Bárbara Hatzlhoffer Lourenço is an assistant professor at the Department of Nutrition of the School of Public Health of the University of São Paulo, and an advisor for masters and doctoral students at the Graduate Program in Public Health Nutrition (USP). She received a degree in Nutrition (2008) and a doctorate in Public Health Nutrition (2014) from USP. Bárbara was a visiting scientist at the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, with support from the Fulbright Program (Junior Faculty Member Award) and the PrInt CAPES Program (2021-2022). She is part of the MINA-Brazil Research Group: Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition and the Center for Epidemiological Research in Nutrition and Health (USP). Bárbara has experience in the areas of nutrition and public health, with an emphasis in nutritional epidemiology, developing activities mainly related to evaluation of nutritional status, maternal and child health, and analysis of longitudinal data. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The discussion regarding the promotion of fundamental aspects of health and human well-being must consider the critical window between late childhood and early adolescence. To this end, information on trajectories resulting from a balance of opportunities and adversities from previous phases, in a broader way, is crucial. This project aims (i) to characterize classes of trajectories of nu…
The double burden of malnutrition (DBM) is the coexistence of parameters related to undernutrition and overnutrition as observed at the population level; at the family level, in an intergenerational perspective in the mother-child pair; or at the individual level, mainly in low- and middle-income regions. The DBM during childhood may be connected to health problems in adulthood, but prosp…
Vitamin D is an essential liposoluble micronutrient obtained mainly from exposure to ultraviolet B light, but also from diet. Vitamin D deficiency in early childhood may be related to characteristics such as inadequate sun exposure and overweight, with evidence of association with lower vitamin levels. Because of its role in growth and development processes, including the regulation of mu…
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