Prof. Francesca Scazzina

Francesca Scazzina is an Associate Professor of Human Nutrition at the Department of Food and Drug Sciences, University of Parma. Since 2009, she has been involved in nutrition education projects carried out in primary schools, and in this context, she has gained in-depth experience in educational health programs and surveys on the child population. She is co-founder and Scientific Coordinator of Madegus srl Impresa Sociale, an academic spin-off of the University of Parma focused on the development of specific strategies and educational tools to improve nutritional knowledge, eating habits, and lifestyles. She is a member of the Governing Council of the Italian Society of Human Nutrition (SINU), as well as collaborating in the SINU-SCOLA working group for the Emilia-Romagna and Marche regions. She is a Senior Collaborator of The Need for Nutrition Education/Innovation Programme (NNEdPro, Cambridge Foundation, Cambridge, UK. She is a member of the Environment and Health section of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA).