Marle dos Santos Alvarenga holds a degree in Nutrition from the University of São Paulo (1993), a master's degree in Applied Human Nutrition from the University of São Paulo (1997), and a doctorate in Applied Human Nutrition from the University of São Paulo (2001). She completed her post-doctorate at the Department of Nutrition of the School of Public Health at USP, with a FAPESP scholarship, and was a short-term scholar at Pennsylvania University (2010). She has training in Intuitive Eating by INTUITIVE EATING PRO Skills Training Teleseminar and Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training (MBEAT). She is currently an external advisor of the Graduate Program in Nutrition in Public Health of the School of Public Health at the University of São Paulo. She is a professor of the Professional Master's Degree at São Camilo University Center. She is the founder of the Behavioral Nutrition Institute. She has experience in practice, working mainly with eating disorders, obesity, and eating behavior. Her research area includes the eating behavior, consumption determinants, and eating attitudes of different clinical and non-clinical populations, eating disorders, body dissatisfaction, and media influence.