Since its creation, PPG-CNEM offers a proposal for a multidisciplinary study of Nutrition, with a view to training and improving professionals in different areas of knowledge bordering nutrition. Our focus is on some specific areas of Nutrition Science, such as Clinical and Epidemiological Nutrition, Food Science and Technology, Experimental Nutrition and Nutrition in Collective Feeding, but also includes the basic area, with studies focused on Physiology, Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Immunology and Anatomy, as well as related areas such as Sport, not only through studies of different nutritional approaches aimed at athletes, but also studies of movement and behavior, changes in locomotor pattern and responses to physical training.
In 2023, with the revision of the norms and regulations of the Program, the areas of concentration and lines of research were reformulated, maintaining the multidisciplinary vocation of the program, with a focus on Nutrition and its closest related area, Sport. The area of "Nutritional Sciences and Metabolism" had its name changed to "Nutrition Sciences", simplifying its definition, making it more generic and aligned with the different lines of research proposed, being divided into two lines of research. The area of "Sports Sciences" was not modified, having been preserved with the aim of enabling research within the area of Sport, bringing together studies at the interface between the two fields of knowledge, also being divided into two lines.
Area of Concentration: Sports Sciences - AA
Line 1: Acute and chronic physical exercise, metabolism and nutrition in the context of health.
Line Description: Integrates those interested in research involving physical exercise, training and nutrition applied in the scope of disease prevention or treatment. The research line aims to investigate the metabolic, physiological and molecular responses and adaptations to the prescription of acute and chronic physical exercise, as well as nutritional and behavioral strategies related to health. For this, experimental models and studies with humans affected by chronic-degenerative diseases, including obesity, Diabetes Mellitus, restless legs syndrome and the chronification of pain, are investigated by the research projects linked to this line.
Line 2: Acute and chronic physical exercise, metabolism and nutrition in the context of sports performance.
Line Description: Integrates those interested in research involving physical exercise, training and nutrition applied in the scope of promoting sports performance. The research line aims to investigate the metabolic, physiological and molecular responses and adaptations to the prescription of acute and chronic physical exercise, as well as nutritional, environmental and behavioral strategies related to physical-sports performance in different sports modalities. In this context, the effects of physical training programs with different characteristics, as well as acute interventions to enhance performance, are investigated in experimental models, active individuals and high-performance athletes.
Area of Concentration: Nutrition Sciences - AD
Line 1: Nutrition in basic, experimental and clinical science.
Line Description: Integrates those interested in basic research, pre-clinical experimental models, clinical trials and translational studies. It aims to investigate the relationship between nutrition and the health-disease process through the study of genetic, metabolic, immunological pathways and epigenetic mechanisms. It studies the participation of foods, nutrients and non-nutrients in physiological and pathological conditions in different life cycles.
Line 2: Food, nutrition and health in individuals and collectivities.
Line Description: Integrates those interested in epidemiological, observational, behavioral research and with food and raw materials. It aims to study the biological, chemical, technological aspects of food, as well as the relationship between food and the health-disease process. It seeks to understand the nutritional problem from the perspective of the collectivity; and investigate policies, programs, health services and interventions in food and nutrition, and their impact on the health and nutrition of individuals and populations in different life cycles.
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