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).
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Short Biography
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).