50 Years of FCNAUP
The 50th anniversary of the Porto School of Nutrition celebrates an academic and professional identity marked by scientific rigor and an integrated vision of nutrition.
The Importance of a Digital Food Catalogue in the Portuguese Context
A digital food catalog with accessible and centralized nutritional information is a strategic necessity in Portugal.
Through a personal history of the facilities at the House of Nutrition
The twists and turns of the construction and the entire journey up to August 2020, when the Nutrition House became a reality.
Political parties' proposals and electoral programs in the area of food and nutrition for the 2025 legislative elections
We evaluated the proposals from the parties with parliamentary representation regarding the improvement of eating habits and other issues related to food and nutrition for the Portuguese population.
manifesto for creativity in gastronomic tradition
We want to call upon the community to value food culture as a central part of their identity and their relationship with nature. Read and subscribe.
Teaching nutritional sciences in times of cholera
For those who teach, practice pedagogy, and produce science, these are challenging times, in which academia is forced to fight for its integrity and neutrality.
Development and validation of a photograph-based instrument to assess nutrition literacy: The NUTLY project
Sofia Sousa, Gabriela Albuquerque, Milton Severo, Ana Rute Costa, Pedro Moreira, Nuno Lunet, Patrícia PadrãoAppetite 2024, Jul 1:199 This article by Sofia Sousa and colleagues presents the NUTLY project, which aimed to develop a nutritional literacy measurement tool based on…
Evaluating the Therapeutic Potential of Exercise in Hypoxia and Low-Carbohydrate, High-FatDiet in Managing Hypertension in Elderly Type 2 Diabetes Patients: A Novel Intervention Approach
Raquel Kindlovits, Ana Catarina Sousa, João Luís Viana, Jaime Milheiro, Bruno MPM Oliveira, Franklim Marques, Alejandro Santos, Vitor Hugo Teixeira. Nutrients 2025, 17(3), 522. This article, authored by Raquel Kindlovits and colleagues, aimed to evaluate the effects…
The finger-ring test as an indicator of muscle mass estimated by dual-energy X-rayabsorptiometry in an adult community-dwelling population
Bruna Rosa, Rui Valdiviesso, Micaela Cunha-Rodrigues, Mónica Rodrigues, Maria Luisa Lucena, Rita S Guerra, Ana S Sousa, Joana Mendes, Ana Rita Sousa-Santos, Cláudia Silva, Nuno Borges, Teresa F AmaralEur J Clin Nutr 2024 Dec 4. This article is authored by…
Assessment of sodium levels in Portuguese supermarket foods: A global benchmark perspective
Carla Almeida, Eduarda Lopes, Ana Patrícia Faria, José Azevedo, Patrícia Padrão, Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, Volume 132, 2024. In recent years, recommendations on diet have multiplied, but when it comes to salt, perhaps popular wisdom is one thing…