University of Zaragoza

The group at the UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA (University of Zaragoza), Spain (UniZar) has a multidisciplinary background, implementing a multidisciplinary-based intervention combining nutritional-physical activity-psychological support approach. This research programme is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Health (FIS PI052451, www.estudioevasyon.com/). All physicians are experts in running clinical and public health investigations in conjunction with nurses, dieticians and physical activity trainers, in performing body composition techniques and indirect calorimetry. The main research activity of the group concerns the study of nutritional status and body composition in children and adolescents.