MSU’s professor India’s only nutritionist in WHO group

Vadodara: A professor from M S University has been selected as a member of the guideline development group (GDG) of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Professor Vanisha Nambiar is the only nutritionist from the country chosen by the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, WHO as a member of GDG (obesity management in children) which comprises of 24 members from across the globe.
Nambiar from MSU’s Department of Foods and Nutrition and deputy director at university’s Office of International Affairs, is among three Indians in GDG which has members from United States, Israel, Spain, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ethiopia, Barbados, South Africa, China, Japan, Guatemala, Iran, Egypt and Uganda. Two other members from India are medical doctors.
In January, WHO had given a call seeking experts to serve as members of GDG that will contribute to the development of a WHO guideline on the integrated management of children and adolescents with obesity using a primary health care approach.
GDG will support WHO in providing input into the scope of the guideline and in the development of key questions in population, intervention or exposure, comparison, outcome format.
All GDG members are supposed to serve in their individual expert capacity and not represent any government, any commercial industry or entity, any research, academic or civil society organization, or any other bodies, entities, institutions or organizations.