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Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Vanessa Alves
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
2
Gabrielle Timotio Costa
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
3
Patrícia Serafim
Universidade de São Paulo
4
Carla Marien da Costa Peres
Hospital de Egas Moniz
5
Quinn Cavanagh
Dalhousie University
6
Carlos Del Pozo-Arana
Peruvian University of Applied Sciences
7
Caroline Balensiefer Vicenzi Tiepo
Universidade de Passo Fundo
8
Leidy Dayana Córdoba Fuertes
Corporación Unificada Nacional de Educación Superior
9
Nathana Rayssa Garcia
Unknown
10
Michelle Judith Magaña Lara
Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit

Rising Stars Papers

1
Programa de Educación para la Salud: cartografías sociales sobre Lactancia Materna en estudiantes de Enfermería Universidad de Nayarit, México
Emergentes - Revista Científica|2024
20 cit.
2
Structuration of lipid bases zero-trans and palm oil-free for food applications
Food Research International|2024
6 cit.
3
Programa de Educación para la Salud: cartografías sociales sobre Lactancia Materna en estudiantes de Enfermería Universidad de Nayarit, México
Emergentes - Revista Científica|2024
1 cit.
4
Palm Oil-Free Structured Lipids: A Novel Structuring Fat for Sandwich Cookie Fillings
Foods|2026
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Isabel Cristina Espósito Sorpreso
Universidade de São Paulo
2
Ricardo Cerda
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
3
Costa H. N. R. da
Unknown
4
S. A. M. Saravia
Universidad Nacional de Agricultura
5
Cristiane Marques Seixas
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
6
Amanda da Silva Franco
Universidade Veiga de Almeida
7
Erlando da Silva Rêses
Universidade de Brasília
8
David Quintero-Angel
Fundación para la Educación y el Desarrollo Social
9
Angelica Marinescu
University of Bucharest
10
Priscila de Morais Sato
Universidade de São Paulo

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Changes in Food Consumption in Postmenopausal Women during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study
Nutrients|2023
12 cit.
2
“I Like the One With Minions”: The Influence of Marketing on Packages of Ultra-Processed Snacks on Children's Food Choices
Frontiers in Nutrition|2022
9 cit.
3
Validade de conteúdo e confiabilidade de instrumento de avaliação do ambiente alimentar universitário
Ciência & Saúde Coletiva|2022
6 cit.
4
Non-oncological gynecological diagnoses in a women’s health care service during the pandemic caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
PLoS ONE|2023
6 cit.
5
An overview of systematic reviews of medicinal plants and herbal formulations for the treatment of climacteric symptoms
Journal of Herbal Medicine|2024
6 cit.
6
Do heart rate variability indices present potential to predict late postmenopausal? A retrospective study
Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira|2022
5 cit.
7
Trajetória de mudanças das práticas alimentares de estudantes de uma universidade pública brasileira
Ciência & Saúde Coletiva|2022
5 cit.
8
Caracterização do ambiente alimentar de uma universidade pública do estado do Rio de Janeiro
Cadernos Saúde Coletiva|2023
4 cit.
9
V Promoting healthy complementary feeding in the Western Brazilian amazon
Abstracts|2022
2 cit.
10
‘Medical Fatphobia Is Not Something We Invent’: Weight Stigma in Healthcare Experienced by Women in the Antifatphobia Movement in Brazil and Spain
Sociology of Health & Illness|2025
2 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Carlos Augusto Monteiro
Universidade de São Paulo
2
Patrícia Constante Jaime
Ministério da Saúde
3
Christian Cilas
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
4
Rosely Sichieri
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
5
Rossana Pacheco da Costa Proença
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
6
Maria Cristina Marino Calvo
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
7
Lílian Milnitsky Stein
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
8
Sílvia Aulet
Universitat de Girona
9
Raquel Braz Assunção Botelho
Universidade de Brasília
10
Annie Thébaud-Mony
Inserm

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Ultra-processed foods: what they are and how to identify them
Public Health Nutrition|2019
2.7k cit.
2
The UN Decade of Nutrition, the NOVA food classification and the trouble with ultra-processing
Public Health Nutrition|2017
2.2k cit.
3
Increasing consumption of ultra-processed foods and likely impact on human health: evidence from Brazil
Public Health Nutrition|2010
1.1k cit.
4
A new classification of foods based on the extent and purpose of their processing
Cadernos de Saúde Pública|2010
982 cit.
5
Ultra-processed foods and added sugars in the US diet: evidence from a nationally representative cross-sectional study
BMJ Open|2016
820 cit.
6
Socioeconomic status and obesity in adult populations of developing countries: a review.
PubMed|2004
753 cit.
7
Nutrition and health. The issue is not food, nor nutrients, so much as processing
Public Health Nutrition|2009
700 cit.
8
Consumption of ultra-processed foods and obesity in Brazilian adolescents and adults
Preventive Medicine|2015
660 cit.
9
Consumption of ultra-processed foods predicts diet quality in Canada
Appetite|2016
638 cit.
10
Ultra-processed foods and the nutritional dietary profile in Brazil
Revista de Saúde Pública|2015
569 cit.

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