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Friedman Faculty
Odilia I Bermudez
Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health, Tufts University School of Medicine

Education:

Ph.D. in Nutrition, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
M.P.H. in Nutrition and Maternal and Child Health, Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama / Universidad de San Carlos

Contact Information
Phone: 
(617) 636-2194
Fax: 
(617) 636-4017
Email: 
odilia.bermudez@tufts.edu
Research
General Research: 

Interaction of nutrition, diet and chronic diseases, particularly obesity, diabetes and the metabolic syndrome. Ethnicity and culture as determinants of dietary patterns of diverse population groups. Characterization of the epidemiological and nutritional transitions in Latin America. Poverty, food security and malnutrition in Latin America. Global health and food issues.

Select Recent Publications
Peterman JN, Silka L, Bermudez OI, Wilde PE, Rogers BL. Acculturation, education, nutrition education, and household composition are related to dietary practices among Cambodian refugee women in Lowell, MA. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 2011;111:1369-74. Abstract
Lancaster KJ, Bermudez OI. Beginning a discussion of nutrition and health disparities. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2011;93:1161S-2S.
Chomat AM, Grundy J, Oum S, Bermudez OI. Determinants of utilisation of intrapartum obstetric care services in Cambodia, and gaps in coverage. Global Public Health. 2011;6:890-905. Abstract
Lee J, Houser RF, Must A, de Fulladolsa PP, Bermudez OI. Socioeconomic disparities and the familial coexistence of child stunting and maternal overweight in guatemala. Economics and Human Biology. 2011. Abstract
Vossenaar M, Sinak C, Montenegro-Bethancourt G, Bermudez OI, Groeneveld I, Doak CM, et al. Concordance with selected population recommendations for cancer prevention among third- and fourth-grade schoolchildren in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 2010;31:181-92. Abstract
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