ESTeSC Marks World Food Day with Event on the Future of Nutrition

The Coimbra Polytechnic Institute's School of Health Technology celebrated the day with an event that also launched the new Master's degree in Nutrition, Food, and Health.

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The ESTeSC-UPCoimbra marked World Food Day on October 16th with the event “Nutrition Futures 2026”, which also launched the new Master's degree in Nutrition, Food, and Health.

The event, aimed at students and professionals in the field, gathered around 250 participants and focused on knowledge sharing in research, clinical practice, collective catering, and community intervention.
Invited speakers Pedro Moreira, Paulo Oliveira, José Camolas, Camila Borges, and Rita Giro addressed four thematic areas: Clinical Nutrition; Nutrition and Sports Practice; Collective Catering and Community Intervention; and Metabolism and Translational Research. Sessions were moderated by ESTeSC-UPCoimbra faculty.
The initiative was organized by the Scientific-Pedagogical Unit of Dietetics and Nutrition at ESTeSC-UPCoimbra.
Based on information from the official source: ESTeSC - Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra (22/10/2026)