Great work from our PhD student Salome Kurucz presenting her work on Chronic Dieting in Endurance Athletes with a research project in this conference. New preliminary evidence were presented demonstrating the high prevalence of chronic dieting and disordered eating manifestations in endurance males and female athletes, with women exhibiting more distinct restrictive eating behaviours than […]
Author: Ifigenia Giannopoulou
Excited to have our new PhD student Salome Kurucz commencing her research work on Chronic Dieting and Physical and Mental Health
We are delighted to have our new PhD student and new member of the Research Centre, commencing her research work and activities on Chronic Dieting, Behaviour Change and Physical and Mental Health in Adults. Please see below some information on Salome’s research and look out for opportunities to participate in her first cross-sectional study on […]
Book Launch by Dr. Nicky Kaey: “Hormones, Health and Human Potential” and Open Discussion event with Dr Kaey and Dr. Giannopoulou
Our research collaborator, Dr. Nicky Kaey, Sport and Dance Endocrinologist and Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Medicine in the University College London, will be launching and discussing her new book on Sunday 6 November 2pm in the Fischer building, in St John’s College, Cambridge University. Participation is free to attend. Nicky will be joined by former international […]
Dr. Giannopoulou’s new chapter in Mindful Eating in the new book: The Practical Handbook of Eating Difficulties
We are delighted to have a new publication/chapter coming from the lead of our research group Dr. Giannopoulou on Mindfulness in Eating and behaviour modification for individuals with eating difficulties, in the new book The Practical Handbook of Eating Difficulties. Please see the link below for more information on this new handbook, its authors and […]
Podcast with University of Brighton Academies Trust on Body Image in School Age Children
As part of Dr. Giannopoulou’s collaboration with the University of Brighton Academies Trust we have started the production of a series of podcasts on eating behaviour, body image and disordered eating in primary school age children. Please listen to the first podcast on Body Image Dissatisfaction in children. If you are interested in […]
RESEARCH AWAY DAY FOR OUR MEMBERS IN SEPTEMBER 2022
We are happy to announce that we are organising a Research Away Day for our Members for September 2022 to discuss and further develop our research activities and collaborations in our work on Nutrition, Physical and Mental Health. Please look out for further announcements and a doodle poll for the away day, once the final […]
British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine Conference, Brighton May 2022
We had a lovely time participating in the BASEM conference this last weekend in the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Our PhD student Maria Kotopoulea Nikolaidi presented her preliminary data of her research work on blood flow restriction during resistance training and run a workshop together with KAATSU Inc on KAATSU and Blood flow restriction training. […]
BASES Award for best MSc dissertation of the year to PhD student Gregory Wright
We are thrilled that our research group PhD student Greg Wright has been awarded the BASES Best MSc dissertation award of the year for his MSc work with his supervisor Dr. Fenia Giannopoulou on “Low energy availability and eating behaviour of endurance athletes”. Greg has been added to the HALL OF FAME of BASES and […]
BASEM Conference presentations of our Group Members
We are very happy to have our PhD student Maria-Kotopoulea Nikolaidi presenting her research findings of her doctorate studies on Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) and KAATSU during Resistance Training in the BASEM conference on May 27-29th. Maria will be presenting the findings of her meta-analysis study on the effects of BFR during low intensity resistance […]
We are looking for chronic dieters that can participate in our research study
Our PhD student Gregory Wright is continuing his research in collaboration with the Metropolitan College in Athens, Greece in investigating the effects of chronic dieting and low energy availability (LEA) on the physical and mental health in the general public. Limited research exists on the effects of chronic dieting in people’s health despite its high […]
