Emilio González-JiménezDepartment of Nursing, at the University of Granada (Spain)
Professor of the Master ?Health Care Promotion and Empowerment of people´s autonomy and End of Life Care? of the University of Granada.
Biography
He pursued his Diploma in Nursing in 2005 with a degree in Anthropology in the year (2009) from the University of Granada. He had graduate studies in the field of Physical Anthropology (Masters in Physical Anthropology from the University of Granada in 2007). His PhD was carried out at the University of Granada in the area of physical anthropology on body composition and anthropometric somatology, with European mention. The title of his thesis was: "Evaluation of an educational program on nutrition and physical activity in overweight and obese children and adolescents in the Granada province." He develops his research work in the research group CTS-436 ?Psychosocial and Transcultural Aspects of Health and Illness? (Junta de AndalucÃa).
Research Interest
Practices and risky sexual behavior, Nutritional obesity in adolescents, Inflammation and obesity in adolescents, Relation between nutrition and certain types of cancer, like breast cancer.