Mauro Fisberg, MD, PhD
Dr. Fisberg is a fellow from Kellogg´s Foundation (Partners of the Americas Leadership program) and United Nations University (World Hunger Program). He is also past president and general secretary of the Latin American Society for Pediatric Research (SLAIP). He serves as Latin American editor of NUTRITION (2002-2008) and an ad hoc editorial member of JPGHN, Revista de Saude Publica, and others. He has experience in nutrition, focusing on Adolescent Nutrition in the following areas: childhood obesity, food intake and consumption, anemia and nutritional intervention. Dr. Fisberg graduated in Medicine from the Universidade Federal de São Paulo - Federal University of Sao Paulo in 1976 where he specialized in pediatrics and nutrition. He obtained his Ph.D in pediatrics from the Universidade Federal de São Paulo in 1987.