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Karen Kay Mejos is a nutrition researcher and a lecturer at Kenvale College Sydney, Australia. Karen graduated from the University of the Philippines Diliman with a degree in BS Community Nutrition. She eventually earned her MS in Nutritional Science and Food Management at Ewha Womans University, South Korea and PhD at the University of New South Wales...

Regina Emiliene Lat graduated from the University of the Philippines with a degree in Community Nutrition. She currently works in the United States and specializes on Quality Control and Food Safety.

Karen Leslie L. Pineda is a Registered Nutritionist-Dietitian and graduated with a BS in Nutrition and Dietetics from St. Scholastica’s College. She completed her Master of Science in Public Health at UP-Manila and possesses a Diploma in Sports Nutrition from the International Olympic Committee. She is currently serving as an assistant professor in the Sports Science Department at the University of Santo Tomas College of Rehabilitation Sciences. Additionally, she works as a Nutrition Consultant for the Medical and Scientific Athletic Services of the Philippine Sports Commission. She is an active participant in numerous local and international organizations. In the remote past, she served as Chair of the Sports Nutrition and Wellness Dietetic Practice Group of the Nutritionists-Dietitians of the Associations of the Philippines. At present, she is a life member of the Nutritionist-Dietitians Association of the Philippines, Foundation (NDAPF), a Board Member of the Philippine Association of Nutrition (PAN), and a member of the Sports Nutrition Association of the Philippines (SNAP). She has served as the Sports Nutritionist of Team Philippines in several international sporting events. She has been a resource speaker on various local professional and lay fora, seminars, and annual conventions. She has published research in the past and continues to actively conduct studies, with a strong passion for sports nutrition and wellness.

Ma. Paz Lugay-Sales is a Food and Nutrition graduate of College of the Holy Spirit, Manila and has a Master of Science in Nutrition at University of the Philippines, Diliman. She has been with the academe for 16 years before becoming the Managing Director of Center for Culinary Arts, Manila.

Jake Brandon M. Andal is a Registered Nutritionist-Dietitian. He earned his Bachelor’s degree at the University of the Philippines - Los Baños (UPLB) in 2017 and is currently taking his Master of Science in Applied Nutrition minor in Biochemistry at the same university under Nestle’s Post-graduate Scholarship Program. He started his career as a Clinical Dietitian at Saint Luke’s Medical...

Dr. Marc Dexter Macalintal earned his Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition from the University of the Philippines Los Banos and his Doctor of Medicine degree at the De La Salle Health Sciences Institute College of Medicine. He then pursued post graduate training under the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and topped the Diplomate Board Examination for the Philippine Cohort...