Diabetes

Biography

He is a retired professor from Università di Firenze, Dept Pediatrics. 39055215744; emeritus member of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, member of the Academy of Sciences of India Union. (born 1933) directed the Gastroenterology Research Unit, a third level referral center in the department of Pediatrics of the University of Florence (Meyer hospital) from 1965 to 2000. In Tuscany I first diagnosed celiac disease by the Watson capsule. I worked at the Cornell University for a joined research with the University of Florence on energy expenditure in children. A long term strategy was designed with Giuliano Parrini, prof. of Physics (Firenze, It), Andrea Giommi, prof. of Statistics (Firenze, It), and Cutberto Garza, Boston College, Rector. Three students came from Amsterdam Medical Center to learn “Initial Hunger (IH)”. The Unit published 150 scientific articles, more than 50 in international Press

Research Interest

Current interest: Loss of hunger sensations as cause of alimentary diabetes and malnutrition