MarÃa Luisa Avila-Escalante
University of the Yucatan, Mexico
Biography
She studied nutrition at the Faculty of Medicine of Autonomous University of Yucatan where she now is teaching. Maria Luisa holds a master’s degree in Epidemiology from the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico, and she hold a PhD at Loughborough University. She is interested in the study of human growth, development, obesity, and body composition. During the last six years, she took part in a radio program on nutrition and health in Radio Universidad, in Merida. She has offered clinic consultations on obesity and eating disorders. She holds a Certificated like CONCER since 2016 and CONCAPREN since 2008 from Mexico. Also, holds a SNI level 1. At present, she works as teacher in the degree in nutrition at the Faculty of Medicine of UADY and researcher too. She is researcher supports in projects of the Cinvestav. She is also a teacher of Mexican dance and loves eating chocolates