Docente
Cíntia Ferreira-pêgo

Resume

Cíntia is a full member and Specialist in Community Nutrition and Public Health by the Ordem dos Nutricionistas. Graduated in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain), a master's in Training and Sports Nutrition from the Universidad Europea de Madrid (Spain), and a Ph.D. with International Mention in Nutrition and Metabolism from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (and internship in University of Arkansas, USA). Director of the Nutrition Sciences Bachelor at Universidade Lusófona (2021-2024), coordinator of the CBIOS Nutrition & Well-being lab (2021-2024), assistant researcher (2019-2024), and integrated member at CBIOS (Lusófona's Research Center for Biosciences Health Technologies)(2019-2024). Member of the Pedagogical and Scientific Council of the School of Health Sciences and Technologies (ECTS) of the Universidade Lusófona and the CBIOS - Universidade Lusófona's Research Center for Biosciences & Health Technologies (2019-2024). Member of the University Council of Universidade Lusófona (2021-2024). Member of the Consultative Observers of the Thematic Commission on Health and Food and Nutrition Security (SSAN) of the CPLP (Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries). Currently (2024-2025), Cíntia coordinates 11 curricular units (CUs), ranging from Research Methodologies to Sports Nutrition, Dietary Supplements, and other Nutrition and dietetics-related areas. Over the years, she led 21 CUs in bachelor’s, 4 in integrated master’s, and 11 in master’s programs. Her mentorship shines as she supervised 1 PhD, 2 master’s, 3 integrated master’s, and 19 bachelor students. Cíntia’s research focuses on the relationship between plant-based diets, body composition, metabolic markers, and cardiovascular health. Since 2019, she has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles in international journals, 2 book chapters, and an editorial, accumulating approximately 600 citations and having an h-index of 15 (Scopus, Mar 25). Her contributions include 74 abstracts published in indexed international journals and active involvement in 24 national and international grant proposals. She presented her work at numerous conferences, with more than 30 oral presentations and 96 posters, and participated in over 65 academic juris, including PhD defenses, master’s projects, and professional internships. Recently, in November 2024, the Project Met_BCCV (Metabolism, Body Composition and CardioVascular health), led by Cíntia Ferreira Pêgo as Principal Investigator, won the "Project of the Year - Research" award by the Viver Saudável initiative.

Graus

• Bacharelato
  Human Nutrition and Dietetics
• Licenciatura
  Human Nutrition and Dietetics
• Mestrado
  Masters in Training and Sports Nutrition
• Doutoramento
  Ph.D in Nutrition and Metabolism

Publicações

Journal article

• 2024-11, Influence of Instagram® and digital content creators on university students’ food choices, Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research
• 2024-08-08, Analysis of food supplements and sports foods consumption patterns among a sample of gym-goers in Portugal, Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition
• 2024-07-23, Assessing knowledge and awareness of Food and Drug Interactions among nutrition sciences students: Implications for education and clinical practice, Nutrition and Health
• 2024-07, Omnivore and vegetarians show similar body composition and skin physiology across body regions—A comparative analysis, Skin Research and Technology
• 2024-06, Exploring Vegetarian and Omnivorous Approaches to Cardiovascular Risk and Body Composition, Nutrients
• 2023-08, Consumers’ practices and safety perceptions regarding the use of materials for food preparation and storage, Food and Chemical Toxicology
• 2023-07, Functional Foods for Health: The Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Role of Fruits, Vegetables and Culinary Herbs, Foods
• 2023-05, Mediterranean Diet Adherence and Its Relationship to Metabolic Markers and Body Composition in Portuguese University Students, Nutrients
• 2023, Hydration patterns and beverage consumption among a sample of institutionalized senior adults in Portugal, Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research
• 2023, Food and Nutrition Knowledge of Elementary School Teachers in a Region of Lisbon, Portugal, Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research
• 2022-10, University Students Eating Habits: Normal Semester vs. Lockdown Period Caused by COVID-19 Pandemic, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• 2022-10, Bioimpedance and Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry Are Not Equivalent Technologies: Comparing Fat Mass and Fat-Free Mass, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• 2022-09, Dietary patterns and their impacts on skin physiology, Acta Physiologica
• 2022-04, Polyphenols and Their Metabolites in Renal Diseases: An Overview, Foods
• 2022-04, Comparison between Different Groups of Vegetarianism and Its Associations with Body Composition: A Literature Review from 2015 to 2021, Nutrients
• 2022-01, Plant-Based Diet and IGF-1 Modulation on HER2-Positive Breast Cancer, American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
• 2022, Fatores que influenciam a duração do aleitamento materno entre mães portuguesas, Biomedical and biopharmaceutical research : jornal de investigação biomédica e biofarmacêutica
• 2022, Avaliação antropométrica de crianças em idade pré-escolar e escolar da Macaronésia Europeia, Biomedical and biopharmaceutical research : jornal de investigação biomédica e biofarmacêutica
• 2021-12-24, Lipid-based carriers for food ingredients delivery, Journal of Food Engineering
• 2021-06-03, Body composition assessment of vegetarian-vegan and omnivore young women - an exploratory study, Journal Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research
• 2021-03, Nutrition Literacy of Portuguese Adults—A Pilot Study, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• 2021, Preliminary sensory evaluation of grape pomace flour sweet cookies, Biomedical and biopharmaceutical research : jornal de investigação biomédica e biofarmacêutica
• 2021, Impacto do ano de formação no posicionamento dos profissionais de nutrição face à dieta vegetariana, Default journal
• 2021, Impact of the year of graduation on the positioning of nutrition professionals regarding the vegetarian diet, Biomedical and biopharmaceutical research : jornal de investigação biomédica e biofarmacêutica
• 2021, Avaliação sensorial preliminar de bolachas doces de farinha de bagaço de uva, Default journal
• 2021, Avaliação sensorial preliminar de bolachas doces de farinha de bagaço de uva
• 2021, Avaliação do risco nutricional em idosos utentes de uma residência sénior: um estudo de caso, Biomedical and biopharmaceutical research : jornal de investigação biomédica e biofarmacêutica
• 2021, Avaliação da composição corporal de mulheres jovens vegetarianas e omnívoras - um estudo exploratório, Default journal
• 2021, Avaliação da composição corporal de mulheres jovens vegetarianas e omnívoras - um estudo exploratório
• 2020-11, Grape Pomace: A Potential Ingredient for the Human Diet, Foods
• 2020-09, Anthropometric assessment of children aged between 6 and 14 years from a school in Lisbon, Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research Journal
• 2020-08-11, Eating behavior: The influence of age, nutrition knowledge, and Mediterranean diet, Nutrition and Health
• 2020-07, Changes in Eating Habits among Displaced and Non-Displaced University Students, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• 2020-03, Preliminary sensory evaluation of salty crackers with grape pomace flour, Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research Journal
• 2020-03, Factors influencing healthy food choices of university students, Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research Journal (BBR)
• 2020, Changes in eating habits among displaced and non-displaced university students, Default journal
• 2020, Avaliação antropométrica de crianças entre os 6 e 14 anos de idade de um colégio em Lisboa, Default journal
• 2019-12, Body shape concerns in Portuguese university students, Journal Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research
• 2019-12, Anthropometric evaluation of pre-school and school age children from Azores archipelago, Portugal, Journal Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research
• 2019-12, Anthropometric evaluation of children aged between 3 and 9 years from Canary Island, Journal Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research
• 2019-06, Adherence to the Mediterranean diet in Portuguese university students, Journal Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research
• 2019, Avaliação antropométrica de crianças entre os 3 e os 9 anos de idade das ilhas Canárias, Biomedical and biopharmaceutical research : jornal de investigação biomédica e biofarmacêutica
• 2017, Prediction of cardiovascular disease by the framingham-REGICOR equation in the high-risk PREDIMED cohort: Impact of the mediterranean diet across different risk strata, Journal of the American Heart Association
• 2017, A higher Mediterranean diet adherence and exercise practice are associated with a healthier drinking profile in a healthy Spanish adult population, European journal of nutrition
• 2016, Letter to the Editor Re: Nissensohn M. et al.; Nutrients 2016, 8, 232, Nutrients
• 2016, Frequent Consumption of Sugar- and Artificially Sweetened Beverages and Natural and Bottled Fruit Juices Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in a Mediterranean Population at High Cardiovascular Disease Risk, The Journal of nutrition
• 2016, Beverage Intake Assessment Questionnaire: Relative Validity and Repeatability in a Spanish Population with Metabolic Syndrome from the PREDIMED-PLUS Study, Nutrients
• 2015, Total fluid intake and its determinants: cross-sectional surveys among adults in 13 countries worldwide, European journal of nutrition
• 2015, Magnesium in tap and bottled mineral water in Spain and its contribution to nutritional recommendations, Nutricion hospitalaria
• 2015, Intake of water and different beverages in adults across 13 countries, European journal of nutrition
• 2014, The calcium concentration of public drinking waters and bottled mineral waters in Spain and its contribution to satisfying nutritional needs, Nutricion hospitalaria
• 2014, Fluid intake in Spanish children and adolescents; a cross-sectional study, Nutricion hospitalaria
• 2014, Fluid intake from beverages in Spanish adults; cross-sectional study, Nutricion hospitalaria

Book chapter

• 2021, Grape Pomace: A Potential Ingredient for the Human Diet, Advances in Food Science, Hyderabad, India: Vide Leaf
• 2021, Fruit and vegetable juices and breast cancer, Elsevier
• 2021, Fruit and vegetable juices and Breast Cancer, Cancer: Oxidative Stress and Dietary Antioxidants, 2, Elsevier - Academic Press

Encyclopedia entry

• Polyphenols in Renal Pathophysiology, Scholarly Community Encyclopedia
• Exploring Vegetarian and Omnivorous Approaches to Cardiovascular Risk and Body Composition, Scholarly Community Encyclopedia. MDPI