ANTONIO PEDRO MENDES

Sports Nutritionist, Researcher, Lecturer

WORKING EXPERIENCE

Current

Sports Nutritionist at FC Porto – basketball, roller hockey, handball swimming and youth football (U15 to U19);
Head of Sports Nutrition and Physical Activity Unit at Clínica do Dragão – FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence
Member of the Clinical Nutrition Committee of the Order of Nutritionists;
Head of Food and Nutrition Department at Agostinho Ribeiro Hospital
Lecturer at Bwizer

Previous

Head Sports Nutritionist at FC Paços de Ferreira – First Team and Youth
Researcher at Pediatrics Unit of Centro Hospitalar de São João – focus on children malnutrition in Mozambique

ACADEMIC DEGREES

Candidate in PhD in Clinical Nutrition at Faculty of Nutrition, University of Porto
Bachelor in Nutrition Sciences at Faculty of Nutrition, University of Porto

AFFILIATIONS

Futebol Clube do Porto
Clínica do Dragão, Espregueira Mendes Sports Centre – FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence
Hospital Agostinho Ribeiro
Member of the Clinical Nutrition Committee of the Order of Nutritionists
Football Medicine^®

PUBLICATIONS

Book chapter: Nutritional Guidelines for Football Players. In: Injuries and Health Problems in Football. 2017; Springer
Book chapter: Nutrição no atleta com patologia respiratória. In: Patologia Respiratória no Atleta. 2017; Lidel
Article: Creatina: um suplemento para futebolistas? Rev Medicina Desportiva Informa. 2017; 8(3):16-19

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