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Tânia Silva-Santos, nutritionist, master in Consumer Sciences and Nutrition and PhD in Food Consumption Sciences and Nutrition from the University of Porto. Her master's thesis was on the intake of sodium sources in children (2015) and since then she has been interested in efforts to reduce salt consumption. In 2022, she completed her PhD in the IMCSalt project on the impact of a randomized clinical trial with the Salt Control H equipment on dietary salt intake, dietary behavior and blood pressure. Currently, she is an integrated doctoral researcher at the Associated Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health (ITR), coordinated by the Institute of Public Health of the University of Porto.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Tânia Silva-Santos

Citation names

  • Silva-Santos, Tânia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
F710-472B-38AE
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0684-5472
Scopus Author Id
57216836017
Education
Degree Classification
2018 - 2022
Concluded
 Ciências do Consumo Alimentar e Nutrição (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
"Impact of a Randomized Controlled Trial with Salt Control H in dietary salt intake, dietary behavior and blood pressure" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2016
Concluded
 Ciências da Nutrição (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2013 - 2015
Concluded
 Ciências do Consumo e Nutrição (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2009 - 2013
Concluded
 Dietética e Nutrição (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/06 - 2023/12 Postdoc (Research) Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/02 - Current Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/03 - 2023/06 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/03 - 2021/08 Bolseira Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. "Innovative Equipment to Monitor and Control Salt Usage When Cooking: Acceptance of This New Technology to Healthy Eating Promotion". 240-247. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-72654-6_23
Conference paper
  1. Faria, Ana P; Padrão, Patrícia; Pinho, Olívia; Silva Santos, Tânia; Oliveira, Luís; Esteves, Sílvia; Pereira, João P; et al. "Salt content in meals served in university canteens - results of an intervention to reduce". 2022.
Journal article
  1. Tânia Silva-Santos; Rita S. Guerra; Rui Valdiviesso; Teresa F. Amaral. "Hand Grip Force–Time Curve Indicators Evaluated by Dynamometer: A Systematic Review". Nutrients (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16121951.
    10.3390/nu16121951
  2. Inês Anjos; Tânia Silva-Santos; Pedro Moreira; Patrícia Padrão; Olívia Pinho; Carla Gonçalves. "Consumption of ultra-processed foods and relationship with sodium and potassium excretion: a cross-sectional study". Revista Española de Nutrición Humana y Dietética (2024): https://doi.org/10.14306/renhyd.28.2.2140.
    10.14306/renhyd.28.2.2140
  3. Machado, A.; Carla Gonçalves; Pedro Moreira; Olívia Pinho; Patrícia Padrão; Tânia Silva-Santos; Micaela Rodrigues; Pedro Norton; Adriano A. Bordalo. "Iodine intake assessment in the staff of a Porto region university (Portugal): the iMC Salt trial". European Journal of Nutrition 62 5 (2023): 2245-2256. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-023-03149-1.
    10.1007/s00394-023-03149-1
  4. Tânia Silva-Santos; Moreira P; Olívia Pinho; Patrícia Padrão; Pedro Norton; Carla Gonçalves. "Salt-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior in an Intervention to Reduce Added Salt When Cooking in a Sample of Adults in Portugal". Foods (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/7/981.
    10.3390/foods11070981
  5. Ana Patrícia Faria; Patrícia Padrão; Olívia Pinho; Tânia Silva-Santos; Luís Oliveira; Sílvia Esteves; João Paulo Pereira; et al. "Pilot Study to Reduce Added Salt on a University Canteen through the Use of an Innovative Dosage Equipment". Foods (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/2/149.
    10.3390/foods11020149
  6. Tânia Silva-Santos; Moreira P; Micaela Rodrigues; Patrícia Padrão; Olívia Pinho; Pedro Norton; Altin Ndrio; Carla Gonçalves. "Interventions That Successfully Reduced Adults Salt Intake—A Systematic Review". Nutrients (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/1/6.
    10.3390/nu14010006
  7. Tânia Silva-Santos; Moreira P; Olívia Pinho; Patrícia Padrão; Sandra Abreu; Sílvia Esteves; Luis Oliveira; et al. "Impact of an Innovative Equipment to Monitor and Control Salt Usage during Cooking at Home on Salt Intake and Blood Pressure—Randomized Controlled Trial iMC SALT". Nutrients (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/1/8.
    10.3390/nu14010008
  8. Giulia Viroli; Carla Gonçalves; Olívia Pinho; Tânia Silva-Santos; Patrícia Padrão; Moreira P. "High Adherence to Mediterranean Diet Is Not Associated with an Improved Sodium and Potassium Intake". Nutrients (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/11/4151.
    10.3390/nu13114151
  9. "Intervention to decrease salt intake inadequacy using a control device to monitor and control salt use when cooking at home – iMC SALT preliminary results". European Heart Journal 42 Supplement (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.2439.
    10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.2439
  10. "Innovative equipments to monitor and control salt usage during culinary". European Journal of Public Health 30 Supplement (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.583.
    10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.583
  11. "Knowledge and behaviors regarding salt intake according to urinary Na excretion and blood pressure". European Journal of Public Health 30 Supplement (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.188.
    10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.188
  12. "Hydration status and hypertension in University workers". European Journal of Public Health 30 Supplement (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.1123.
    10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.1123
  13. "Innovative equipment to monitor and control salt usage when cooking at home: iMC SALT research protocol for a randomised controlled trial". BMJ Open 10 5 (2020): e035898-e035898. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035898.
    10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035898
  14. "Potassium urinary excretion and dietary intake: a cross-sectional analysis in 8–10 year-old children". BMC Pediatrics 15 1 (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-015-0374-z.
    10.1186/s12887-015-0374-z
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Tânia Marisa da Silva Santos. "Impact of a Randomized Controlled Trial with Salt Control H in dietary salt intake, dietary behavior and blood pressure". PhD, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/141397.
  2. Tânia Marisa da Silva Santos. "Ingestão e Fontes Alimentares de Sódio em Crianças". Master, 2015. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/83427.