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RESEARCH GROUPS
Nutrición y Toxicología
Programme: P1. Nutrition; P3. Complications of Obesity; P4. Neurocognition and Environmental-Biological Factors
Lead Researcher: Serra Majem, Lluís Group Members
STAFF MEMBERS: Álvarez Pérez, Jacqueline | Díaz Benítez, Elena María | Hernández García, Raquel
ASSOCIATED MEMBERS: Álvarez León, Eva Elisa | Bautista Castaño, Inmaculada | Domínguez Boada, Luis María | Henríquez Sánchez, Patricia | Nissensohn, Mariela | Pérez Luzardo, Octavio Luis | Ribas Barba, María Lourdes | Román Viñas, Blanca | Ruano Rodríguez, Cristina | Sánchez Villegas, Almudena
Main lines of research
• Assessment of nutritional status in different populations in the context of Public Health Nutrition . Nutritio- nal adequacy methodology in populations and individuals and its repercussions on health .
• Epidemiology and obesity determinants in different populations: children, adolescents and pregnant wo- men .
• Mediterranean diet, chronic diseases and mental disorder . SUN and PREDIMED studies . Effect of an inten- sive lifestyle intervention with an energy-restricted Mediterranean diet, increased physical activity, and be- havioural treatment on the primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases: the PREDIMED-PLUS randomized clinical trial .
• PLANT food supplements: Levels of Intake, Benefit and Risk Assessment: PLANTLIBRA
• Role of Zinc in neurodevelopment and growth . EURRECA .
• European Network of Excellence developing methodologies to standardise the process of setting micronu- trient recommendations . EURRECA NoE
• Incentives and new technologies in the promotion of Mediterranean Diet and physical activity (Credits- 4Health) .
• Interaction of the genetic load with the metabolism of selected micronutrients and with the load of POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants),and the development of the obesity and other chronic diseases .
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