Nutrition consultations

Considering that inadequate eating habits are one of the modifiable factors with the greatest impact on health and considering that we have greater longevity, but this is associated with a greater burden of disease, nutrition consultations in this university setting will aim to improve your metabolic performance.
In these consultations, we aim to help you define your individual health goals in a personalized way.

What to expect: 

  • Metabolic assessment
  • Assessment of nutritional status and body composition.
  • Prevention of nutritional deficiencies
  • Individual, personalized advice based on scientific evidence
  • Improved quality of life
  • Nutrition education 
  • Support to achieve specific goals
  • Disease prevention

 

Nutrition and Metabolism Consultation
Pre-Conception Nutrition Consultation
Post-pregnancy Nutrition Consultation
Microbiota & Gut Health Consultation
Weight Control Consultation
Indirect Calomimetry Exam (InBody)
Pregnancy Nutrition Consultation

More information

 

Conceição Calhau
Diana Teixeira
1230N (Assistant Professor, Nutritionist specializing in Clinical Nutrition)
Marta P Silvestre
Gabriela Ribeiro
Alexandre Rodrigues

 

Nutrition & Metabolism Consultation Preço
NOVA Medical School students* 25,00 €
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Students or NOVA Medical School Staff* or Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Retirees 30,00 €
Former Universidade NOVA de Lisboa students or Universidade NOVA de Lisboa staff or immediate family members of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa students or staff*
(spouses, parents and children)
37,50 €
Other users 50,00 €
Nutritional and Metabolic Diagnosis Pack - Body Composition Assessment
+ 1 follow-up consultation
NOVA Medical School students* 40,00 €
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Students or NOVA Medical School Staff* or Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Retirees 50,00 €
Former Universidade NOVA de Lisboa students or Universidade NOVA de Lisboa staff or immediate family members of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa students or staff*
(spouses, parents and children)
60,00 €
Other users 80,00 €
Nutritional and Metabolic Follow-up Pack - Body Composition Assessment
+ 3 follow-up appointments
NOVA Medical School students* 80,00 €
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Students or NOVA Medical School Staff* or Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Retirees 100,00 €
Former Universidade NOVA de Lisboa students or Universidade NOVA de Lisboa staff or immediate family members of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa students or staff*
(spouses, parents and children)
120,00 €
Other users 160,00 €
Nutritional and Metabolic Monitoring Plus Pack - Body Composition Assessment + 6 follow-up appointments
NOVA Medical School students* 115,00 €
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Students or NOVA Medical School Staff* or Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Retirees 145,00 €
Former Universidade NOVA de Lisboa students or Universidade NOVA de Lisboa staff or immediate family members of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa students or staff*
(spouses, parents and children)
175,00 €
Other users 230,00 €
Group Session - Teaching Carbohydrate Counting
NOVA Medical School students* 17,50 €
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Students or NOVA Medical School Staff* or Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Retirees 25,00 €
Former Universidade NOVA de Lisboa students or Universidade NOVA de Lisboa staff or immediate family members of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa students or staff*
(spouses, parents and children)
30,00 €
Other users 35,00 €

* On presentation of proof

Luengo-Pérez LM, Ambrojo A, Fernández-Bueso M, Guijarro M, Ferreira A, Luzes G, Pereira M, Calhau C, Rocha JC. Muscle Quality and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Patients with Inherited Metabolic Diseases. Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets. 2023 Dec 11. doi: 10.2174/0118715303279040231129055755. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38083892.
 
Luengo-Pérez LM, Fernández-Bueso M, Ambrojo A, Guijarro M, Ferreira AC, Pereira-da-Silva L, Moreira-Rosário A, Faria A, Calhau C, Daly A, MacDonald A, Rocha JC. Body Composition Evaluation and Clinical Markers of Cardiometabolic Risk in Patients with Phenylketonuria. Nutrients. 2023 Dec 18;15(24):5133. doi: 10.3390/nu15245133. PMID: 38140392; PMCID: PMC10745907.
 
Sousa S, Rede D, Cruz Fernandes V, Pestana D, Faria G, Delerue-Matos C, Calhau C, Fernandes Domingues V. Accumulation of organophosphorus pollutants in adipose tissue of obese women - metabolic alterations. Environ Res. 2023 Dec 15;239(Pt 1):117337. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117337. Epub 2023 Oct 6. PMID: 37806478.
 
Rodrigues C, Ismael S, Castela I, Barreiros-Mota I, Almeida MJ, Santos GM, Calhau C, Rocha JC, Faria A, Araújo JR. Trimethylamine increases intestinal fatty acid absorption: in vitro studies in a Caco-2 cell culture system. J Nutr Sci. 2023 Nov 3;12:e108. doi: 10.1017/jns.2023.91. PMID: 37964979; PMCID: PMC10641700.
 
Differences between HbA1c and glucose-related variables in predicting weight loss and glycaemic changes in individuals with overweight and hyperglycaemia - The PREVIEW trial. Marta P Silvestre 1, Mikael Fogelholm 2, Marta Alves 3, Ana Papoila 3, Tanja Adam 4, Amy Liu 5, Jennie Brand-Miller 6, J Alfredo Martinez 7, Margriet Westerterp-Plantenga 4, Teodora Handjieva-Darlenska 8, Ian A Macdonald 9, Ruixin Zhu 10, Elli Jalo 2, Roslyn Muirhead 6, Santiago Navas Carretero 11, Svetoslav Handjiev 8, Moira A Taylor 12, Anne Raben 13, Sally D Poppitt 5

Does the Effect of a 3-Year Lifestyle Intervention on Body Weight and Cardiometabolic Health Differ by Prediabetes Metabolic Phenotype? A Post Hoc Analysis of the PREVIEW Study Ruixin Zhu 1, Elli Jalo 2, Marta P Silvestre 3 4, Sally D Poppitt 3, Teodora Handjieva-Darlenska 5, Svetoslav Handjiev 5, Maija Huttunen-Lenz 6, Kelly Mackintosh 7, Gareth Stratton 7, Santiago Navas-Carretero 8 9 10, Kirsi H Pietiläinen 11 12, Elizabeth Simpson 13, Ian A Macdonald 13, Roslyn Muirhead 14, Jennie Brand-Miller 14, Mikael Fogelholm 2, Kristine Færch 15 16, J Alfredo Martinez 9 17 18, Margriet S Westerterp-Plantenga 19, Tanja C Adam 19, Anne Raben 1 15

 

Other relevant articles:

Gut microbiota modulation accounts for the neuroprotective properties of anthocyanins

Anthocyanin extraction from plant tissues: A review

Influence of Human Milk on Very Preterms’ Gut Microbiota and Alkaline Phosphatase Activity

Extremely preterm neonates have more Lactobacillus in meconium than very preterm neonates – the in utero microbial colonization hypothesis

 

Research groups:

Metabolism and Nutrition

Phone: +351 915 680 923 | +351 210 529 763

Email: nutriconsulta@nms.unl.pt