Carine M. Lenders, MD, MS, ScD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Biography
Dr. Lenders is a globally recognized pediatric nutrition expert with 25+ years experience. She is the Founding Director of the Nutrition and Fitness for Life (NFL) program, established in 2003, where she pioneered pediatric obesity approaches at the New England largest safety-net hospital. As Nutrition MD at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH), she co-led the OWL (obesity) program for five years, oversaw inpatients nutrition teams for over 20 years, and established the phamacological dose of intravenous fish oil in use today. Dr. Lenders also developed BMC’s pediatric inpatient nutrition model, including a Nutrition MD, to oversee inpatient nutrition safety, and she secured many INDs for intestinal failure-associated liver injury.
A Harvard and ULg trained global health physician and nutrition scientist, Dr. Lenders has served MSF in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the ICCDR,B in Bangladesh, and led AFINS in Vietnam. She led transformative initiatives, including revamping the BU medical school nutrition curriculum, training 40,000+ medical professionals worldwide, and reducing hospital malnutrition by 30% in Vietnam. Her global work earned Vietnam’s “Medal of Honor for the People’s Health” and ASN’s Roland L. Weinsier Award, for an outstanding career and innovations in medical nutrition.
Board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists, Dr. Lenders is an Associate Professor of Pediatric, who influences policy in Massachusetts and Nationally. She secured federal and foundation funding, authored 70+ publications and led educational efforts in 100+ countries, integrating clinical care, research and education to improve global health outcomes.
Other Positions
- Member, Boston Nutrition Obesity Research Center, Boston University
Education
- Université de Liège, MD
- Harvard School of Public Health, ScD
- Université de Liège, MS
Publications
- Published on 11/17/2023
Donovan K, Thomas OW, Sweeney T, Ryan TJ, Kytomaa S, Zhao M, Zhong W, Long M, Rajendran I, Sarfaty S, Lenders C. Eat to Treat: The Methods and Assessments of a Culinary Medicine Seminar for Future Physicians and Practicing Clinicians. Nutrients. 2023 Nov 17; 15(22). PMID: 38004212.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/28/2019
Lenders CM, Twillman GB. Update on Nutrition, Metabolism, and Lifestyle Curricula for Medical Education, Research, and Practice: USA. Nestle Nutr Inst Workshop Ser. 2019; 92:151-160. PMID: 31779010.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/1/2019
Van Horn L, Lenders CM, Pratt CA, Beech B, Carney PA, Dietz W, DiMaria-Ghalili R, Harlan T, Hash R, Kohlmeier M, Kolasa K, Krebs NF, Kushner RF, Lieh-Lai M, Lindsley J, Meacham S, Nicastro H, Nowson C, Palmer C, Paniagua M, Philips E, Ray S, Rose S, Salive M, Schofield M, Thompson K, Trilk JL, Twillman G, White JD, Zappalà G, Vargas A, Lynch C. Advancing Nutrition Education, Training, and Research for Medical Students, Residents, Fellows, Attending Physicians, and Other Clinicians: Building Competencies and Interdisciplinary Coordination. Adv Nutr. 2019 11 01; 10(6):1181-1200. PMID: 31728505.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/1/2019
Srivastava G, Fox CK, Kelly AS, Jastreboff AM, Browne AF, Browne NT, Pratt JSA, Bolling C, Michalsky MP, Cook S, Lenders CM, Apovian CM. Clinical Considerations Regarding the Use of Obesity Pharmacotherapy in Adolescents with Obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2019 02; 27(2):190-204. PMID: 30677262.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/12/2018
Srivastava G, Palmer KD, Ireland KA, McCarthy AC, Donovan KE, Manders AJ, McDougal J, Lenders CM, Apovian CM. Shape-Up and Eat Right Families Pilot Program: Feasibility of a Weight Management Shared Medical Appointment Model in African-Americans With Obesity at an Urban Academic Medical Center. Front Pediatr. 2018; 6:101. PMID: 29707530.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/1/2016
Lenders CM, Manders AJ, Perdomo JE, Ireland KA, Barlow SE. Addressing Pediatric Obesity in Ambulatory Care: Where Are We and Where Are We Going? Curr Obes Rep. 2016 Jun; 5(2):214-40. PMID: 27048522.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2016
Young LS, Huong PT, Lam NT, Thu NN, Van HT, Hanh NL, Tuyen le D, Lien DT, Hoc TH, Tuyet CT, Anh NQ, Henry EG, Lenders CM, Gura KM, Bigornia SJ, Apovian CM, Ziegler TR. Nutritional status and feeding practices in gastrointestinal surgery patients at Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2016; 25(3):513-20. PMID: 27440685.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/20/2015
Lee PD, Lustig RH, Lenders C, Baillargeon J, Wilson DM. INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 1 PREDICTS INSULIN SENSITIVITY AND INSULIN AREA-UNDER-THE-CURVE IN OBESE, NONDIABETIC ADOLESCENTS. Endocr Pract. 2016 Feb; 22(2):136-42. PMID: 26484407.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/1/2015
Lenders CM. Paediatric obesity: can medications help. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2015 Oct; 22(5):331-9. PMID: 26218173.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/15/2015
Kris-Etherton PM, Akabas SR, Douglas P, Kohlmeier M, Laur C, Lenders CM, Levy MD, Nowson C, Ray S, Pratt CA, Seidner DL, Saltzman E. Nutrition competencies in health professionals' education and training: a new paradigm. Adv Nutr. 2015 Jan; 6(1):83-7. PMID: 25593146.
Read at: PubMed
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