Raquel Rosas

Raquel Rosas
PhD Student
Health Team

Raquel Rosas is a PhD fellow in Health Psychology, developing research in the field of food literacy and behaviour change with the project “FOODLIT-PRO: Food Literacy Project” (FCT grant SFRH/BD/128528/2017)”. Studying food-related knowledge, competencies and behaviours amidst global food systems, her main research interests are: food-related behaviour change in adult population; consumer behaviours’ impact on food systems surrounding contexts (such as sustainability and policy-making); eHealth applications for food behaviour change interventions; quantitative and qualitative assessment; development, application and monitoring of (inter)national food policies.

Supervised at WJCR by: Filipa Pimenta, Isabel Leal

Main publications

Rosas, R., Pimenta, F., Leal, I., & Schwarzer, R. (2020). FOODLIT-PRO: Conceptual and Empirical Development of the Food Literacy Wheel. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. doi: 10.1080/09637486.2020.1762547
Rosas, R., Pimenta, F., Leal, I., & Schwarzer, R. (2020). FOODLIT-PRO: Food Literacy Domains, Influential Factors and Determinants – A Qualitative Study. Nutrients, 12(1). doi: 10.3390/nu12010088
Rosas, R., Pimenta, F., Leal, I., & Schwarzer, R. (2019, September). FOODLIT-PRO: Profiles of eating as needed and associated psychological/behavioural strategies – Portuguese experts’ perspectives. 33rd Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS). Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Rosas, R., Pimenta, F., Leal, I., & Schwarzer, R. (2018). FOODLIT-PRO: Developing food literacy. Psicologia, Saúde & Doenças, 19(1), 122-128. doi: 10.15309/18psd190117