Shweta Khandelwal

Dr. Shweta Khandelwal

Public Health Foundation of India
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Biography

Dr. Shweta Khandelwal is Head of Nutrition Research at the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), Delhi. She is a trained and experienced public health nutrition researcher working in the maternal-child health and nutrition space in India for the last 15 years. Shweta teaches nutrition epidemiology, especially in relation to the rising overweight–obesity, diet-related non-communicable diseases and their risk factors among the Indian population. She has served on expert panels constituted by FSSAI and MoHFW, including oils and fats, sustainable healthy diets, combating high fat, sugar, and salt in the Indian population, etc. Shweta is the lead for capacity-building initiatives in Public Health Nutrition at PHFI. In addition to more than 60 peer-reviewed articles in scholarly journals, she has contributed to more than 100 media pieces, including 35 op-eds in leading international and national print and online platforms. Shweta has also won several prestigious awards, fellowships, and grants in the area of nutrition and chronic diseases.

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