Thematic areas
Methods and tools in Nutrition
Methods, techniques and procedures for the investigation and attention of problems in food and nutrition.
- Precision nutrition, (Nutrigenetics, Nutrigenomics, Epigenetics, Metabolomics)
- Translational nutrition
- TelesTelehealth/e-healthalud / e-health
- Data collection and processing tools
- Methods and technologies for the evaluation of nutritional status
- Professional skills
- Evidence-based nutrition
- Experiences and challenges in approaching nutritional evaluation in a diverse population
Healthy nutrition in the life cycle and Clinical Nutrition
Scientific evidence for the maintenance of nutritional and physical activity needs for the prevention and treatment of diseases and the improvement of quality of life, during the life cycle.
- Women's nutrition during pregnancy and lactation
- Breastfeeding and complementary feeding
- Child and adolescent nutrition
- Nutrition of adults, older adults and healthy longevity
- Specialized clinical nutrition
- Hospital nutrition
- Specialized nutritional support (enteral and parenteral)
- Home clinical nutrition
Nutritional epidemiology and challenges of Public Health in Latin America
Research on the determinants of malnutrition in all its forms and proposals for intervention and addressing the major public health problems in Latin America.
- Food and nutrition education and behavioral sciences
- Food guides
- Diet quality and lifestyle patterns
- Physical activity and sport
- Public policies (e.g. nutritional profiles and front labeling, classification according to processing, healthy taxes)
- Intervention strategies for the prevention and management of chronic-degenerative diseases
- Program evaluation (surveillance systems, implementation, design, observatories)
- Nutrition in a pandemic situation (e.g. Covid-19)
Safe, healthy, sustainable and social food
Contribute to the objectives of sustainable development with research and interventions to address environmental and social concerns associated with the production, processing, safety and consumption of food in order to guarantee the health of people, respecting culture, biodiversity and protection of the ecosystems.
- Food science
- Management of food services to communities
- Food systems (sovereignty, food security, food environment, agroecological approach, sustainable diets)
- Development of new foods
- Plant-based diet
- Bioactive compounds and functional foods
- Climate and agriculture for a sustainable and healthy diet
- Food and Nutrition in emergencies