Dr Angeliki Papadaki
BSc(Thess.), MSc(MedSci) University of Glasgow, PhD(Glas.)
Current positions
Senior Lecturer in Nutrition
School for Policy Studies
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Research interests
Angeliki's research focuses on understanding the factors that influence dietary behaviour and developing strategies to change dietary habits to prevent chronic disease.
Her specialist area of research is the identification of methods to promote the Mediterranean diet, by integrating theoretical models of behaviour change into interventions. Her research involves the development and evaluation of nutrition interventions to promote the Mediterranean diet to different population groups and the investigation of their effect on dietary changes and chronic disease risk factors and incidence. Implementation areas of particular interest include worksites and primary care settings.
Angeliki's research expands to involve the development of interventions to promote healthier eating in children, adults and older adults. She is also interested in examining the effect of different methods of intervention delivery, such as face-to-face motivational counselling and modern technologies (e.g. web-based interventions or smartphone applications) on dietary behaviour change.
Co-Investigator - Current
Diet, physical activity and cardiometabolic health in Malaysian adolescents: from epidemiology to intervention (Funded by the MRC - UK, Newton-Ungku Omar Fund, PI Laura Johnson)
Principal Investigator - Completed
Harmonisation of food groups across dietary studies to assess adherence to the Mediterranean diet in a uniform way (Funded by the NIHR Bristol Nutrition Biomedical Research Unit)
Validation of the 14-item screener used to assess Mediterranean diet adherence in the PREDIMED study among people at high cardiovascular risk in the UK (Funded by the Avon Primary Care Research Collaborative, NIHR - RCF)
Formative research to inform a web-based nutrition intervention to promote the Mediterranean diet in work-place settings in Bristol (Funded by the Research Initiatives Scheme, Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, University of Bristol
Co-investigator - Completed
NAP SACC UK: A feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial in child care settings to increase physical activity and healthy eating in 2-4 year olds (Funded by NIHR-PHR)
Positions
University of Bristol positions
Senior Lecturer in Nutrition
School for Policy Studies
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Bristol City Council Obesity Strategy Group
Principal Investigator
Description
Member of working groupManaging organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/04/2017
Wiltshire Council Obesity Strategy Group
Principal Investigator
Description
Working group memberManaging organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/03/2016
Diet, physical activity and cardiometabolic health in Malaysian adolescents: from epidemiology to intervention
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
MyHeart Beat explores diet, physical activity and cardiometabolic health in Malaysian adolescents: from epidemiology to intervention.
The project aims to:
1) Look at how different lifestyle factors combine to create an overall…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
10/01/2017 to 31/03/2019
PHR Project: Final Agreed costs: NIHR Public Health NAP SACC Feasibility Trial
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
NAP SACC UK is an obesity prevention study taking place in nursery schools and other childcare providers across Cardiff and North Somerset. The study will aim to test whether we…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/09/2014 to 31/07/2017
Validity and reliability of a 14-item screener assessing Mediterranean diet adherence in Western populations
Principal Investigator
Description
This study aims to test whether a short questionnaire developed and used in the Spanish PREDIMED study (‘Prevention through Diet Mediterranean’) could be used to assess how far people follow…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
12/01/2015 to 12/07/2016
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Selected publications
01/11/2011Effects of weight loss and long-term weight maintenance with diets varying in protein and glycemic index on cardiovascular risk factors: the diet, obesity, and genes (DiOGenes) study: a randomized, controlled trial.
Circulation
The effect of protein and glycemic index on children's body composition: the DiOGenes randomized study.
Pediatrics
Diets with high or low protein content and glycemic index for weight-loss maintenance
New England Journal of Medicine
Recent publications
13/11/2020Development of an index to assess adherence to the traditional Mexican diet using a modified Delphi method
Public Health Nutrition
The effect of the Mediterranean diet on metabolic health
Nutrients
Sleep, the overlooked factor in the management of T2D
Perceptions of eating practices and physical activity among Malaysian adolescents in secondary schools
Public Health Nutrition
Health service utilization among adults aged 50+ across eleven European countries (the SHARE study 2004/5)
Journal of Public Health