Associate Professor of Internal Medicine - Department of Medicine - University of Padova. Clinical Activity at the Center for the Study and the Integrated Management of Obesity – Padova University Hospital Author of 137 publications in peer-reviewed international journals. Total Impact Factor JCR 2019: 624. H-INDEX Scopus: 37. Member of the Editorial Board of for the followings international journals: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases (associate editor), Obesity Surgery (associate editor), Eating and Weight Disorders, Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, Nutrients. Co-chairman of the Obesity Management Task Force (OMTF) of the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO). President Elect of the Italian Obesity Society (SIO)