His pioneering studies on the effects of dietary restriction in humans have opened a new area of nutrition-related research that holds tremendous promise for the prevention of age-related chronic diseases and for the understanding of the biology of human aging. Professor Fontana is the Leonard P. Louis, USA. Fontana graduated with highest honors from the Verona University Medical School , where he completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine He also received a Ph.
Mosley, Fontana philosophical interests lie at the intersection of metaphysics, philosophy of mind and environmental ethics. He is interested in the cultivation of the self as a moral and epistemological agent. He is also interested in the roles of intuition, emotions and consciousness in the process of reasoning and self development. As a leading physician scientist, his interests lie in preventive medicine and in the mechanisms mediating healthy longevity in humans.
His research is focused primarily on the role of diet, physical exercise and mind training in retarding the aging process and in preventing age-associated chronic disease.
As a clinician, he is interested in empowering people to maximise their health and wellbeing. He firmly believe that it is urgent that as a society, people begin to take a prevention-based approach to health, not a disease-based one. People can make choices that will set themselves up for long, healthy and happy lives, while contributing to the protection of the environment.
Those already suffering from chronic conditions, such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, autoimmune and allergic disorders, and emotional and psychological distress, can also make positive changes that will have a beneficial influence on their lives now. Aside from medicine, science and philosophy, Fontana enjoy artistic photography, drawing, painting, writing poetry and listening to jazz and classical music. He loves practicing active contemplation of the self, Hatha yoga, hiking, mountain biking and swimming.
