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Publication Date: 13 October 2021
Publication Date: 13 October 2021
Presenter(S): Mauro Fisberg, MD, PhD
Location: Virtual
In this 1-hour video, you’ll learn about the importance of child nutrition to support a healthy immune system; review the evidence regarding the impact of nutrients on COVID-19; and describe best practice nutrition strategies to help manage child immune health. This video is not available for CPE credits.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Federal University of Sao Paulo
Coordinator, Feeding Difficulties Center – Pensi Institute
Sabará Children’s Hospital
Jarinu, Brazil
Dr Mauro Fisberg is a Pediatrician and Nutrologist and Senior Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics in the Escola Paulista de Medicina at Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo. He received his medical degree from the Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo. Dr Fisberg is currently Coordinator of the Excellence Center for Nutrition and Feeding Difficulties – PENSI Institute – Jose Luiz E. Setubal Foundation – Sabara Children’s Hospital; Scientific Coordinator of the Healthy Life Style Task Froce, ILSI Brazil; PI (Chair) of Estudio Latino Americano de Nutricion y Salud (ELANS) and Estudo Brasileiro de Nutricao e Saude (EBANS) (Latin American and Brazilian study of nutrition and health); member of the Department of Nutrology of the Brazilian Pediatric Society; and Coordinator of the Feeding Difficulties Task Force of the Sociedad Latinoamericana de Gastroenterologia Hepatologia y Nutricion Pediatrica (SLAGHNP). He is also an alumnus of the United Nations University’s World Hunger Program and the Kellogg Foundation’s Partners of the Americas Leadership Program. Dr Fisberg specializes in adolescent nutrition, childhood obesity, food intake and consumption, anemia, and nutritional intervention.
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