Lukas Kurniawan
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Dr. Lukas Kurniawan

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Affiliations
  • Transdisciplinary Research Area (TRA) „Sustainable Futures”
  • Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH)
  • Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Heidelberg University
Research topics
  • Climate change adaptation and mitigation
  • Children and adolescents’ nutrition
  • Sustainable diet education using innovative approaches for adolescents
  • Dietary pattern analysis
  • Quasi-experimental study
  • Systematic review and meta-analysis
Lukas Kurniawan is a public health nutritionist by training. He has over five years of experience using data-driven insights to improve population health outcomes and drive evidence-based policies. He holds a BSc in Human Nutrition and an MSc in Molecular and Clinical Nutrition. He is also currently a section editor in BMC Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition. At ZEF HEALTH, Lukas is involved in the following projects: 1. ARISE – NUTRINT: reducing nutrition-related noncommunicable diseases in adolescence and youth: interventions and policies to boost nutrition fluency and diet quality in Africa. 2. ALIMUS study: investigating the effect of home gardening and nutrition counselling on climate-sensitive nutrients, undernutrition, and malaria among children under-fives in Kenya and Burkina Faso. 3. IPTi follow-up study: multi-center, prospective cohort study in Ghana on early-life exposure to malaria and nutrition-related non-communicable diseases in adult life
Selected publications

Kihagi GW, Kurniawan AL, et al. Reduced rank regression-derived dietary patterns related to climate-sensitive micronutrients and their associations with child undernutrition among young children in rural Kenya: Findings from the ALIMUS study. BMC Public Health, 2026, 26, 348.

Kurniawan AL, Borga MV, et al. Association between climate-sensitive nutrients, clinical malaria, and anaemia among young children in rural Burkina Faso: An analysis of baseline data from a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Trop Med Int Health, 2025, 31, 181-189.

Kurniawan AL, Theresia T, et al. Digital intervention targeting nutrition and physical activity behaviours among healthy individuals in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review. J Health Popul Nutr, 2025, 44, 348.

Ranisavljev M, Kurniawan AL, et al. Community-based interventions addressing multiple forms of malnutrition among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review. Nutr J, 2025, 24, 69.

Kurniawan AL, Ostojic S, et al. Enhancing adolescent and youth health through nutrition fluency in sub-Saharan Africa: ARISE-NUTRINT initiative. Perspect Public Health, 2024, 144, 215-218. 

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Lukas Kurniawan
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Dr. Lukas Kurniawan

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