Jennifer Baker

Dr. Jennifer L. Baker is an Associate Professor in the department of The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. She is also affiliated with the Institute of Preventive Medicine in Frederiksberg, Denmark. The focus of her research program is on the causes and the short- and long-term consequences of body size and growth in childhood, with a particular emphasis on childhood obesity. Her studies have been conducted in Denmark, the United States and several other Nordic countries.