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Prof. Edith Feskens obtained her MSc degree in Human Nutrition from Wageningen University in 1987, and started her PhD at Leiden University in the Department of Social Medicine, completing it in 1991. Her research focused on epidemiological studies related to glucose tolerance and dietary determinants of cardiovascular consequences. In 2005, she became the head of the unit on Cardiovascular Diabetes Epidemiology at RIVM, contributing to significant studies such as the Zutphen Study and European projects on obesity and diabetes. She was appointed an associate professor in Nutritional Epidemiology at Wageningen University in 2005, receiving her personal chair in Nutrition and Metabolic Syndrome in 2008. In 2015, she took on the role of chair in Nutrition and Health throughout the Lifecourse, eventually becoming chair of Global Nutrition in 2018. Her current work emphasizes addressing malnutrition, particularly in low and middle-income countries, and she has been pivotal in developing lifestyle intervention programs for diabetes prevention. Prof. Feskens is actively involved in several scientific boards and foundations related to nutrition, providing guidance on research and policy in the nutrition field.
Wageningen University • Wageningen
Leading research in Global Nutrition and Nutritional Epidemiology.
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