Benjamin Caballero, MD, PhD

Benjamin Caballero is Professor of International Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Professor of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University. He received his M.D. degree from the University of Buenos Aires and his Ph.D. in neuroendocrine regulation from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has served on numerous national and international advisory panels, including the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine, the Dietary Guidelines for...See more

Benjamin Caballero is Professor of International Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Professor of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University. He received his M.D. degree from the University of Buenos Aires and his Ph.D. in neuroendocrine regulation from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has served on numerous national and international advisory panels, including the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans Committee, the Food and Drug Administration Advisory Board, and several panels of the National Institutes of Health and the United States Department of Agriculture. His publications include the books Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition, The Nutrition Transition, Obesity in China, and Guide to Dietary Supplements, among others. He teaches the course Principles of Human Nutrition at the graduate program in nutrition at Johns Hopkins. He served as an editor for the tenth edition of Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease. See less