DrKim Anastasiou

Dr Kim Anastasiou is a Research Fellow in the School of Public Health, University of Sydney. Her work is focused on understanding and improving the health, environmental and equity impacts of food systems. Her current research focuses on understanding the environmental impacts of ultra-processed foods and; conceptualising the drivers and impacts of first-food systems on outcomes for infants and young children. Previous work has included: determining the health, equity and environmental impacts of Australian food policies, working on EAT-Lancet 2.0, investigating the environmental impacts of ultra-processed foods (PhD topic) and a wide variety of public health nutrition research projects. 

Kim is an advocate for the transformative changes needed to create healthier, more equitable and more sustainable food systems. She is currently an executive board member of Healthy Food Systems Australia, working towards holistic food policy changes. Previously, Kim has held the roles of ‘Young Scientist’ for the UN FAO’s World Food Forum (2022-23) and ‘Youth Liaison’ for the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit (2021). She has also been involved in advocacy activities relating to the Nyéléni Declaration on Food Sovereignty (2024-25) and the Climate Conference of Parties (2021-22).