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Cláudia Afonso

Cláudia Afonso

Investigador Doutorado Integrado

Linhas de Investigação: L3 - Determinantes genéticos, ambientais e comportamentais da saúde e da doença
Laboratórios: Avaliação dos hábitos alimentares e dos seus determinantes

Licenciada em Ciências da Nutrição pela Universidade do Porto em 1994, fez o Mestrado em Saúde Pública (área de especialização em Epidemiologia) da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto e Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar em 2000. No ano de 2007 doutorou-se na Universidade do Porto em Ciências do Consumo Alimentar e Nutrição com uma tese sobre o tema «Hábitos alimentares e peso corporal no envelhecimento: um estudo em idosos europeus.

É docente da Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação da Universidade do Porto. Participou recentemente nos projetos Eeagrants (2015-2017), Nutrition UP 65 e Pronutrisenior. Integrou o estudo nacional Alimentação e Estilos de Vida da População Portuguesa estudo financiado pela Empresa Nestlé (2009-2014). Participou nos estudos pan-Europeus: Consumer Attitudes to Food Nutrition and Health (1997), Consumer Attitudes to Health, Weight and Physical Activity (1999), HealthSense – Healthy Ageing: how changes in sensory, physiology, sensory psychology and socio-cognitive factors influence food choice (2000), Senior Food Quality: choosing foods, eating meals: sustaining independence and quality of life in older people (2005).

Participou na organização de importantes reuniões científicas na área da nutrição e saúde pública: o 8th Internastional Conference on Culinary Arts and Science – ICCAS 2013 (Porto, 2013) e o II World Congress on Public Health Nutrition – I Latinamerican Congress of Community Nutrition (Porto, 2010).

ORCID: 0000-0002-3837-3481

Artigos

2022
Food Processing: Comparison of Different Food Classification Systems

Nutrients, 2022 Feb 9;14(4):729. doi: 10.3390/nu14040729.

2021
Moreira S , Moreira P , Sousa AS , Guerra RS , Afonso C , Santos A , Borges N , Amaral TF , Padrão P
Urinary Sodium Excretion and Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in Older Adults

Nutrients, 2021 Dec 24;14(1):61. doi: 10.3390/nu14010061.

2021
Quantitative risk-benefit assessment of Portuguese fish and other seafood species consumption scenarios

Br J Nutr, 2021 Dec 7;1-14. doi: 10.1017/S0007114521004773. Online ahead of print.

2021
Poínhos R, Oliveira BMPM , Sorokina A , Afonso C , Franchini B , Almeida MDV
An extended version of the MNA-SF increases sensitivity in identifying malnutrition among community living older adults. Results from the PRONUTRISENIOR project

Clin Nutr ESPEN, 2021 Dec;46:167-172. doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2021.10.018. Epub 2021 Nov 1.

2021
Healthy and sustainable dietary patterns in children and adolescents: a systematic review.

Adv Nutr, 2021 Nov 30;nmab148. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmab148. Online ahead of print.

2021
Ferreira M , Oliveira B , Afonso C , Santos C , Torres D , Rodrigues S , Lopes C , de Miranda RC, Rauber F, Antoniazzi L, Levy RB
An Ultra-Processed Food Dietary Pattern Is Associated with Lower Diet Quality in Portuguese Adults and the Elderly: The UPPER Project

Nutrients, 2021 Nov 17;13(11):4119. doi: 10.3390/nu13114119.

2021
Ferreira M , Oliveira B , Afonso C , Santos C , Torres D , Lopes C , de Miranda RC, Rauber F, Antoniazzi L, Levy RB , Rodrigues S
Dietary Patterns in Portuguese Children and Adolescent Population: The UPPER Project

Nutrients, 2021 Oct 28;13(11):3851. doi: 10.3390/nu13113851.

2021
Araújo TP , Ferreira M , Magalhães V , Afonso C , Santos P , Rodrigues S
Ultra-Processed Food Availability and Noncommunicable Diseases: A Systematic Review.

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Jul 10;18(14):7382. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18147382.

2021
Guerra RS, Sousa-Santos AR, Sousa AS, Valdiviesso R , Afonso C , Moreira P , Padrão P , Borges N, Santos A, Ferro G, Martins C, Amaral TF
Prediction equations for estimating body weight in older adults.

J Hum Nutr Diet, 2021 May 9. doi: 10.1111/jhn.12879. Online ahead of print.

2021
Gamba M , Moreira P , Borges N , Santos A , Afonso C , Amaral TF , Padrão P
Are older adults with excessive sodium intake at increased risk of hypohydration?

J Hum Nutr Diet, 2021 Jan 29. doi: 10.1111/jhn.12859. Online ahead of print.

2021
Afonso C , Sousa-Santos AR, Santos A, Borges N , Padrão P , Moreira P
Frailty status is related to general and abdominal obesity in older adults.

Nutr Res, 2020 Oct 29;85:21-30. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2020.10.009. Online ahead of print.

2020
Silva B , Teixeira B , Ávila H , Afonso C
Avaliação do desperdício alimentar do almoço escolar em duas escolas públicas do distrito de Aveiro.

Acta Port Nutrição, 2020, 23, 30-35.

2020
de Miranda RC, Rauber F , Ferreira M , Afonso C , Santos C , Rodrigues S , Levy RB; Upper group.
Consumption of ultra-processed foods and non-communicable diseases-related nutrient profile in Portuguese adults and elderly (2015-2016): The Upper project

Br J Nutr, 2020 Sep 3;1-37. doi: 10.1017/S000711452000344X. Online ahead of print.

2020
Sousa AS, Mendes J, Guerra RS , Padrão P , Moreira P , Santos A, Borges N , Afonso C , Martins C, Ferro G, Amaral TF
Sitting time and associated factors among Portuguese older adults: results from Nutrition UP 65.

Eur J Ageing, 2019 Sep 12;17(3):321-330. doi: 10.1007/s10433-019-00532-y. eCollection 2020 Sep.

2020
Sousa-Santos AR , Afonso C , Borges N, Santos A , Padrão P , Moreira P , Amaral TF
Sarcopenia, Physical Frailty, Undernutrition and Obesity Cooccurrence Among Portuguese Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Results From Nutrition UP 65 Cross-Sectional Study.

BMJ Open, 2020 Jun 15;10(6):e033661. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033661.

2019
Teixeira B , Afonso C , Sousa A, Guerra RS, Santos A, Borges N , Moreira P , Padrão P , Amaral TF
Adherence to a Mediterranean Dietary Pattern status and associated factors among Portuguese older adults: Results from the Nutrition UP 65 cross-sectional study.

Nutrition, 2019 Mar 23;65:91-96. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2019.03.005. [Epub ahead of print]

2019
Anjo I , Amaral TF , Afonso C , Borges N , Santos A , Moreira P , Padrão P
Are hypohydrated older adults at increased risk of exhaustion?

J Hum Nutr Diet, 2019 Oct 2. doi: 10.1111/jhn.12702. [Epub ahead of print]

2019
Mendes J , Padrão P , Moreira P , Santos A , Borges N , Afonso C , Negrão R , Amaral TF
Handgrip Strength and Its Association With Hydration Status and Urinary Sodium-to-Potassium Ratio in Older Adults.

J Am Coll Nutr, 2019 Aug 5:1-8. doi: 10.1080/07315724.2019.1633439. [Epub ahead of print]

2019
Babo M, Poínhos R, Franchini B , Afonso C , Oliveira BMPM, Vaz de Almeida MD
The relationship between health self-perception, food consumption and nutritional status among Portuguese older adults.

Eur J Clin Nutr, 2019 Jul 29. doi: 10.1038/s41430-019-0473-2. [Epub ahead of print]

2019
Mendes J , Afonso C , Moreira P , Padrão P , Santos A, Borges N, Negrão R, Amaral TF
Association of Anthropometric and Nutrition Status Indicators with Hand Grip Strength and Gait Speed in Older Adults.

JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr, 2019 Mar;43(3):347-356. doi: 10.1002/jpen.1424. Epub 2018 Aug 2.

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