Elisabetta Recine is a nutritionist with a PhD in Public Health and is a Professor at the University of Brasília, Brazil, Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences. She has academic and governmental experience in food and nutrition policies, food and nutrition security and the right to food. Worked on the implementation of the Food and Nutrition National Policy (Ministry of Health – 2000-2003). Elisabetta has been President of the Brazilian National Food and Nutrition Security Council (CONSEA), since 2017, an advisory board of the Presidency of the Republic.  Her professional life has been guided by the perspective of relating the different dimensions of the food system and consumption, determinants of food behaviour, people's health, aiming at the progressive realization of the right to adequate food. Currently, she is also the Coordinator of the Observatory for Food and Nutrition Security Policies of the University of Brasília. She was member of the HLPE Project Team for the 12th HLPE Report on “Nutrition and Food Systems”. Member of the Steering Committee of the High Level Panel of Experts - Committee on World Food Security - UN since 2017/19.