Nutritionist graduated from the Federal University of Goiás. Master and PhD in Public Health from the Faculty of Public Health (FSP) of the University of São Paulo (USP). She did postdoctoral studies in Nutritional Epidemiology at the Center for Epidemiological Research in Nutrition and Health - NUPENS / USP and in Food and Nutrition Policies at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom. She is a Full Professor at the Department of Nutrition at FSP/USP, joining the teaching staff of the Unit in 2003. She was Coordinator of the Food and Nutrition Division at the Ministry of Health (2011 to 2014). She was Head (2017-2019) and Deputy Head (2019-2021) of the Nutrition Department at FSP, and Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Nutrition in Public Health (2020-2022). She is currently Vice Scientific Coordinator of NUPENS/USP and of the Josué de Castro Chair of Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems based at FSP. She is a researcher member at the Escola da Metrópole - Support Center for public policies, at the USP Institute for Advanced Studies. She has experience in the field of food and nutrition in collective health, working on the following topics: food and nutrition policies, food environment, promotion of healthy eating and primary health care. 1C Research Productivity Scholarship (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The worsening situation of the grow thing trends of obesity is associated with negative changes in food environments, such as the increase in the availability of ultra-processed foods. As a result, there is an increase in non-communicable chronic diseases associated with unhealthy dietary patterns, particularly in children and adolescents. Recommendations to build health-promoting environ…
This project belongs to a research involving the development and validation of scales on food counseling and food and nutritional education (FNE) based on the Brazilian Dietary Guidelines (BDG). It aims to develop, validate and test the reproducibility of one of these scales, named GAB3. GAB3 will be validated and have its reproducibility tested for the observation of food counseling and …
This project studies patterns of consumption of ultra-processed foods and their influence on the dietary nutrient profile and the risk of obesity in seven countries. The study is coordinated by NUPENS/USP and counts with research teams in each country. It involves the analysis of food intake data (24 h recalls or food registries) and weight and height measurements collected by national p…
The worksite has been attracting more interest as a propitious place to prevention of weight gain. Amongst the behavior strategies, weight self-monitoring is associated with better control of weight in the short and long term. Objectives: To evaluate the impact of an intervention based on weight self-monitoring at worksite, on weight, on energy consumption and on physical activity practic…
In 2014 the 2nd edition of the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population was launched. After four years since then, assessing the adherence of the population to its recommendations is important to subsidize implementation actions, as well as the future debate about new editions. Objective: to study the adherence of Brazilian adults to the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines fo…
This study is part of the thematic project "Consumption of ultra-processed foods, dietary nutrient profile and obesity in seven countries". This study aimed to analyze the temporal trends in consumption of ultra-processed foods by the Australian population between 1995 and 2012 from two Australian National Nutrition Survey (NNS) surveys conducted between February 1995 to March 1996 and th…
The excessive consumption of sodium by the Brazilian population is associated with the occurrence of noncommunicable diseases and unhealthy dietary patterns. The information asymmetry in the current food environment favors the acquisition of ultra-processed foods. Thus, more studies are needed to investigate the relationships between the retail food environment and food practices related …
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Excessive sodium intake is associated with unhealthy dietary patterns and the occurrence of hypertension (HTN). This scenario can be found in the Canadian and Brazilian populations. Thus, it becomes vital to better understand how consumers' knowledge, perceptions and behaviors (KPB) on salt/sodium are related to actual sodium intake, and to compare consumers' KPB in different contexts. Ob…
Background and rationale: The research project related to the Ph.D. scholarship aims to analyze adherence to the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population (DGBP), which is underpinned by a food classification based on the extension and purpose of food processing (NOVA). The International Food Policy Study (IFPS), situated in Canada, aims to study the implementation and impact of pub…
It is now widely accepted that a broad range of factors in the social and physical environment determine individual disease risk factors (such as, diet and physical activity). Research to elucidate what are the most important environmental factors for obesity in urban areas has all been conducted in developed countries, particularly the US and Europe. The current evidence base about the a…
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