Full Professor and coordinator of the GENUD (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) research group at the University of Zaragoza, Spain
Major achievements include:
Principal Investigator of a number of EU-funded studies, such as HELENA, IDEFICS, EURRECCA, ENERGY, ToyBox, iFamily, Feel4Diabetes, DigiCare4You, GrowH!, Zero_Hiden_Hunger and eProbes
More than 900 papers in peer-reviewed journals
Former member of the ESPGHAN Committee of Nutrition and former President of the Spanish Nutrition Society
H index of 99
Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics) in 2018 and 2019
Award of the Lilly Foundation on Clinical Research
Award of the Spanish Strategy for Nutrition Physical Activity and Obesity
Current interests include: different forms of malnutrition in children and adolescents; impact of socio-economic vulnerabilities in children’s lifestyle and nutritional status; multi-omic approaches to understand the development of obesity and related metabolic complications; and strategies for the prevention of obesity in children
