diff --git a/screens/Read.tsx b/screens/Read.tsx
index 1c852f7..7ff0216 100644
--- a/screens/Read.tsx
+++ b/screens/Read.tsx
@@ -233,7 +233,11 @@ export default function Read({ route }: Props) {
               />
             </Pressable>
             {/* button: EDIT nutritable */}
-            <Pressable style={styles.button} onPress={() => navigation.navigate('Update')}>
+            <Pressable
+              style={styles.button}
+              onPress={() =>
+                navigation.navigate('Update', { food, nutritable: selectedNutritable })
+              }>
               <IconSVG
                 name="solid-square-list-pen"
                 color={'white'}
diff --git a/screens/Update.tsx b/screens/Update.tsx
index cd13df7..4deccf3 100644
--- a/screens/Update.tsx
+++ b/screens/Update.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,270 @@
-export default function Update() {
-  <></>;
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { StyleSheet, TextInput } from 'react-native';
+import { Button, Colors, KeyboardAwareScrollView, Text, View } from 'react-native-ui-lib';
+import { Portal } from 'react-native-paper';
+import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import { getAllUnits } from 'database/queries/unitsQueries';
+import { SQLiteDatabase, useSQLiteContext } from 'expo-sqlite';
+
+import { useColors } from 'context/ColorContext';
+
+// components
+import Dialogs from 'components/Shared/Dialogs';
+import IconSVG from 'components/Shared/icons/IconSVG';
+import UnitPicker from 'components/Shared/UnitPicker';
+import MacrosBarChart from 'components/Screens/Create/MacrosBarChart';
+import MacroInputField from 'components/Screens/Create/MacroInputField';
+
+import { Food, Nutritable, Unit } from 'database/types';
+import { getAllFoodNames } from 'database/queries/foodsQueries';
+
+import calculateCalories from 'utils/calculateCalories';
+import { validateFoodInputs } from 'utils/validation/validateFood';
+import { Validation, ValidationStatus } from 'utils/validation/types';
+import { StaticScreenProps } from '@react-navigation/native';
+
+type Props = StaticScreenProps<{
+  food: Food;
+  nutritable: Nutritable;
+}>;
+
+// (!!!) This screen produces a warning due to nesting UnitPicker inside a KeyboardAwareScrollView.
+// Nevertheless, this is strictly necessary to avoid the keyboard from covering the bottom-most input fields.
+export default function Update({ route }: Props) {
+  const { food, nutritable } = route.params;
+
+  const colors = useColors();
+  const database: SQLiteDatabase = useSQLiteContext();
+
+  // Fetches the names of all existing foods
+  const { data: names = [], isFetched: namesFetched } = useQuery({
+    queryKey: ['allNames'],
+    queryFn: () => getAllFoodNames(database),
+    initialData: [],
+  });
+
+  // Stateful nutritional data
+  // (!) Attention: whenever kcals would be used, first check whether it has any input.
+  // If it doesn't use expectedKcals instead for a smoother user experience.
+  const [name, setName] = useState<string>(food.name);
+  const [kcals, setKcals] = useState<string>(nutritable.kcals.toString());
+  const [measure, setMeasure] = useState<string>(nutritable.baseMeasure.toString());
+  const [fat, setFat] = useState<string>(nutritable.fats.toString());
+  const [carbs, setCarbs] = useState<string>(nutritable.carbs.toString());
+  const [protein, setProtein] = useState<string>(nutritable.protein.toString());
+
+  // Calculates expected kcals
+  const [expectedKcals, setExpectedKcals] = useState('');
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setExpectedKcals(
+      calculateCalories(Number(protein), Number(carbs), Number(fat)).toFixed(2).toString()
+    );
+  }, [protein, carbs, fat]);
+
+  // Initializes the validation status
+  const [validationAttempted, setValidationAttempted] = useState(false);
+  const [validation, setValidation] = useState<Validation>({
+    status: ValidationStatus.Valid,
+    errors: [],
+  });
+
+  // Resets the validation status
+  const resetValidation = () => {
+    setValidationAttempted(false);
+    setValidation({
+      status: ValidationStatus.Valid,
+      errors: [],
+    });
+  };
+
+  // Resets the validation status every time a field changes
+  useEffect(resetValidation, [name, kcals, measure, fat, protein, carbs]);
+
+  // Controls the showing of warnings and errors
+  const [showDialogs, setShowDialogs] = useState(false);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setShowDialogs(validation.status !== ValidationStatus.Valid);
+  }, [validation]);
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {/* Using a portal is needed because the nested scrollViews mess up the Dialog component  */}
+      <Portal.Host>
+        <Portal>
+          {/* Show the warnings here component is done */}
+          <Dialogs show={showDialogs} setShow={setShowDialogs} errors={validation.errors} />
+        </Portal>
+        <KeyboardAwareScrollView
+          behavior="padding"
+          nestedScrollEnabled
+          extraScrollHeight={160}
+          contentContainerStyle={styles.container}>
+          <View style={styles.nameField}>
+            <TextInput
+              placeholder={name}
+              onChangeText={(text) => setName(text.length === 0 ? food.name : text)}
+              placeholderTextColor={Colors.violet40}
+              style={styles.nameInput}
+            />
+          </View>
+          {/* Graph */}
+          <MacrosBarChart fat={Number(fat)} carbs={Number(carbs)} protein={Number(protein)} />
+          {/* Macros & Unit */}
+          <View row gap-20>
+            {/* Macros */}
+            <View flex gap-20>
+              {/* Fat */}
+              <MacroInputField
+                text={fat}
+                onChangeText={(text) => setFat(text)}
+                color={colors.get('fat')}
+                unitSymbol={'g'}
+                iconName={'bacon-solid'}
+                maxLength={7}
+              />
+              {/* Carbs */}
+              <MacroInputField
+                text={carbs}
+                onChangeText={(text) => setCarbs(text)}
+                color={colors.get('carbs')}
+                unitSymbol={'g'}
+                iconName={'wheat-solid'}
+                maxLength={7}
+              />
+              {/* Protein */}
+              <MacroInputField
+                text={protein}
+                onChangeText={(text) => setProtein(text)}
+                color={colors.get('protein')}
+                unitSymbol={'g'}
+                iconName={'meat-solid'}
+                maxLength={7}
+              />
+            </View>
+            {/* Unit */}
+            <View style={styles.unitPickerFlex}>
+              <View style={styles.unitIconBox}>
+                <IconSVG width={24} name={'ruler-solid'} color={Colors.white} />
+                <IconSVG style={styles.unitCaret} color={Colors.violet30} name="caret-down-solid" />
+              </View>
+              <UnitPicker
+                units={[nutritable.unit]}
+                onChange={() => {
+                  /* does nothing */
+                }}
+              />
+            </View>
+          </View>
+          {/* Quantity & Calories */}
+          <View spread gap-20>
+            {/* Calories */}
+            <MacroInputField
+              text={kcals}
+              onChangeText={(text) => setKcals(text)}
+              unitSymbol={'kcal'}
+              unitIndicatorWidth={60}
+              iconName={'ball-pile-solid'}
+              maxLength={9}
+              placeholder={expectedKcals}
+            />
+            {/* Measure */}
+            <MacroInputField
+              text={measure}
+              onChangeText={(text) => setMeasure(text)}
+              unitSymbol={nutritable.unit.symbol}
+              unitIndicatorWidth={60}
+              iconName={'scale-unbalanced-solid'}
+              maxLength={7}
+            />
+          </View>
+          {/* Submit Button */}
+          <Button
+            style={{ borderRadius: 12 }}
+            disabled={validation.status === ValidationStatus.Error}
+            label={
+              validation.status === ValidationStatus.Warning ? 'Proceed anyway' : 'Create food'
+            }
+            onPress={() => {
+              // Validates the current data
+              const tempValidationStatus: Validation = validateFoodInputs({
+                name: name,
+                existingNames: names.filter((name) => name !== food.name),
+                kcals: kcals === '' ? expectedKcals : kcals,
+                expectedKcals,
+                measure,
+              });
+              // If it is valid OR if it has only warnings but the user still wishes to proceed...
+              if (
+                tempValidationStatus.status === ValidationStatus.Valid ||
+                (tempValidationStatus.status === ValidationStatus.Warning && validationAttempted)
+              ) {
+                // Creates the nutritable and redirects to the foods list
+                console.log('nutritable/food updated!');
+              } else {
+                // Makes this validation result available to the rest of the program.
+                setValidation(tempValidationStatus);
+                // And signals the validation as attempted (this way we know if the user has already been warned)
+                setValidationAttempted(true);
+              }
+            }}
+          />
+          {/* </View> */}
+        </KeyboardAwareScrollView>
+      </Portal.Host>
+    </>
+  );
 }
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  nameBox: {
+    backgroundColor: Colors.violet30,
+    height: 60,
+    borderRadius: 20,
+    justifyContent: 'center', // Center vertically
+    alignItems: 'center', // Center horizontally
+  },
+  name: {
+    color: 'white',
+    fontSize: 20,
+    textAlign: 'center',
+  },
+  unitPickerFlex: {
+    flexDirection: 'row',
+    justifyContent: 'center',
+    alignItems: 'center',
+    height: 160,
+    width: 128,
+    gap: 8,
+  },
+  unitIconBox: {
+    position: 'relative',
+    justifyContent: 'center',
+    alignItems: 'center',
+    backgroundColor: Colors.violet30,
+    width: 40,
+    height: 40,
+    borderRadius: 10,
+  },
+  unitCaret: {
+    position: 'absolute',
+    transform: [{ rotate: '-90deg' }],
+    right: -20,
+    zIndex: 1,
+  },
+  nameField: {
+    backgroundColor: Colors.violet30,
+    height: 60,
+    borderRadius: 20,
+  },
+  nameInput: {
+    flex: 1,
+    color: 'white',
+    fontSize: 20,
+    textAlign: 'center',
+    paddingHorizontal: 20,
+  },
+  container: {
+    gap: 20,
+    padding: 20,
+  },
+});