Websites
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UCL Behavioural Science and Health
Honorary Research Associate
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
- NIHR Advanced 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.
I have been leading a programme of work on weight loss for the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. This works uses a variety of methodologies, including systematic reviews, meta-analyses, observational analyses, and clinical trials of low-energy diets.
In 2022, I was awarded an NIHR Advanced fellowship to examine the role of intentional weight loss before cancer surgery. This work currently focuses on assessing the feasibility of pre-operative diet-induced weight loss on post-operative complications in patients diagnosed with colorectal or endometrial cancer.
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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Journal article
Orliacq J. et al, (2023), BMC Medicine, 21
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Journal article
Koutoukidis DA. et al, (2023), Colorectal Dis
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Journal article
Koutoukidis DA. et al, (2023), Obesity, 31, 1707 - 1716
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A low-energy total diet replacement programme demonstrates a favourable safety profile and improves liver disease severity in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
Journal article
KOUTOUKIDIS D. et al, (2023), Obesity