Graduation degree in Nutrition by the Federal University of Pará (1991) and Doctor degree in Public Health by the University of São Paulo (USP) (2004). Professor of the USP, teaching in the graduation and posgraduation courses, in Nutrition and Nutrition in Public Health, respectively. He has experience in the public health area, with emphasis in nutrition, mainly in the following subjects: nutritional epidemiology, nutrition transition, obesity, determinants of the nutritional status and anthropometry.