Biography
Dr Machado is an Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN) at Deakin University. She holds a PhD and a Masters in Public Health Nutrition (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil). Her research focuses on evaluation of sustainable healthy diets based on the degree of food processing, understanding the role of ultra-processed foods in the food system and human health, and on science and politics of food and nutrition policy-making.
Priscila has expertise in nutritional epidemiology, nutrition science and sustainability. This includes substantial experience in the NOVA food classification system and its identification of ultra-processed foods, dietary patterns research using complex datasets (e.g. national surveys), and developing methodologies to incorporate food processing on health and sustainability assessments. She currently co-supervises 2 PhD students and 1 Masters student.
Biography summary
2019-2020: Research Fellow (Australian Research Council Discovery Project), Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University.
2019: Doctor of Sciences (Public Health Nutrition), School of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo. Research project: Consumption of ultra-processed foods, nutritional dietary quality and obesity in the Australian population. Supervisor: Prof Carlos Augusto Monteiro.
2016: Master of Science (Public Health Nutrition), School of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo. Research project: The influence of supermarkets on the availability and price of ultra-processed food and drink products consumed in Brazil. Supervisor: Dr Renata Bertazzi Levy.
2013: Bachelor of Nutrition, School of Health Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina.
Research interests
Assessing and monitoring healthy and sustainable diets.
The impact of ultra-processed foods in the food system and human health.
Evidence-based food and nutrition policy.
Affiliations
World Public Health Nutrition Association
Nutrition Society of Australia
Brazilian Alliance for Healthy Diets (Aliança pela Alimentação Adequada e Saudável)
Knowledge areas
Public Health Nutrition
Nutritional Epidemiology
Ultra-processed foods
Healthy and sustainable diets
Food policy
Research groups
Deakin's Food policy and public health group.
University of Sao Paulo's Center for Epidemiological Research in Nutrition and Health
Publications
Measuring Adherence to Sustainable Healthy Diets: A Scoping Review of Dietary Metrics
Priscila Machado, Sarah McNaughton, Katherine Livingstone, Michalis Hadjikakou, Cherie Russell, Kate Wingrove, Katherine Sievert, Sarah Dickie, Julie Woods, Phillip Baker, Mark Lawrence
(2023), Vol. 14, pp. 147-160, Advances in Nutrition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Ultra-processed foods and risk of Crohn's disease: how much is too much?
Jessica Fitzpatrick, Emma Halmos, Priscila Machado, Peter Gibson
(2023), pp. 1-10, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Ultra-processed food consumption, socio-demographics and diet quality in Australian adults
L Marchese, K Livingstone, J Woods, K Wingrove, P MacHado
(2022), Vol. 25, pp. 94-104, Public Health Nutrition, Cambridge, Eng, C1
D Neri, E Steele, N Khandpur, G Cediel, M Zapata, F Rauber, J Marrón-Ponce, P Machado, M da Costa Louzada, G Andrade, C Batis, N Babio, J Salas-Salvadó, C Millett, C Monteiro, R Levy
(2022), Vol. 23, pp. 1-13, Obesity Reviews, Chichester, Eng., C1
P Machado, G Cediel, J Woods, P Baker, S Dickie, F Gomes, G Scrinis, M Lawrence
(2022), Vol. 61, pp. 1801-1812, European Journal of Nutrition, Germany, C1
Daniela Koios, Priscila Machado, Jennifer Lacy-Nichols
(2022), pp. 1-12, International Journal of Health Policy and Management, Kerman, Iran, C1
Ultra-processed food intake and diet carbon and water footprints: a national study in Brazil
J Garzillo, V Poli, F Leite, E Steele, P Machado, M da Costa Louzada, R Levy, C Monteiro
(2022), Vol. 56, Revista de Saude Publica, Brazil, C1
B R Cardoso, P Machado, E Steele
(2022), Vol. 61, pp. 3975-3985, European Journal of Nutrition, Germany, C1
M Lane, M Lotfaliany, M Forbes, A Loughman, T Rocks, A O’Neil, P Machado, F Jacka, A Hodge, W Marx
(2022), Vol. 14, Nutrients, Switzerland, C1
Sarah Dickie, Julie Woods, Priscila Machado, Mark Lawrence
(2022), Vol. 6, CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN NUTRITION, United States, C1
E Martinez Steele, J Marrón Ponce, G Cediel, M Louzada, N Khandpur, P Machado, J Moubarac, F Rauber, C Corvalán, R Levy, C Monteiro
(2022), Vol. 32, pp. 2739-2750, Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, Netherlands, C1
K Wingrove, M Lawrence, P Machado, L Stephens, S McNaughton
(2022), Vol. 14, Nutrients, Switzerland, C1
J Garzillo, V Poli, F Leite, E Martinez-Steele, P Machado, M Louzada, R Levy, C Monteiro
(2022), Vol. 56, pp. 1-12, Revista de Saude Publica, Sao Paulo, Brazil, C1
P Baker, T Santos, P Neves, P Machado, J Smith, E Piwoz, A Barros, C Victora, D McCoy
(2021), Vol. 17, Maternal and Child Nutrition, England, C1
E Steele, C Batis, G Cediel, M Louzada, N Khandpur, P Machado, J Moubarac, F Rauber, M Jedlicki, R Levy, C Monteiro
(2021), Vol. 10, pp. e43-, Journal of nutritional science, England, C1
Ultra-processed foods and dietary fiber consumption in brazil
G da Cruz, P Machado, G Andrade, M Louzada
(2021), Vol. 26, pp. 4153-4161, Ciencia e Saude Coletiva, Brazil, C1
Carbon footprint of the Brazilian diet
J Garzillo, P Machado, F Leite, E Steele, V Poli, M Louzada, R Levy, C Monteiro
(2021), Vol. 55, pp. 90-, Revista de saude publica, Brazil, C1
P Machado, E Steele, M Louzada, R Levy, A Rangan, J Woods, T Gill, G Scrinis, C Monteiro
(2020), Vol. 59, pp. 2783-2792, European Journal of Nutrition, Berlin, Germany, C1
Parents' cooking skills confidence reduce children's consumption of ultra-processed foods
C Martins, P Machado, M Louzada, R Levy, C Monteiro
(2020), Vol. 144, Appetite, England, C1
Ultra-processed foods and health outcomes: A narrative review
L Elizabeth, P Machado, M Zinöcker, P Baker, M Lawrence
(2020), Vol. 12, pp. 1-36, Nutrients, Switzerland, C1
P Baker, P Machado, T Santos, K Sievert, K Backholer, M Hadjikakou, C Russell, O Huse, C Bell, G Scrinis, A Worsley, S Friel, M Lawrence
(2020), Vol. 21, Obesity Reviews, England, C1
N Naspolini, P Pereira Machado, C Fróes-Asmus, V Câmara, J Moreira, A Meyer
(2020), pp. 1-10, Nutrition and Health, Thousand Oaks, CA, C1
Ultra-processed food consumption and obesity in the Australian adult population
P Machado, E Steele, R Levy, M da Costa Louzada, A Rangan, J Woods, T Gill, G Scrinis, C Monteiro
(2020), Vol. 10, Nutrition and Diabetes, England, C1
P MacHado, E Steele, R Levy, Z Sui, A Rangan, J Woods, T Gill, G Scrinis, C Monteiro
(2019), Vol. 9, BMJ Open, England, C1
Eating meals with parents is associated with better quality of diet for Brazilian adolescents
B Martins, C Ricardo, P Machado, F Rauber, C Azeredo, R Levy
(2019), Vol. 35, pp. e00153918-, Cadernos de saude publica, Brazil, C1
K Koiwai, Y Takemi, F Hayashi, H Ogata, S Matsumoto, K Ozawa, P MacHado, C Monteiro
(2019), Vol. 22, pp. 2999-3008, Public Health Nutrition, England, C1
R Martines, P Machado, D Neri, R Levy, F Rauber
(2019), Vol. 15, Maternal and Child Nutrition, England, C1
B Melo, L Rezende, P Machado, N Gouveia, R Levy
(2018), Vol. 29, pp. 504-511, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, England, C1
P Machado, R Claro, A Martins, J Costa, R Levy
(2018), Vol. 21, pp. 201-209, Public Health Nutrition, England, C1
P Machado, R Claro, D Canella, F Sarti, R Levy
(2017), Vol. 116, pp. 381-388, Appetite, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
The indigestible system of food as commodity
P Machado, N de liveira, Á Mendes
(2016), Vol. 25, pp. 505-515, Saude e Sociedade, C1
P Pereira Machado, M Kraemer, N Kliemann, C Colussi, M Veiros, R Proença
(2016), Vol. 118, pp. 1579-1593, British food journal, Bingley, Eng., C1
The Brazilian population consumes larger serving sizes than those informed on labels
M Dos Santos Kraemer, P Machado, N Kliemann, D Alejandro GonzáLez Chica, R Pacheco Da Costa ProençA
(2015), Vol. 117, pp. 719-730, British food journal, Bingley, Eng, C1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Industry and Other Funding
Evaluating Thailand's nutrition profiling model against the NOVA food classification scheme.
Prof Mark Lawrence, Ms Sarah Dickie, Dr Julie Woods, Dr Priscila Machado
Thai Health Promotion Foundation (Mahidol University)
- 2021: $22,355
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report