Speakers

Dr Ana Islas Ramos

Nutrition Officer

Dr. Ana Islas Ramos serves as Nutrition Officer in the Food and Nutrition Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) where she leads the work on Dietary Guidelines. Her area of expertise is on consumer behaviour as it relates to food and eating. She earned a bachelor’s degree in nutrition and food science from the Iberoamericana University in Mexico City. Early in her career she worked in food technology, childbirth education and clinical nutrition. Then, Dr. Islas Ramos earned a master’s and a doctoral degree in Nutrition Education from Teachers College Columbia University where she contributed to the development of several nutrition education curricula with behavioural approaches and a sustainability focus. After graduation, she worked on the nutrition education component of a project developing an educational video game for tweens. Later, as researcher for the National Institute of Public Health in Mexico she coordinated the nutrition education component of a large multi-level multi-strategy intervention to promote healthy eating and physical activity in elementary-aged children in Mexico City. In 2013, Dr. Islas Ramos joined, as research associate, the Tisch Center for Food, Education and Policy at Teachers College Columbia University. From 2014 to 2015, she contributed to the revision of the Mexican dietary guidelines.