PUBLIC LECTURE ON “50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INCAP LONGITUDINAL STUDY IN GUATEMALA: CONTRIBUTIONS TO NUTRITION KNOWLEDGE AND POLICY”
Public Lecture on “50th Anniversary of the INCAP Longitudinal Study in Guatemala: Contributions to Nutrition Knowledge and Policy”
Event: International Food Policy Research Institute’s South Asia team is hosting an interactive public lecture on: “50th Anniversary of the INCAP Longitudinal Study in Guatemala: Contributions to Nutrition Knowledge and Policy”
When: 11 December 2019, from 17:00 to 19:30 hrs
Venue: The Dome, Vivanta by Taj Ambassador, New Delhi
Registration details of the event can be found here.
About the Lecture
Overview: The Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP) Longitudinal Study was carried out in Guatemala from 1969 to 1977 and was a village-randomized nutrition intervention trial that yielded important results about impact on child growth and development. Many follow-up studies have been carried out. One is currently underway, and these have traced the long-term impact of the intervention on a wide array of outcomes, including human capital and adult health. This lecture will review the major contributions to nutrition knowledge and policy from these studies.
About the Speaker
Reynaldo Martorell, Ph.D.
Prof Reynaldo Martorell is the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of International Nutrition at the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Atlanta, GA (USA). He obtained a PhD in biological anthropology from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 1973. His research interests include maternal and child nutrition, child growth and development, micronutrient malnutrition, and the emergence of obesity and chronic diseases in developing countries. His current projects take place in Guatemala, Mexico, Vietnam and India.
Previously, he was a scientist at the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP; 1972-77), Associate Professor and then Professor of Nutrition, Food Research Institute, Stanford University (1977-91) and Leading Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University (1991-93). He was chair of the Department of Global Health from 1977-2009. He serves on the Executive Management Team, Food Fortification Initiative; and the Board of Trustees, Helen Keller International, among other appointments. He is an elected member of the USA National Academy of Medicine and the Spanish Academy of Nutrition. His awards include the Kellogg’s International Nutrition Prize from the American Society for Nutrition, the Raymond Pearl Memorial Lecture of the Human Biology Association, the Gopalan Oration and Gold Medal Award from the Nutrition Society of India and the Carlos Slim Award for Lifetime Achievements in Research on Health.
