Carmen Klinger

Research

Project Title:

The role of the food industry in addressing malnutrition and improving population diets

Areas of interest:

Carmen is a nutritionist specializing in Evidence-based Public Health and Public Health Nutrition. She is a research associate and PhD candidate at the Chair of Public Health and Health Services Research at the LMU Munich with a particular interest in food environment and systems research, planetary health, health equity and integrated knowledge translation.

She pursues her PhD in the FoodSAMSA project (Food environments in Africa: Addressing malnutrition using a syndemics approach) as the lead of work package 2, focusing on the role of the formal food industry in addressing the double burden of malnutrition in South Africa.

Supervisor(s)

Prof. Eva A. Rehfuess

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

M.Sc. – Public Health (2018-2021) at LMU Munich: Focus on Global Public Health, Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Nutritional Epidemiology, Biostatistics

B.Sc. – Nutritional Science (2015-2018) at TU Munich: Focus on Public Health Nutrition, Nutritional Diseases, Clinical Studies, Biostatistics, Biochemistry, Food Microbiology

B.A. – Tourism Management (2011-2015) at Munich University of Applied Sciences: Degree in Economics with focus on Health Tourism and Accessible Tourism

Internship at PAHO/WHO (2019/2020) – Department of NCDs and Mental Health; Risk Factor and Nutrition Unit

Work experience in the fields of epidemiology, clinical studies, quality management, and food logistics in the public and private sector

PUBLICATIONS

• Klinger C, Okanmelu EC, Delobelle P, et al. Tool for assessing food industry commitments and practices to address the double burden of malnutrition: a Delphi study. Global Health. 2025. doi:10.1186/s12992-025-01175-8.
• Holliday N, Delobelle P, Klinger C, et al. Policy implementation and recommendations to address the double burden of malnutrition in South Africa: expert assessment using the expanded Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI). BMC Med. 2025;23,360. doi:10.1186/s12916-025-04191-y.
• Pan American Health Organization. Food, nutrition, and physical activity initiatives in schools in the Americas. Washington, D.C. 2025. doi:10.37774/9789275128220.
• Leibinger A, Holliday N, Huizinga O, Klinger C, et al. Reach and public health implications of proposed new food marketing regulation in Germany: an updated analysis. Eur J Public Health. 2024;34(6):1109–1111. doi:10.1186/s12916-025-04191-y.
• Littlecott H, Krishnaratne S, Burns J, Rehfuess E, Sell K, Klinger C, et al. Measures implemented in the school setting to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 May 2;5(5):CD015029. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD015029.pub2.
• von Philipsborn P, Geffert K, Klinger C, et al. Nutrition policies in Germany: a systematic assessment with the Food Environment Policy Index. Public Health Nutr. 2022;25(6):1691-1700. doi:10.1017/S1368980021004742.
• Wabnitz K, Klinger C, von Philipsborn P. Diabetogene Umweltfaktoren (CME Zertifizierte Fortbildung). Diabetologie. 2022. doi:10.1007/s11428-022-00911-7.
• Kratzer S, Pfadenhauer LM, Biallas RL, Featherstone R, Klinger C, et al. Unintended consequences of measures implemented in the school setting to contain the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022, Issue 6. Art.No.: CD015397. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD015397.
• Klinger C, Geffert K, Hebestreit A, Rehfuess E, von Philipsborn P. Schaffung gesunder Ernährungsumfelder: Ergebnisse des Food-EPI. Public Health Forum. 2021;29(4):315-318. doi:10.1515/pubhef-2021-0088.
• Klinger C, Burns J, Movsisyan A, Biallas R, Norris SL, Rabe JE, Stratil JM, Voss S, Wabnitz K, Rehfuess EA, Verboom B. Unintended health and societal consequences of international travel measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review. J Travel Med. 2021;taab123. doi:10.1093/jtm/taab123.
• Burns J, Movsisyan A, Stratil JM, Biallas RL, Coenen M, Emmert-Fees KMF, Geffert K, Hoffmann S, Horstick O, Laxy M, Klinger C, et al. International travel‐related control measures to contain the COVID‐19 pandemic: a rapid review. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD013717. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD013717.pub2.