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Philip R. Nader, M.D., is emeritus professor of pediatrics at the School 
of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Nader has 
been engaged in research in health behavior and the influence of families, 
schools, and communities on child health since the early 1970s. He has 
led and participated in several multidisciplinary research teams examining 
both longitudinal descriptive and randomized population-based interven-
tions for improving physical activity and nutrition. He has been a visiting 
scholar at the Stanford University Institute for Communication Research, 
a Fogarty International Center fellow, and an investigator on Pacific Rim 
Indigenous Health. He continues his active community role in San Diego 
with the San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative and the National 
Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality/Health Resources and Services 
Administration (NICHQ/HRSA) Region 9 Healthy Weight Collaborative. 
He wrote a book and companion curriculum in English and Spanish for 
parents and providers: A Legacy of Health: You Can Prevent Childhood 
Obesity, Practical Ideas from Pregnancy to Adolescence (Phil Nader 
Publications, 2010). Dr. Nader received his M.D. from the University of 
Rochester.