Paula Vaz-Fernandes is currently assistant Professor at the Portuguese Open University at the Department of Sciences and Technology. She has a bachelor’s in food and Nutrition Sciences by the University of Oporto (1994), a MSc in Public Health by the University of Coimbra (1998) and a PhD in Biology by the Nova University of Lisbon (2008). As a researcher she is integrated at CAPP, Centre for Public Administration & Public Policies at the Institute of Institute of Social and Political Sciences, Lisbon. Her main research interests are focused on the Sustainable Diets; Health Promotion; Nutritional Epidemiology; Food Waste and Sustainability; Environmental Health; Quantitative Methodologies. He has a professional card number 1261N of the Order of Nutritionists, Portugal.