Raquel Leitão is a Nutritionist Professor, with a degree in Nutritional Sciences from the Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences at the University of Porto, a master's degree in Water and Food Quality Control from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto, and a PhD in Child Studies, at specialty in Child Health, from the University of Minho. She carries out her professional activity as an Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo (IPVC), being responsible for teaching in the area of Human Nutrition and related sciences. She has editorial experience at Open Medicine Journal, for the area “Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics” and as a reviewer for international scientific journals. She has been participating in funded projects: NUTRIAGE (FEDER); Viana do Castelo Coastal Geopark (NORTE2020 Program); Health status and physical activity of the elderly population (FCT); Obesity from childhood to adolescence: a longitudinal study in school environment (FCT). She was Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Pre-School Education and the Postgraduate Degree in Education, Science and Local Heritage, at the IPVC Higher Education School. She is a member of the Order of Nutritionists, the Scientific Council of the Geopark Litoral de Viana do Castelo, CIEC and inED. She is Coordinator of the Eco-Schools Program at ESE-IPVC.
