diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index c5d919b3a..6ef59fb60 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
 
   def show
     load_filtered_activity if valid_access?
-    load_interest if valid_interest_access?
+    load_interests if valid_interests_access?
   end
 
   private
@@ -63,15 +63,15 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
       @budget_investments = Budget::Investment.where(author_id: @user.id).order(created_at: :desc).page(params[:page])
     end
 
-    def load_interest
-      @interests = Follow.interests_by(@user)
+    def load_interests
+      @user.interests
     end
 
     def valid_access?
       @user.public_activity || authorized_current_user?
     end
 
-    def valid_interest_access?
+    def valid_interests_access?
       @user.public_interests || authorized_current_user?
     end
 
diff --git a/app/models/follow.rb b/app/models/follow.rb
index f11a2a8e7..ee44cac96 100644
--- a/app/models/follow.rb
+++ b/app/models/follow.rb
@@ -18,14 +18,4 @@ class Follow < ActiveRecord::Base
     !! by_user_and_followable(user, followable).try(:first)
   end
 
-  def self.interests_by(user)
-    interests = []
-    user.follows.each do |follow|
-      follow.followable.tags.each do |tag|
-        interests << tag.name
-      end
-    end
-    interests.uniq
-  end
-
 end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index fb11aacf9..60536195b 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -309,6 +309,10 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
     where(conditions.to_hash).where(["username = ?", login]).first
   end
 
+  def interests
+    follows.map{|follow| follow.followable.tags.map(&:name)}.flatten.compact.uniq
+  end
+
   private
 
     def clean_document_number
diff --git a/app/views/users/show.html.erb b/app/views/users/show.html.erb
index fd2526172..fb4a3d1f9 100644
--- a/app/views/users/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/users/show.html.erb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
       <% if @user.public_interests || @authorized_current_user %>
         <div id="public_interests" class="public-interests">
           <h4><%= t('account.show.public_interests_title_list') %></h4>
-          <% @interests.in_groups_of(10, false) do |interests_group| %>
+          <% @user.interests.in_groups_of(10, false) do |interests_group| %>
             <div class="small-4 column end">
               <ul class="no-bullet">
                 <% interests_group.each do |interest| %>
diff --git a/spec/features/users_spec.rb b/spec/features/users_spec.rb
index e770ca2f3..a6e9e2941 100644
--- a/spec/features/users_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/users_spec.rb
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ feature 'Users' do
       login_as(@user)
       visit account_path
 
-      check 'account_public_interest'
+      check 'account_public_interests'
       click_button 'Save changes'
 
       logout
diff --git a/spec/models/follow_spec.rb b/spec/models/follow_spec.rb
index f01ee04fc..fc17924f5 100644
--- a/spec/models/follow_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/follow_spec.rb
@@ -23,17 +23,4 @@ describe Follow do
     expect(follow).to_not be_valid
   end
 
-  describe "interests" do
-
-    let(:user)     { create(:user) }
-
-    it "interests_by user" do
-      proposal =  create(:proposal, tag_list: "Sport")
-      create(:follow, :followed_proposal, followable: proposal, user: user)
-
-      expect(Follow.interests_by(user)).to eq ["Sport"]
-    end
-
-  end
-
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 2e92e5c96..2ca1dfe05 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -657,4 +657,27 @@ describe User do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "#interests" do
+    let(:user)     { create(:user) }
+
+    it "should return followed object tags" do
+      proposal =  create(:proposal, tag_list: "Sport")
+      create(:follow, followable: proposal, user: user)
+
+      expect(user.interests).to eq ["Sport"]
+    end
+
+    it "should discard followed objects duplicated tags" do
+      proposal1 =  create(:proposal, tag_list: "Sport")
+      proposal2 =  create(:proposal, tag_list: "Sport")
+      budget_investment =  create(:budget_investment, tag_list: "Sport")
+
+      create(:follow, followable: proposal1, user: user)
+      create(:follow, followable: proposal2, user: user)
+      create(:follow, followable: budget_investment, user: user)
+
+      expect(user.interests).to eq ["Sport"]
+    end
+
+  end
 end