CV Lattes
Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina (FM) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Received the MSc. degree at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (2014) and BSc. at the School of Public Health of the University of São Paulo (2010). Current Nutritionist of the Academic League of Childhood Obesity (LOI) of the Hospital das Clínicas (HC-FMUSP). Member of the Department of Nutrition of the Brazilian Association for the Study of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome (ABESO). Research experience with main focus on: obesity, obesity in children and adolescents, genetics, molecular biology, epidemiology and growth charts. Nutritionist with experience in clinical nutrition and nutrition consultancy. Member of the Organizing Committee of the Nutrition Alumni Association of the School of Public Health of the University of São Paulo. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Obesity consists in an important public health issue and its prevalence increases worldwide. It is estimated that 30% of patients seeking overweight treatment present the binge eating disorder. These individuals have altered levels of leptin, being one of the possible mechanisms associated with the pathogenesis of binge eating, the impairment of leptin action due to its low production and…
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