Websites
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UCL Behavioural Science and Health
Honorary Research Associate
Colleges
INTERVIEWS AND PRESS COVERAGE
Liver disease related to obesity and diabetes rising in the US - Reuters
Weight loss support helps people with fatty liver disease - Reuters
Association of weight loss interventions with changes in NAFLD biomarkers - JAMA Internal Medicine
Supermarkets should help shoppers improve their heart health by listing low fat items higher on their websites - Daily Mail
Dimitrios Koutoukidis
RD PhD MSc AFHEA
Senior Research Fellow
Diet, Obesity, and Behavioural Sciences
I am a dietitian and my research focuses on testing how behavioural science can change dietary intake and improve outcomes for patients with obesity-related diseases.
In 2017, I completed my PhD in Nutrition, Dietetics, and Behavioural Sciences at University College London funded by the UCL Grand Challenges. For my PhD, I adapted a theory-based behaviour change intervention for endometrial cancer survivors and piloted it in a randomised controlled trial. As a post-doc at UCL, I worked in two clinical trials of dietary and physical activity interventions in cancer survivors.
Funded by NIHR, I am currently building a programme of work on weight loss for the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. This works uses a variety of approaches, such as systematic reviews, meta-analyses, observational analyses, and clinical trials of low-energy diets.
Key publications
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Journal article
Koutoukidis DA. et al, (2019), JAMA Internal Medicine, 179, 1262 - 1271
Recent publications
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Association between the month of starting a weight management programme and weight change in people at high risk of type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study in the English NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme
Journal article
KOUTOUKIDIS D. et al, (2023), Obesity
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Journal article
Breathnach S. et al, (2022), International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 19
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Preprint
Wren GM. et al, (2022)
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Changes in Virus-Transmission Habits During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-National, Repeated Measures Study
Journal article
Rebar A. et al, (2022), Psychology and Health: an international journal