Public Health. 2024;234:91-97.

Ina Danquah
© Gregor Hübl
Prof. Dr. Ina Danquah

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