Karen Peterson

Title

 Associate Professor of Nutrition and Society, Human Development, and Health

Email

 kpeterso@hsph.harvard.edu

Telephone

 617-432-4028

Fax

 617-432-2435

Department

 Nutrition and Society, Human Development, and Health

School

 Harvard School of Public Health

Regions of Interest

  Latin American Region-wide or Comparative Work

Countries of Interest

  United States (Latinos), Mexico, Brazil

Areas of Expertise

  Public Health

Mailing Address

 Harvard School of Public Health 665 Huntington Avenue, 2-331 Boston, MA 02115

Office Location

 Building 2-331

Research Interest

 Childhood nutrition; community-based interventions directed to improving diet and activity in low-income, multi-ethnic populations; effects of lead exposure in infants and pregnant or lactating women

Web Page

 http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/faculty/KarenPeterson.html

Courses

 Growth and Development I Public Health and Nutrition

Publications

 

“Relationship between health services, socioeconomic variables and inadequate weight gain among Brazilian children.” (with Terra de Souza AC,et al).  Bulletin of  the World Health Organization 1999