SESSION 1: IMPROVING QUALITY of LIFE PANEL 1.1A: Essential elements of well-being Professor of Public Health Nutrition, University of Chile/London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Ricardo Uauy has served as an expert on multiple WHO/FAO committees, and has received several awards, including the McCollum Lecture award ASN (USA) in 2000, the National Applied Science Award from the Government of Chile in 2012, and the Doctor Ricardo UAUY Honoris Causa by the University of Granada in 2014; he Chile has written more than 350 scientific journal publications and has edited 10 books
Nutrition – th the role of f nuclear techniques for health and dis isease Ricardo Uauy MD PhD IAEA Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology, 28-30 November 2018, Vienna, Austria
WHO. The double burden of malnutrition. Policy brief. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017.
WHO. The double burden of malnutrition. Policy brief. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017.
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