Kamala Krishnaswamy

Kamala Krishnaswamy is an Indian scientist in nutrition. She is the former director of the National institute of Nutrition. She was also president of the Nutrition Society of India.[1][2][3][4]

Kamala Krishnaswamy
NationalityIndian
Alma materOsmania University, Karolinska institute
Scientific career
InstitutionsNational institute of Nutrition

Biography

She earned her MBBS and MD in Internal Medicine from Osmania University. She did training in clinical pharmacology in the Karolinska institute in Sweden under a World Health Organization fellowship. She joined the National institute of Nutrition in 1964 and became its director in 1997.[5][6][7]

Books
  • Obesity in the urban middle class in Delhi.[8]
  • Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics in Malnutrition.[9]

References
  1. "Kamala Krishnaswamy". Heinz Nutrition Foundation of India. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  2. Sheila Chander Vir (14 August 2011). Public Health and Nutrition in Developing Countries (Part I and II). WPI India. pp. 956–. ISBN 978-93-80308-75-3. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  3. Bamji (2009). Textbook Of Human Nutrition, 3/E. Oxford & IBH Publishing Company Pvt. Limited. pp. 524–. ISBN 978-81-204-1742-7. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  4. "Dr Kamala Krishnaswamy Fellow". Indian National Science Academy. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  5. "Milk adulteration: FSSAI proposes new norms". Deccan Herald. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  6. "Traditional oil best bet, shows study". Pushpa Narayan. Times of India. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  7. "India: Wonder Foods: Spices". Women's Feature Service  – via HighBeam (subscription required) . 17 March 2003. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  8. Vadera, Bhavin N; Yadav, Sudha B; Yadav, Babusingh S; Parmar, Dipesh V; Unadkat, Sumit V (2010). "Study on Obesity and Influence of Dietary Factors on the Weight Status of an Adult Population in Jamnagar City of Gujarat: A Cross-Sectional Analytical Study". Indian Journal of Community Medicine. 35 (4): 482–486. doi:10.4103/0970-0218.74346. ISSN 0970-0218. PMC 3026124. PMID 21278866.
  9. Krishnaswamy, Kamala (1 January 1983). "Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics in malnutrition". Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 4: 295–299. doi:10.1016/0165-6147(83)90411-X. ISSN 0165-6147.


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