Jose (Pepe) Saavedra is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is a pediatric gastroenterologist, clinician, investigator, and medical and science business executive.
Dr. Saavedra created and developed the Johns Hopkins Children’s Nutrition Center which he directed for ten years and where he carried out ground-breaking research in the area of enteral microbiota and diarrheal disease. Until recently he also held the position of Chief Medical Officer of Nestlé Nutrition, in Vevey, Switzerland.
Dr. Saavedra has an extensive record of publications in the areas of nutrition research, clinical nutrition, intestinal dysfunction, microbiota, and disease preventive nutritional strategies with a focus on early life nutrition and long-term health.
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Microbiota Determinants in Early Life and Their Immunologic Health Consequences
Jose M. Saavedra
Nutrition Education: Application of Theory and Strategies during the First 1,000 Days for Healthy Growth
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Infant Feeding and Opportunities for Obesity Risk Reduction
Jose M. Saavedra
Lessons from the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study in North America What Children Eat and Implications for Obesity Prevention
