Andrea Garber PhD, RD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

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Dr. Garber is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB). She is a nutritionist, with a PhD in Human and Clinical Nutrition from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Registered Dietitian (RD) from UCSF. She is the Chief Nutritionist for the UCSF Eating Disorders Program and Childhood Obesity (“WATCH”) Program. Dr. Garber is a theme leader for nutrition in the School of Medicine curriculum at UCSF and she teaches two courses in the graduate Public Health Nutrition Program at UCB. Her research focuses on obesity and eating disorders. She is currently the Principal Investigator on a study of adolescents with anorexia nervosa and a study of nutrition counseling in obese adolescents. In the community, Dr. Garber has been a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Childhood Obesity Task Force, co-Chair of the Mayor’s Shape Up initiative, and an invited participant to Governor Schwarzenegger’s Obesity Summit.

UCSF Eating Disorders Program
Chief Nutritionist

Weight Assessment for Teen and Clinical Health
Chief Nutritionist

UCSF Childhood and Adolescent Obesity (“WATCH”) Program
Chief Nutritionist

Study of Hospitalized Patients with Anorexia Nervosa
Principal Investigator

Effectiveness of Nutrition Education in a Clinic-Based Weight Management Intervention
Principal Investigator

St. Anthony’s Foundation
Nutrition Advisor (2008)

San Francisco Unified School District
Nutrition Curriculum Trainer (2006)

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Special Task Force
Elected Member (2004-2005)
             
Governor’s Summit on Nutrition, Obesity and Health
Invited Participant (2005)

Major’s Shape-Up Initiative
Appointed Co-Chair (2005-2006)

Madsen KA, Garber AK, Mietus-Snyder M, Orrell-Valente J, Tran CT, Wlasiuk L, Matos RI, Neuhaus J, Lustig RH. A clinic-based lifestyle intervention for pediatric obesity: efficiency and behavioral and biochemical predicators of response. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. In press. 2009

Garber, A.K., Binkley, N.C., Krueger, D.C. & Suttie, J.W. Comparison of Phylloquinone Bioavailability from Food Sources or a Supplement in Human Subjects.  J. Nutr. 1999; 129:1201-3.

Ozer, E. M., Adams, S. H., Lustig, J. L., Gee, S., Garber, A., Rieder Gardner, L., Rehbein, M., Addison, L.A.,  & Irwin, C.E. Increasing the screening and counseling of adolescents for risky health behaviors: A primary care intervention. Pediatrics. 2005; 115:960–968.

Garber AK, Boyer CB, Pollack LM, Chang YJ & Shafer M-A. Body Mass Index and Disordered Eating Behaviors are Associated with Weight Dissatisfaction in Adolescent and Young Adult Female Military Recruits. Military Medicine. 2008; 173: 138-45.