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relate to child health, obesity, and associated cardiovascular risk factors. 
A former member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on 
Nutrition, Dr. Stettler has experience in creating, reviewing, and comment-
ing on the scientific aspects of professional organizations, or government 
policies related to child and infant nutrition. Through his medical training 
and teaching of clinical epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania, 
where he was associate professor of pediatrics and epidemiology, he has 
a broad understanding of various scientific and clinical aspects of human 
health and disease. Dr. Stettler’s technical expertise includes child nutrition; 
clinical epidemiology; analyses of existing surveys and medical databases; 
nutrition epidemiology; measurements of energy balance; obesity treatment 
and prevention; pediatric clinical care; tropical medicine; child growth and 
development; Women, Infants, and Children and school nutrition policies; 
food and menu labeling; and public health nutrition. His clinical experience 
includes caring for the complex medical and nutritional issues of children 
with various health conditions, including obesity, hypercholesterolemia, 
cancer, metabolic diseases, diabetes, acute critical conditions, or prematu-
rity. He has served on the IOM Committee on Nutrient Relationships in 
Seafood: Selections to Balance Benefits and Risks. He received an M.S.C.E. 
in clinical epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.D. 
from Lausanne Medical School in Switzerland.