ALLÈS Benjamin
Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (EREN) – CRESS, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, France
- Benjamin Allès is an Epidemiologist at the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) and works within the Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (EREN) of the French epidemiology and statistics research center (CRESS) at the University of Paris, since 2014.
- He is also a Lecturer in Nutritional Epidemiology at Sorbonne Paris Nord University.
- Benjamin Allès mainly studies determinants of food behavior and dietary patterns, focusing on plant-based diets and especially vegetarianisms, in relationship with health, in the context of improving food sustainability.
- Besides his research activities, he has also been involved in national expertise tasks with public authorities such as French ANSES, or international: evaluation of a public health nutrition policy for the European commission, or WHO European NCDs office workshops.
- From 2010 to 2013, Benjamin studied and worked at Laval University in Canada as a PhD Student and post-doctoral fellow respectively, conducting studies about dietary patterns, circulating lipids, and cognitive decline in older people from France and Quebec.
Recent publications:
- Allès B, et al. Comparison of Sociodemographic and Nutritional Characteristics between Self-Reported Vegetarians, Vegans, and Meat-Eaters from the NutriNet-Santé Study. Nutrients. 2017 Sep 15;9(9):1023.
- Allès B, et al. Food choice motives including sustainability during purchasing are associated with a healthy dietary pattern in French adults. Nutr J. 2017 Sep 18;16(1):58.
- Gehring J, et al. Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods by Pesco-Vegetarians, Vegetarians, and Vegans: Associations with Duration and Age at Diet Initiation. J Nutr. 2021 Jan 4;151(1):120-131.
- Reuzé A, et al. Rebalancing meat and legume consumption: change-inducing food choice motives and associated individual characteristics in non-vegetarian adults. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2022 Sep 1;19(1):112.
- Baudry J, et al. Associations between measures of socio-economic position and sustainable dietary patterns in the NutriNet-Santé study. Public Health Nutr. 2022 Oct 10:1-11.