Graduated in Nutrition from the University of Brasília (1988), Master in Health Sciences from the University of Brasília (1997), PhD in Nutrition from the Federal University of São Paulo (2003) and post doctorate at University College London (2014). She is a Professor at the University of Brasília. She has experience in the field of Nutrition, with an emphasis on clinical and epidemiological research, working mainly on the following topics: cardiovascular risk in adolescents, obesity and bariatric surgery. She is a master's and doctoral advisor for the Postgraduate Program in Human Nutrition and Postgraduate Program in Public Health at the University of Brasília. She is the leader of the research group PENSA (Research in Nutrition and Health).