Dr. Edda Cava, MD, is a specialist in Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition at AOU Maggiore della Carità Novara, Italy. Her previous work experience include a Postdoctoral Research Associate position at Washington University in St. Louis (USA), School of Medicine, Department of Geriatrics and Nutrition in 2015–2017 and previously in 2012–2013. Between 2010–2015, she pursued an internship in Clinical Nutrition at the University of Rome “Sapienza” and at the clinical unit for nutritional rehabilitation in “Villa delle Querce”, Nemi (Rome). Her research interests and expertise include Malnutrition, Body Composition, Glucose homeostasis and Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Diseases, Adipose Tissue and Lipids, Obesity, and Bariatric Surgery. Education background: she followed her clinical Residency in Food Science and Clinical Nutrition at the University of Rome “Sapienza” until 2015, after graduating in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Rome “Sapienza” in 2009. She is Member of the SICOB, IFSO, ESPEN, and SINPE. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Edda-Cava