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Cristina Palacios

Academic Title: Professor

Administrative Title: Chair

Name: Cristina Palacios

 

Department: Department of Dietetics And Nutrition

Department Website: http://dietetics-nutrition.fiu.edu/

Institution: Florida International University

 

Address: University Park , PC 318
11200 SW 8th Street
Miami, Florida 33199

 

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Expertise: Her research is currently focused on studying the role of diet and physical activity on obesity and weight gain in infants, children, adolescents, and pregnant women. She has been funded by NIH, USDA, RCMI and RTRN, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She is an active member of the American Society of Nutrition and the Latin-American Nutrition Society (SLAN). In addition, she is a consultant for the World Health Organization in Vitamin D and for the Pan-American Health Organization in infant nutrition.

 

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