• Effects of nutrition/diet on brown adipose tissue in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Heenan K.A., Carrillo A.E., Fulton J.L., Ryan E.J., Edsall J.R., Rigopoulos D., Markofski M.M., Flouris A.D., Dinas P.C. (2020)
      Background: Brown adipose tissue (BAT) provides a minor contribution to diet-induced thermogenesis (DIT)—the metabolic response to food consumption. Increased BAT activity is generally considered beneficial for mammalian ...
    • The effects of obesity and diet on prostate cancer risk 

      Melekos, M. D.; Mitsogiannis, I. C. (2003)
      Prostate cancer is nowadays the most common malignancy in males of the western world, but little is as yet known regarding the causes of initiation and progression of this disease. To explain the geographical variations ...
    • Effects of two workload-matched high-intensity interval training protocols on regional body composition and fat oxidation in obese men 

      Tsirigkakis S., Mastorakos G., Koutedakis Y., Mougios V., Nevill A.M., Pafili Z., Bogdanis G.C. (2021)
      The effects of two high-intensity interval training (HIIT) protocols on regional body composition and fat oxidation in men with obesity were compared using a parallel randomized design. Sixteen inactive males (age, 38.9 ± ...
    • Estimated Reductions in Added Sugar Intake among US Children and Youth in Response to Sugar Reduction Targets 

      Vercammen K.A., Dowling E.A., Sharkey A.L., Johnson Curtis C., Wang J., Kenney E.L., Micha R., Mozaffarian D., Moran A.J. (2022)
      Background: In 2021, the National Salt and Sugar Reduction Initiative (NSSRI) released voluntary sugar reduction targets for packaged foods and drinks in the United States. Objective: The objectives of this study were to ...
    • Evaluation of the Quality of Evidence of the Association of Foods and Nutrients with Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes: A Systematic Review 

      Miller V., Micha R., Choi E., Karageorgou D., Webb P., Mozaffarian D. (2022)
      Importance: Poor diet is a leading global factor associated with cardiometabolic disease (CMD). Understanding the quality of evidence of the associations between specific dietary factors and CMD, including effect size ...
    • Fasting-mediated metabolic and toxicity reprogramming impacts circulating microRNA levels in humans 

      Ravanidis S., Grundler F., de Toledo F.W., Dimitriou E., Tekos F., Skaperda Z., Kouretas D., Doxakis E. (2021)
      It is well-established that long-term fasting improves metabolic health, enhances the total antioxidant capacity and increases well-being. MicroRNAs oversee energy homeostasis and metabolic processes and are widely used ...
    • Food addiction, orthorexia, and food-related stress among dietetics students 

      Grammatikopoulou M.G., Gkiouras K., Markaki A., Theodoridis X., Tsakiri V., Mavridis P., Dardavessis T., Chourdakis M. (2018)
      Purpose: Health sciences, and in particular Nutrition and Dietetics students, have been shown to exhibit an increased prevalence of disordered eating. The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to evaluate other ...
    • Global, regional, and national consumption of animal-source foods between 1990 and 2018: findings from the Global Dietary Database 

      Miller V., Reedy J., Cudhea F., Zhang J., Shi P., Erndt-Marino J., Coates J., Micha R., Webb P., Mozaffarian D., Abbott P., Abdollahi M., Abedi P., Abumweis S., Adair L., Al Nsour M., Al-Daghri N., Al-Hamad N., Al-Hooti S., Al-Zenki S., Alam I., Ali J.H., Alissa E., Anderson S., Anzid K., Arambepola C., Arici M., Arsenault J., Asciak R., Barbieri H.E., Barengo N., Barquera S., Bas M., Becker W., Beer-Borst S., Bergman P., Biró L., Boindala S., Bovet P., Bradshaw D., Bukhary N.B., Bundhamcharoen K., Caballero M., Calleja N., Cao X., Capanzana M., Carmikle J., Castetbon K., Castro M., Cerdena C., Chang H.-Y., Charlton K., Chen Y., Chen M.F., Chiplonkar S., Cho Y., Chuah K.-A., Costanzo S., Cowan M., Damasceno A., Dastgiri S., De Henauw S., DeRidder K., Ding E., Dommarco R., Don R., Duante C., Duleva V., Duran Aguero S., Ekbote V., El Ati J., El Hamdouchi A., El-kour T., Eldridge A., Elmadfa I., Esteghamati A., Etemad Z., Fadzil F., Farzadfar F., Fernandez A., Fernando D., Fisberg R., Forsyth S., Gamboa-Delgado E., Garriguet D., Gaspoz J.-M., Gauci D., Geleijnse M., Ginnela B., Grosso G., Guessous I., Gulliford M., Gunnarsdottir I., Hadden W., Hadziomeragic A., Haerpfer C., Hakeem R., Haque A., Hashemian M., Hemalatha R., Henjum S., Hinkov H., Hjdaud Z., Hoffman D., Hopping B., Houshiar-rad A., Hsieh Y.-T., Hung S.-Y., Huybrechts I., Hwalla N.C., Ibrahim H.M., Ikeda N., Illescas-Zarate D., Inoue M., Janakiram C., Jayawardena R., Jeewon R., Jitnarin N., Johansson L., Jonsdottir O., Jundishapur A., Kally O., Kandiah M., Karupaiah T., Keinan-Boker L., Kelishadi R., Khadilkar A., Kim C.-I., Koksal E., Konig J., Korkalo L., Koster J., Kovalskys I., Krishnan A., Kruger H., Kuriyan-Raj R., Kweon S., Lachat C., Lai Y., Lanerolle P., Laxmaiah A., Leclercq C., Lee M.-S., Lee H.-J., Lemming E.W., Li Y., Lindström J., Ling A., Liputo N.I., Lopez-Jaramillo P., Luke A., Lukito W., Lupotto E., Ma Y., Mahdy Z.A., Malekzadeh R., Manan W., Marchioni D., Marques L.L., Marques-Vidal P., Martin-Prevel Y., Mathee A., Matsumura Y., Mazumdar P., Memon A., Mensink G., Meyer A., Mirmiran P., Mirzaei M., Misra P., Misra A., Mitchell C., Mohamed H.J., Mohammadi-Nasrabadi F., Mohammadifard N., Moy F.M., Musaiger A., Mwaniki E., Myhre J., Nagalla B., Naska A., Ng S.A., Ng S.W., Ngoan L.T., Noshad S., Ochoa A., Ocke M., Odenkirk J., Oh K., Oleas M., Olivares S., Orfanos P., Ortiz-Ulloa J., Otero J., Ovaskainen M.-L., Pakseresht M., Palacios C., Palmer P., Pan W.-H., Panagiotakos D., Parajuli R., Park M., Pekcan G., Petrova S., Piaseu N., Pitsavos C., Polasa K., Posada L., Pourfarzi F., Preston A.M., Rached I., Rahbar A.R., Rehm C., Richter A., Riley L., Salanave B., Sánchez-Romero L.M., Sarrafzadegan N., Sawada N., Sekiyama M., Selamat R., Shamsuddin K., Shariff Z.M., Sharma S., Sibai A.M., Sinkko H., Sioen I., Sisa I., Skeaff S., Steingrimsdottir L., Strand T., Suarez-Ortegon M.F., Swaminathan S., Swan G., Sygnowska E., Szabo M., Szponar L., Tan-Khouw I., Tapanainen H., Tayyem R., Tedla B., Tedstone A., Templeton R., Termote C., Thanopoulou A., Thorgeirsdottir H., Thorsdottir I., Trichopoulos D., Trichopoulou A., Tsugane S., Turrini A., van Oosterhout C., Vartiainen E., Veerman J.L., Virtanen S., Vollenweider P., Vossenaar M., Waidyatilaka I., Waskiewicz A., Waterham E., Wieler L., Wondwossen T., Wu S., Yaakub R., Yap M., Yusof S., Zaghloul S., Zajkás G., Zapata M., Zarina K., Zohoori F.V., Global Dietary Database (2022)
      Background: Diet is a major modifiable risk factor for human health and overall consumption patterns affect planetary health. We aimed to quantify global, regional, and national consumption levels of animal-source foods ...
    • High intensity, circuit-type integrated neuromuscular training alters energy balance and reduces body mass and fat in obese women: A 10-month training-detraining randomized controlled trial 

      Batrakoulis A., Jamurtas A.Z., Georgakouli K., Draganidis D., Deli C.K., Papanikolaou K., Avloniti A., Chatzinikolaou A., Leontsini D., Tsimeas P., Comoutos N., Bouglas V., Michalopoulou M., Fatouros I.G. (2018)
      This randomized controlled trial examined body mass, body composition, energy balance and performance responses of previously sedentary overweight/obese women to a circuit-type integrated neuromuscular training program ...
    • History of induced abortions and frailty in older Greek women: results from the HELIAD study 

      Mourtzi N., Yannakoulia M., Ntanasi E., Kosmidis M.H., Anastasiou C.A., Dardiotis E., Hadjigeorgiou G., Megalou M., Sakka P., Scarmeas N. (2018)
      Purpose: Women are almost twice as likely as men to develop frailty and early-traumatic experiences related to reproduction may have a role to play. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between a ...
    • Human white-fat thermogenesis: Experimental and meta-analytic findings 

      Dinas P.C., Krase A., Nintou E., Georgakopoulos A., Granzotto M., Metaxas M., Karachaliou E., Rossato M., Vettor R., Georgoulias P., S. Mayor T., Koutsikos J., Athanasiou K., Ioannou L.G., Gkiata P., Carrillo A.E., Koutedakis Y., Metsios G.S., Jamurtas A.Z., Chatziioannou S., Flouris A.D. (2021)
      White adipose tissue (WAT) thermogenic activity may play a role in whole-body energy balance and two of its main regulators are thought to be environmental temperature (Tenv) and exercise. Low Tenv may increase uncoupling ...
    • Low fodmap diet for functional gastrointestinal symptoms in quiescent inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials 

      Grammatikopoulou M.G., Goulis D.G., Gkiouras K., Nigdelis M.P., Papageorgiou S.T., Papamitsou T., Forbes A., Bogdanos D.P. (2020)
      A low FODMAP diet (LFD) has been hypothesized to relieve symptoms of functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGD) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The aim of the study was to systematically review the ...
    • Low vitamin C values are linked with decreased physical performance and increased oxidative stress: reversal by vitamin C supplementation 

      Paschalis V., Theodorou A.A., Kyparos A., Dipla K., Zafeiridis A., Panayiotou G., Vrabas I.S., Nikolaidis M.G. (2016)
      Purpose: It has been suggested that part of the failure of antioxidant supplementation to reduce oxidative stress and promote health is that it has been administered in humans with normal levels of antioxidants. Methods: ...
    • Malnutrition in older adults: Correlations with social, diet-related, and neuropsychological factors 

      Katsas K., Mamalaki E., Kontogianni M.D., Anastasiou C.A., Kosmidis M.H., Varlamis I., Hadjigeorgiou G.M., Dardiotis E., Sakka P., Scarmeas N., Yannakoulia M. (2020)
      BACKGROUND: The number of older adults is increasing rapidly. Malnutrition is a major problem in this age group, which may adversely affect health and quality of life. Several physiological, socioeconomic, and neuropsychological ...
    • A Meta-Epidemiological Study of Positive Results in Clinical Nutrition Research: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Statistically Significant Findings 

      Gkiouras K., Choleva M.-E., Verrou A., Goulis D.G., Bogdanos D.P., Grammatikopoulou M.G. (2022)
      Positive (statistically significant) findings are easily produced in nutrition research when specific aspects of the research design and analysis are not accounted for. To address this issue, recently, a pledge was made ...
    • Metabolic syndrome in retired soccer players: A pilot study 

      Panayiotoglou A., Grammatikopoulou M.G., Maraki M.I., Chourdakis M., Gkiouras K., Theodoridis X., Papadopoulou S.K., Famisis K., Hassapidou M.N. (2017)
      Objectives Retirement from professional sports engagement is associated with reduced physical activity, physical pain, depression, obesity and ischemic heart disease; however, whether in particular, soccer players experience ...
    • Methodological quality of clinical practice guidelines for nutrition and weight gain during pregnancy: A systematic review 

      Grammatikopoulou M.G., Theodoridis X., Gkiouras K., Lampropoulou M., Petalidou A., Patelida M., Tsirou E., Papoutsakis C., Goulis D.G. (2020)
      Context: Ensuring a healthy pregnancy and achieving optimal gestational weight gain (GWG) are important for maternal and child health. Nevertheless, the nutritional advice provided during pregnancy is often conflicting, ...
    • The Niche of n-of-1 Trials in Precision Medicine for Weight Loss and Obesity Treatment: Back to the Future 

      Grammatikopoulou M.G., Gkouskou K.K., Gkiouras K., Bogdanos D.P., Eliopoulos A.G., Goulis D.G. (2022)
      Purpose of Review: The n-of-1 clinical trials are considered the epitome of individualized health care. They are employed to address differences in treatment response and adverse events between patients, in a comparative ...
    • Physical activity may be a potent regulator of bone turnover biomarkers in healthy girls during preadolescence 

      Kambas A., Leontsini D., Avloniti A., Chatzinikolaou A., Stampoulis T., Makris K., Draganidis D., Jamurtas A.Z., Tournis S., Fatouros I.G. (2017)
      This study investigated the effects of different levels of habitual physical activity (PA) assessed by pedometry on bone turnover markers of preadolescent girls according to a cross-sectional experimental design. Sixty ...
    • Physiological and metabolic responses to hiking: A meta-analysis toward health benefits 

      Voutselas, V.; Kouthouris, C.; Barlas, A.; Kontogianni, E. (2012)
      The present study investigated hiking as a type of physical activity that takes place in natural environment and promotes humans health. In the recent years hiking has becoming very popular in individuals of different ...