Mission and Vision
Our mission is to promote the crucial role of the dietitian in PHC and to support member Associations in developing the role that PHC dietitians have in improving nutritional health and well-being, in the prevention and treatment of diseases according to scientific evidence and in reducing inequalities in Europe.
This will be achieved through:
- Sharing and learning from dietetic practices in PHC across Europe
- Supporting the highest quality of dietetic education, research activity and partnership
- Developing, supporting, and delivering dietetic research programs in the area of
Nutrition in PHC to further develop the evidence basis for practice - Developing and designating evidence based proposals, guidelines, reports and position
statements, to support the highest quality of professional dietetic practice in PHC - Engaging with decision and policy makers at local, national and European levels.
- Updating and developing role statement and briefing papers for the role of the dietitian
in PHC. - Developing advanced competence statements for dietitians working in PHC
Who we are

Superior Advisor Dietitian in PHC – Northern Regional Health Administration, Ministry of Health, Portugal
Invited Assistant Professor – University Institute of Health Sciences, CESPU, Portugal
Chairman of the Fiscal Council of the APN (Portuguese Association of Nutrition)
Specialist in Community Nutrition and Public Health (Order of Nutritionists)
Specialist in the career of Higher Health Technicians (Ministry of Health)

Advisor Dietitian in PHC – Northern Regional Health Administration, Ministry of Health, Portugal
Specialist in Clinical Nutrition (title awarded by the Order of Nutritionists)
Specialist in the career of Higher Health Technicians (title awarded by the Ministry of Health)

Dietitian in PHC at Diëtheek Amstelveen in The Netherlands
Special interest in healthy nutrition and lifestyle before conception