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Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação da Universidade do Porto

Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Porto
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Coordinator

TeresaAmaral

Associated Professor at FCNAUP. PhD in Food and Nutritional Sciences. Member of UISPA - LAETA / INEGI. Nutritionist. Research interests are related to the study of determinants, screening and impact of undernutrition in adults and older adults.

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Researcher

CláudiaAfonso

Invited Auxiliary Professor and Superior Technician at FCNAUP. Nutritionist. MSc In Public Health in Epidemiology FMUP/ICBAS. PhD in Food Consumption Sciences and Nutrition FCNAUP/FCUP. Areas of interest: Nutrition in geriatrics and gerontology, determinants of food intake, nutritional status assessment, food services and management. Member of the direction of the Multidisciplinary Scientific Council of the Portuguese Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology since 2012.

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Researcher

PatríciaPadrão

Invited Auxiliary Professor and Nutritionist at FCNAUP. PhD in Food Consumption Sciences and Nutrition. Member of Epidemiology Research Unit, ISPUP (Institute of Public Health, University of Porto) and of Scientific Council of the Portuguese Institute of Hydration and Health.

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PedroMoreira

Full Professor and Director at FCNAUP. Nutritionist. PhD in Human Nutrition. Research interests are related to human nutrition, especially in human hydration status.

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NunoBorges

Associate Professor and President of the Scientific Council of FCNAUP. PhD in 1995 in the area of Pharmacology and interests in the area of drug nutrient interaction, especially in the older adults. Teaches at the Medical Course of the University of Minho issues related to nutrition and food sciences. He is director of “Acta Portuguesa de Nutrição”

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Researcher

AlejandroSantos

Auxiliary Professor and Pedagogic Council Vice President in the Food and Nutritional Sciences Faculty of the University of Porto. PhD in Human Nutrition (University of Porto, 2006). Nutritionist. My areas of interest are biochemistry and metabolism mainly concerning the relationship between food/nutrients with arterial hypertension and cardiometabolic disease.

Obesity Research Group, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

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Researcher

CátiaMartins



Unidade Local de Saúde
do Alto Minho
EPE

Viana do Castelo, Portugal

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Researcher

GraçaFerro



Technical staff

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Rita Guerra

Degree in Nutrition Sciences from FCNAUP. PhD in Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental from FMUP. Member of UISPA – LAETA / INEGI and teaches at the Nutrition Sciences Course from University Fernando Pessoa. Research interests in screening and assessment of nutritional status, indicators and impact of undernutrition in adults and older adults, body composition assessment of adults and older adults.

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Ana Sousa

Degree in in Nutrition Sciences from FCNAUP, Masters in Clinical Nutrition from FCNAUP, PhD in Clinical Nutrition from FCNAUP. Research interests in sarcopenia, anthropometry and undernutrition in adults and older adults.

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Rui Valdiviesso

Degree in Biology and Geology for Education, from FCUP. Masters in Biology from FCUP. Degree in Nutrition Sciences from FCNAUP.

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Luísa Álvares

Degree in Nutrition Sciences from FCNAUP. Masters in Clinical Nutrition from FCNAUP.