Cristina is a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, Palo Alto VA Health Care System (United States) and the University of Granada (Spain). Her research is mainly focused on the effect of exercise programmes on the brain and physical health in children with obesity; and the effect of exercise on different fat depots (intermuscular, pancreatic, visceral, subcutaneous, and hepatic fat) in children with obesity. She is now co-leading the PREFIT-UP project which aims to explore the predictive role of physical fitness during preschool ages on cardiometabolic health in adolescence.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation has provided support to the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) for Early Career Network development activities. The Novo Nordisk Foundation has had no influence over award selection or meeting agendas.