Carla Maria Avesani
Professor
Applied Nutrition
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Biography
Carla Maria Avesani holds a degree in Nutrition from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (1994), a Master's degree in Nutrition from the Federal University of São Paulo (1998) and a PhD in Nutrition from the Federal University of São Paulo (2004). He did postdoctoral studies at the Karolinska Institute, Division of Nephrology (2006) on nutritional aspects in chronic kidney disease. She is currently associate professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro and vice director of the Institute of Nutrition in the term 2016-2019. She has experience in Nutrition, with emphasis in Nephrology, working mainly in the following subjects: nutritional aspects of chronic renal disease (CKD) in the non-dialytic and dialytic phase. She is also a reviewer of national and international journals in the area of ​​Nutrition and Nephrology and is part of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Renal Nutrition.
Research Interest
Nutritional aspects of chronic renal disease (CKD) in the non-dialytic and dialytic phase.
Publications
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MARTINS, ALINE MOUTINHO; DIAS RODRIGUES, JULIANA CORDEIRO; DE OLIVEIRA SANTIN, FERNANDA GALVÃO; BARBOSA BRITO, FLAVIA DOS SANTOS; BELLO MOREIRA, ANNIE SEIXAS; LOURENÇO, ROBERTO ALVES ; Avesani, Carla Maria . Food Intake Assessment of Elderly Patients on Hemodialysis. Journal of Renal Nutrition (Print) , v. 25, p. 321-326, 2015.
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CARRERO, JUAN J.; JOHANSEN, KIRSTEN L.; LINDHOLM, BENGT; STENVINKEL, PETER; CUPPARI, LILIAN ; Avesani, Carla M .. Screening for muscle wasting and dysfunction in patients with chronic kidney disease. Kidney International , v. 90, p. 53-66, 2016.
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CUPPARI, LILIAN ; NERBASS, FABIANA BAGGIO; Avesani, Carla Maria ; KAMIMURA, MARIA AYAKO. A practical approach to dietary interventions for nondialysis-dependent CKD patients: the experience of a reference nephrology center in Brazil. BMC Nephrology , v. 17, p. 85-96, 2016.
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MARTINS, ALINE MOUTINHO; BELLO MOREIRA, ANNIE SEIXAS; CANELLA, DANIELA SILVA; RODRIGUES, JULIANA; SANTIN, FERNANDA; WANDERLEY, BRENDA; LOURENÇO, ROBERTO ALVES ; Avesani, Carla Maria . Elderly patients on hemodialysis have a higher dietary quality and higher consumption of ultra-processed food than that of elderly without chronic kidney disease. NUTRITION , v. 41, p. 73-79, 2017.
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GALVAO, F.; RODRIGUES, JCD ; BRITTO, FSB; AVESANI, CM. . Performance of subjective global assessment and malnutrition inflammation score for monitoring the nutritional status of older adults on hemodialysis. CLINICAL NUTRITION , v. 1, p. 1-5, 2017.
