Edna Gamboa-Delgado
Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia
Biography
Edna Gamboa-Delgado has her expertise in Nutritional Epidemiology. She is a Nutritionist and Dietitian and has completed her Master in Epidemiology, PhD in Science in Population Nutrition. She is an Associate Researcher (Colombian´s research classification system- Colciencias). Her areas of interest lies in: research in childhood obesity, nutrition and public health, chronic diseases and diet, nutrition education interventions, nutritional epidemiology, design, implementation, monitoring and assessment of food and nutrition programs. In recent years she has been developing a research line on Childhood Obesity, its associated factors and interventions for its control. Currently she is working as an Associate Professor at Nutrition School of Universidad Industrial de Santander in Bucaramanga, Colombia.
Abstract
Abstract : Childhood obesity and parental feeding practices in a Colombian vulnerable population