Ph.D. Student
Health Team
In 2012, Mafalda Leitão finished her Masters in Health Psychology in the area of eating behavior. The following year, she worked with Prof. Filipa Pimenta in her post-doctoral, at UIPES (reference Grant SFRH/BDP/77799/2011). Then, she worked for six years in a clinical context, in psychological intervention, namely with the Portuguese population with weight-related problems (excessive weight and obesity). Currently, she is a PhD student in Health Psychology at William James Center for Research, Ispa-Instituto Universitário, and her project focuses on menopause and weight management. This project receives support from the Foundation for Science and Technology
Supervised at WJCR by: Filipa Pimenta and João Marôco
Main publications
Leitão, M., Hartmann-Boyce, J., Pérez-López, F. R., Marôco, J., & Pimenta, F. (2023). Weight management strategies in Middle-Aged Women (MAW): Development and validation of a questionnaire based on the Oxford Food and Activity Behaviors Taxonomy (OxFAB-MAW) in a Portuguese sample. Frontiers in psychology, 13, 1069775. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1069775
Pimenta, F., Marôco, J., Leitão, M., & Leal, I. (2016). Predictors of stress and depressive mood in Portuguese middle-aged women. Journal of Women & Aging, 28(5), 444-453. doi:10.1080/08952841.2015.1018058
Leitão, M., Pimenta, F., Herédia, T., & Leal, I. (2013). Comportamento alimentar, compulsão alimentar, história de peso e estilo de vida: Diferenças entre pessoas com obesidade e com uma perda de peso bem-sucedida. Revista de Alimentos e Nutrição, 24(4), 393-401.
Contacts
E-mail: mleitao@ispa.pt
CiênciaVitae: https://www.cienciavitae.pt/portal/5F12-CFAD-9BA5
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7938-2811
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mafalda_Leitao2
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