Editorial Board Member - JNH

Alex Kojo Anderson
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Foods and Nutrition
University of Georgia
United States
BIOGRAPHY:
Alex Kojo Anderson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Foods and Nutrition, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, the University of Georgia. He holds an MPH and Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Connecticut, where he completed his dissertation research that examined the efficacy of peer counseling in the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in low-income minority communities in Hartford, Connecticut. Dr. Anderson’s research focuses on maternal and child nutrition and young child feeding. He also has strong interest in international nutrition especially in developing countries. Dr. Anderson has worked on studies evaluating the effect of infant feeding on maternal and infant body composition in the United States and also in Ghana. His current research focuses on assessing the impact of pregnancy weight and body composition changes on pregnancy outcome and risk for obesity in mothers and their newborns. He also directs a summer service-learning program to Ghana with students from the University of Georgia, and engage in students in nutrition and health screening and education of populations in selected communities.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Breastfeeding promotion and support
- Early childhood feeding and obesity
- Nutrition, weight gain and body composition changes during pregnancy and pregnancy outcome
- International nutrition
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PUNAM OHRI-VACHASPATI
School of Nutrition and Health Promotion
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Andreu Palou
Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Biotechnology
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Magdalena Pilska
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Farzad Amirabdollahian
Department of Health Sciences
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Neeta Singh
Department of Nutrition
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Antonio Sanchez-Pozo
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II
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Angela Chale
Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences
Montclair State University
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