Graduated in Nutrition Sciences by the University of Porto (UP), Master in Public Health from the Faculty of Medicine/UPUP and Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences. PhD in Food Science and Nutrition from FCNAUP and Faculty of Sciences/UP. She has participated in national/international studies in several areas of nutrition. Research interests: Nutrition in Geriatrics and Gerontology, Collective Feeding and Management, Nutrition and Public Health and Determinants of food consumption.