Paula Moliterno is from Montevideo, Uruguay. She graduated with a BSc in Nutrition from Universidad de la República, Uruguay. She has a Master in Public Health with focus in Nutrition, and a Specialization Diploma in nutrition in non-communicable diseases. Currently she is Associate Professor at the Nutrition School in Universidad de la República. Her main area of research is nutritional epidemiology and prevention of chronic diseases, especially hypertension, type 2 diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease, in both adults and children.