• Associations between the mediterranean diet and sleep in older adults: Results from the hellenic longitudinal investigation of aging and diet study 

      Mamalaki E., Anastasiou C.A., Ntanasi E., Tsapanou A., Kosmidis M.H., Dardiotis E., Hadjigeorgiou G.M., Sakka P., Scarmeas N., Yannakoulia M. (2018)
      Aim: Although there is some evidence of the relationships between sleep duration/quality and nutrient and/or food intake, the associations between sleep and dietary patterns have been poorly explored. The aim of the present ...
    • Combining effect and process evaluation on european preschool children’s snacking behavior in a kindergarten-based, family-involved cluster randomized controlled trial: The toybox study 

      De Craemer M., Verbestel V., Verloigne M., Androutsos O., Moreno L., Iotova V., Koletzko B., Socha P., Manios Y., Cardon G. (2020)
      This study aimed at (1) studying the effect of the standardized ToyBox intervention on European preschoolers’ snacking behavior, and (2) studying whether a higher process evaluation score from teachers and parents/caregivers ...
    • Disparate habitual physical activity and dietary intake profiles of elderly men with low and elevated systemic inflammation 

      Draganidis D., Jamurtas A.Z., Stampoulis T., Laschou V.C., Deli C.K., Georgakouli K., Papanikolaou K., Chatzinikolaou A., Michalopoulou M., Papadopoulos C., Tsimeas P., Chondrogianni N., Koutedakis Y., Karagounis L.G., Fatouros I.G. (2018)
      The development of chronic, low-grade systemic inflammation in the elderly (inflammaging) has been associated with increased incidence of chronic diseases, geriatric syndromes, and functional impairments. The aim of this ...
    • Exercise training reduces alcohol consumption but does not affect HPA-axis activity in heavy drinkers 

      Georgakouli K., Manthou E., Georgoulias P., Ziaka A., Fatouros I.G., Mastorakos G., Koutedakis Y., Theodorakis Y., Jamurtas A.Z. (2017)
      Background It has been suggested that physical exercise could have potential beneficial effects in substance abusers, which are based on both physiological and psychological theories. Although a few studies have examined ...
    • Food insecurity and Mediterranean diet adherence among Greek university students 

      Theodoridis X., Grammatikopoulou M.G., Gkiouras K., Papadopoulou S.E., Agorastou T., Gkika I., Maraki M.I., Dardavessis T., Chourdakis M. (2018)
      Aim: To assess Mediterranean diet (MD) adherence and food insecurity (FI) among university students in Greece. Methods and Results: A non-probability sample of 236 students was recruited from Athens and Thessaloniki during ...
    • Lifestyle changes observed among adults participating in a family-and community-based intervention for diabetes prevention in Europe: The 1st year results of the feel4diabetes-study 

      Manios Y., Lambrinou C.-P., Mavrogianni C., Cardon G., Lindström J., Iotova V., Tankova T., Rurik I., Van Stappen V., Kivelä J., Mateo-Gallego R., Moreno L.Α., Makrilakis K., Androutsos O., Feel4Diabetes-study group (2020)
      The Feel4Diabetes intervention was a school and community-based intervention aiming to promote healthy lifestyle and tackle obesity and obesity-related metabolic risk factors for the prevention of type 2 diabetes (T2D) ...
    • Lives versus Livelihoods? Perceived economic risk has a stronger association with support for COVID-19 preventive measures than perceived health risk 

      Nisa C.F., Bélanger J.J., Faller D.G., Buttrick N.R., Mierau J.O., Austin M.M.K., Schumpe B.M., Sasin E.M., Agostini M., Gützkow B., Kreienkamp J., Abakoumkin G., Abdul Khaiyom J.H., Ahmedi V., Akkas H., Almenara C.A., Atta M., Bagci S.C., Basel S., Kida E.B., Bernardo A.B.I., Chobthamkit P., Choi H.-S., Cristea M., Csaba S., Damnjanović K., Danyliuk I., Dash A., Di Santo D., Douglas K.M., Enea V., Fitzsimons G., Gheorghiu A., Gómez Á., Grzymala-Moszczynska J., Hamaidia A., Han Q., Helmy M., Hudiyana J., Jeronimus B.F., Jiang D.-Y., Jovanović V., Kamenov Ž., Kende A., Keng S.-L., Kieu T.T.T., Koc Y., Kovyazina K., Kozytska I., Krause J., Kruglanski A.W., Kurapov A., Kutlaca M., Lantos N.A., Lemay E.P., Jr., Lesmana C.B.J., Louis W.R., Lueders A., Malik N.I., Martinez A., McCabe K.O., Mehulić J., Milla M.N., Mohammed I., Molinario E., Moyano M., Muhammad H., Mula S., Muluk H., Myroniuk S., Najafi R., Nyúl B., O’Keefe P.A., Osuna J.J.O., Osin E.N., Park J., Pica G., Pierro A., Rees J., Reitsema A.M., Resta E., Rullo M., Ryan M.K., Samekin A., Santtila P., Selim H.A., Stanton M.V., Sultana S., Sutton R.M., Tseliou E., Utsugi A., van Breen J.A., Van Lissa C.J., Van Veen K., vanDellen M.R., Vázquez A., Wollast R., Yeung V.W.-L., Zand S., Žeželj I.L., Zheng B., Zick A., Zúñiga C., Leander N.P. (2021)
      This paper examines whether compliance with COVID-19 mitigation measures is motivated by wanting to save lives or save the economy (or both), and which implications this carries to fight the pandemic. National representative ...
    • Orthorexia nervosa: replication and validation of the ORTO questionnaires translated into Greek in a survey of 848 Greek individuals 

      Gkiouras K., Grammatikopoulou M.G., Tsaliki T., Ntwali L., Nigdelis M.P., Gerontidis A., Taousani E., Tzimos C., Rogoza R., Bogdanos D.P., Donini L.M., Goulis D.G. (2022)
      Purpose: The present study aimed to validate the ORTO-15 questionnaire for orthorexia nervosa (ON), translated by our group into the Greek language, and replicate the findings of the recently proposed 6-item ORTO-R. Methods: ...
    • Politicization of COVID-19 health-protective behaviors in the United States: Longitudinal and cross-national evidence 

      Stroebe W., vanDellen M.R., Abakoumkin G., Lemay E.P., Jr., Schiavone W.M., Agostini M., Bélanger J.J., Gützkow B., Kreienkamp J., Reitsema A.M., Abdul Khaiyom J.H., Ahmedi V., Akkas H., Almenara C.A., Atta M., Bagci S.C., Basel S., Kida E.B., Bernardo A.B.I., Buttrick N.R., Chobthamkit P., Choi H.-S., Cristea M., Csaba S., Damnjanović K., Danyliuk I., Dash A., Di Santo D., Douglas K.M., Enea V., Faller D.G., Fitzsimons G., Gheorghiu A., Gómez Á., Hamaidia A., Han Q., Helmy M., Hudiyana J., Jeronimus B.F., Jiang D.-Y., Jovanović V., Kamenov Ž., Kende A., Keng S.-L., Kieu T.T.T., Koc Y., Kovyazina K., Kozytska I., Krause J., Kruglanksi A.W., Kurapov A., Kutlaca M., Lantos N.A., Jaya Lemsmana C.B., Louis W.R., Lueders A., Malik N.I., Martinez A., McCabe K.O., Mehulić J., Milla M.N., Mohammed I., Molinario E., Moyano M., Mula S., Muluk H., Myroniuk S., Najafi R., Nisa C.F., Nyúl B., O’Keefe P.A., Olivas Osuna J.J., Osin E.N., Park J., Pica G., Pierro A., Rees J., Resta E., Rullo M., Ryan M.K., Samekin A., Santtila P., Sasin E., Schumpe B.M., Selim H.A., Stanton M.V., Sultana S., Sutton R.M., Tseliou E., Utsugi A., van Breen J.A., van Lissa C.J., van Veen K., Vázquez A., Wollast R., Yeung V.W.-L., Zand S., Žeželj I.L., Zheng B., Zick A., Zúñiga C., Pontus Leander N., Muhammad H. (2021)
      During the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. conservative politicians and the media downplayed the risk of both contracting COVID-19 and the effectiveness of recommended health behaviors. Health behavior theories ...
    • Predictors of adherence to public health behaviors for fighting COVID-19 derived from longitudinal data 

      Schumpe B.M., Van Lissa C.J., Bélanger J.J., Ruggeri K., Mierau J., Nisa C.F., Molinario E., Gelfand M.J., Stroebe W., Agostini M., Gützkow B., Jeronimus B.F., Kreienkamp J., Kutlaca M., Lemay E.P., Jr, Reitsema A.M., vanDellen M.R., Abakoumkin G., Abdul Khaiyom J.H., Ahmedi V., Akkas H., Almenara C.A., Atta M., Bagci S.C., Basel S., Berisha Kida E., Bernardo A.B.I., Buttrick N.R., Chobthamkit P., Choi H.-S., Cristea M., Csaba S., Damnjanović K., Danyliuk I., Dash A., Di Santo D., Douglas K.M., Enea V., Faller D., Fitzsimons G.J., Gheorghiu A., Gómez Á., Hamaidia A., Han Q., Helmy M., Hudiyana J., Jiang D.-Y., Jovanović V., Kamenov Z., Kende A., Keng S.-L., Kieu T.T.T., Koc Y., Kovyazina K., Kozytska I., Krause J., Kruglanski A.W., Kurapov A., Lantos N.A., Lesmana C.B.J., Louis W.R., Lueders A., Malik N.I., Martinez A.P., McCabe K.O., Mehulić J., Milla M.N., Mohammed I., Moyano M., Muhammad H., Mula S., Muluk H., Myroniuk S., Najafi R., Nyúl B., O’Keefe P.A., Olivas Osuna J.J., Osin E.N., Park J., Pica G., Pierro A., Rees J.H., Resta E., Rullo M., Ryan M.K., Samekin A., Santtila P., Sasin E., Selim H.A., Stanton M.V., Sultana S., Sutton R.M., Tseliou E., Utsugi A., van Breen J.A., Van Veen K., Vázquez A., Wollast R., Yeung V.W.-L., Zand S., Žeželj I.L., Zheng B., Zick A., Zúñiga C., Leander N.P. (2022)
      The present paper examines longitudinally how subjective perceptions about COVID-19, one’s community, and the government predict adherence to public health measures to reduce the spread of the virus. Using an international ...
    • Smoking in health science students with asthma 

      Krommydas, G.; Kotrotsiou, E.; Raftopoulos, V.; Paralikas, T.; Gourgoulianis, K. I.; Molyvdas, P. A. (2004)
      It is expected that asthmatic students in a health science department would avoid the hazards of cigarette smoking due to the knowledge they gain through their studies. Surprisingly, health science students with asthma had ...