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Jessica Jones-Smith

Associate Professor of Health Systems and Population Health, Epidemiology, University of Washington

Associate Professor of Health Systems and Population Health, Epidemiology, University of Washington Dr. Jessica Jones-Smith investigates socioeconomic causes and correlates of obesity risk in both high- and low/middle-income countries. Past and current research pertains to income- and ethnicity-based health disparities in obesity; early life risk factors for obesity; and the nutrition transition and increasing obesity prevalence in low- and middle-income countries.