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Christina Mavrogianni

LABORATORY RESEARCH TEACHING STAFF

Expert

Her research focuses on the assessment of obesity-related risk factors as well as the design and implementation of lifestyle intervention programs that aim to prevent or tackle obesity and related co-morbidities in children and adults.

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Nutrition Science, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece, 2020
  • Master of Science (MSc) in Applied Dietetics-Nutrition, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece, Specialization: “Clinical Nutrition”, 2011
  • BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics, Department of Nutrition & Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece, 2009

Research Interests

  • School and community-based interventions for the prevention and management of obesity and chronic diseases
  • Dietary and lifestyle patterns and their relationship to chronic diseases
  • Digital technologies in counseling and health services
  • Perinatal risk factors for obesity and chronic diseases
  • Infant and toddler nutrition for optimal growth and development

Publications

  • Vitoratou DI, Mavrogianni C, Karatzi K, Cardon G, Iotova V, Tsochev K, Lindström J, Wikström K, González-Gil EM, Moreno L, Rurik I, Radó A, Liatis S, Tankova T, Makrilakis K, Manios Y. Do parental risk factors for Type 2 Diabetes predict offspring's risk of overweight and obesity? The Feel4Diabetes study, Nutrition. 2023, 107:111900. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2022.111900
  • Flores-Barrantes P, Mavrogianni C, Iglesia I, Mahmood L, Willems R, Cardon G, De Vylder F, Liatis S, Makrilakis K, Martinez R, Schwarz P, Rurik I, Antal E, Iotova V, Tsochev K, Chakarova N, Kivelä J, Wikström K, Manios Y, Moreno LA. Can food parenting practices explain the association between parental education and children's food intake? The Feel4Diabetes-study. Public Health Nutr. 2022, 13;25(10):1-14. doi: 10.1017/S1368980022000891
  • Moschonis G, van den Heuvel EG, Mavrogianni C, Manios Y. Effect of Vitamin D-Enriched Gouda-Type Cheese Consumption on Biochemical Markers of Bone Metabolism in Postmenopausal Women in Greece. Nutrients. 2021. 13(9):2985. doi: 10.3390/nu13092985
  • Mavrogianni C, Moschonis G, Karaglani E, Cardon G, Iotova V, De Miguel-Etayo P, González-Gil EM, Tsochev Κ, Tankova T, Rurik I, Timpel P, Antal E, Liatis S, Makrilakis K, Chrousos GP, Manios Y. European Childhood Obesity Risk Evaluation (CORE) index based on perinatal factors and maternal sociodemographic characteristics: the Feel4Diabetes-study. Eur J Pediatr. 2021, 180(8):2549-2561. doi: 10.1007/s00431-021-04090-3.
  • Mavrogianni C, Lambrinou CP, Androutsos O, Lindström J, Kivelä J, Cardon G, Huys N, Tsochev K, Iotova V, Chakarova N, Rurik I, Moreno LA, Liatis S, Makrilakis K, Manios Y. Evaluation of the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score as a screening tool for undiagnosed type 2 diabetes and dysglycaemia among early middle-aged adults in a large-scale European cohort. The Feel4Diabetes-study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2019, 150:99-110. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2019.02.017