Professional Experience

March 2020 - present

Online nutritional consultations 

Nutritionist

Anamnesis, evaluation of eating habits, evaluation of body composition, elaboration of a diet plan (if necessary) appropriate to the patient's needs and goals;

For individuals looking to transition to a vegetarian or strict vegetarian diet, but also for weight loss and weight gain and sports performance improvement.

July 2017 to July 2020

primefit rehab and training center 

Nutritionist

Anamnesis, evaluation of eating habits, evaluation of body composition, elaboration of a diet plan (if necessary) appropriate to the patient's needs and goals;

Being a training studio, the great demand was for weight loss, increasing lean mass, and improving sports performance.

November 7, 2016 - present

City Council of Vila Nova de Famalicão 

Nutritionist

Planning and development of food intervention projects for young people with the creation of the "Saber comer" and "Nutre Jovem" services;

Intervention with the young Famalicão population (from 12 to 35 years old), through nutritional consultations in the Famalicão Youth House;

Nutrition consultations for the municipality's employees, at the Health, Hygiene and Safety at Work service;

Evaluation of school menus for the 1st Cycle of Education;

Surveillance of the nutritional status of 2nd cycle students in the municipality in the 2016/17 school year;

Elaboration and presentation of food education sessions for middle and high school students.

September 1, 2015 - August 31, 2016

City Council of Vila Nova de Famalicão

Trainee Nutritionist under PEPAL

Conducting sessions on nutrition education for 2nd cycle students of the schools in the municipality and groups of students with special needs inserted in IPSS's famalicenses;

Surveillance of the nutritional status of 2nd Cycle students in the municipality and assessment of their eating habits in and out of school, in the 2015/16 school year;

Intervention with the young Famalicão population (from 12 to 35 years old), through nutrition consultations and/or food counseling at Casa da Juventude de Famalicão;

Hygiene and sanitary evaluation of refectories producing school meals in the 1st cycle.

February 10, 2014 - June 27, 2014

SOCIAL CENTER OF PARAMOS 

Trainee Nutritionist

Inspections to the operation of the Food Services Units assigned to the Institution;

Promoting food education sessions and healthy cooking workshops;

Elaboration of monthly menus for the Elderly Support and Child Support;

Evaluation of the nutritional status of users and follow-up of necessary clinical situations.

February 10, 2014 - June 27, 2014

DRAGON FORCE GRIJÓ 

Trainee Nutritionist

Anthropometric evaluation of athletes and follow-up of overweight or obese situations in nutrition consultation;

Elaboration of menus for game/competition days;

Organization of activities related to healthy eating during the tournaments at Dragon Force Grijó school.

Education and training

July 2017

NUTRITION IN MUSCULAR HYPERTROPHY 

Professional training course with the code 19869592, to which corresponds 0,8 credit units. It was taught by António Pedro Mendes and had a duration of 4 hours (face-to-face), on July 8, 2017. It took place at Bwiser's facilities.

January 2016

ETHICS AND DEONTOLOGY SEMINAR 

Seminar inserted in the internship for access to the Portuguese Order of Nutritionists. It took place between January 18 and 22, with a duration of 40 hours, in Porto.

2010 - 2014

DEGREE IN NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES 

From the Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences of the University of Porto, with a final grade of 14.

Presentations

February 27, 2020

VEGAN COOKING WORKSHOP 

Medical Students Association of the University of Minho

Practical workshop with the elaboration of 5 vegetable 100% recipes with the medical students from the University of Minho.

January 9, 2020

SONS AND DAUGHTERS 

Porto Canal

This program was dedicated to the reuse of leftover meals as a way to fight food waste. I made two recipes: risotto with leftover rice and chickpea crepes with leftover vegetables.

October 26, 2019

LECTURE "THE IMPACT OF OUR CHOICES 

Suni Porto

Lecture about the sustainability of our food from the meadow to the plate, covering topics such as organic vs. conventional production, local and seasonal consumption, plant-based food, conservation methods, and food waste.

September 25, 2019

SONS AND DAUGHTERS 

Porto Canal

We talk about the Meatless September movement, addressing more practical issues of vegetarian food, especially for children. We prepared a live recipe.

September 23, 2019

PLAZA DA ALEGRIA|

RTP 1

A conversation about the Meatless September movement, which I promoted with my colleague Bárbara Oliveira. We made a live recipe, addressing several issues regarding vegetarian food.

September 9, 2019

ZERO CARBON 

Health Plus Channel

A conversation about the Meatless September movement, which I promoted with my colleague Bárbara Oliveira and to which 13 other guests joined. Several questions regarding vegetarian food were addressed.

July 6 and 7, 2019

CONTINENT FOOD FESTIVAL 

Gastronomic Event

Dinamização of two lectures in the space "Healthy Conversations" on how to make more sustainable choices in the kitchen.

May 28, 2019

VEGAN PACKED LUNCHES" WORKSHOP 

Fernando Pessoa University

Practical workshop dynamized in the scope of the Integra-te na Pessoa project.

October 9, 2017

SONS AND DAUGHTERS

Porto Canal Program

Participation in the "Boca de Leão" section, with information about "Nutrition during pregnancy".

July 1 and 2, 2017

CONTINENT FOOD FESTIVAL 

Gastronomic Event

Dynamization of two workshops of "Snacks healthy summer" and a Showcooking of "Healthy breakfasts". It took place in the City Park of Porto.

June 15, 2017

Office

Porto Canal Program

Opinion and clarification of doubts about Skyr.

April 24, 2017

SONS AND DAUGHTERS 

Porto Canal Program

Participation in the "Boca de Leão" section, with the preparation of a healthy recipe.

April 22, 2017

5TH NATIONAL MEETING OF DIETETICS AND NUTRITION STUDENTS

Congress

Speaker at the lecture "Fashionable Foods", inserted in the V ENEDN, with the theme "Food: fashion or lifestyle?", which took place on April 22, 2017 at the School of Health Technology, in Coimbra.

April 4, 2017

XXVII aefcnaup Nutrition Week

Congress

Speaker at the lecture "XXI century magic foods", inserted in the XXVII nutrition week of AEFCNAUP, with the theme "A new challenge", that took place on April 4 in Almeida Garrett Library.

Projects

September 2019 and 2020

Meatless September 

Co-creation of the #setembrosemcarnept movement, whose goal is to encourage the reduction of meat consumption in order to improve the state of health and the environment. It began in 2019 in the wake of the Amazon fires and now has over 4,000 public shares.

March 2015 - present

Laranja-lima - Nutrition and Wellness

Personal blog with original and healthy recipes, adapted to daily life, and opinion articles on relevant topics in "nutritional news". E-mail address: laranjalimanutricao.wordpress.com

2016

"Prevalence of Excess Weight and Obesity in students from the 2nd cycle of basic education in Vila Nova de FAMALICÃO "        

Study initiated in February 2016, whose initial results were presented as a poster at the XV Nutrition and Food Congress of the Portuguese Association of Nutritionists.

2014

"Influence of Fat Mass Percentage on the jumping performance of adult female volleyball athletes in Portugal" 

Graduation thesis with a final grade of 18 points, which involved the evaluation of anthropometric and physical performance parameters in female athletes from two volleyball clubs in Portugal, as well as data analysis and conclusions.