Christophe Matthys
Research Area: Diet, Health and Disease
Organisation
- Nutrition & Obesity Unit, Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Chronic diseases, Metabolism and Ageing, KU Leuven (University of Leuven)
- Clinical Nutrition, Department of Endocrinology, UZ Leuven (University Hospitals Leuven)
Title-Position
Associate Professor & Scientific Coordinator Clinical Nutrition
Country
Belgium
Expertise
- Clinical nutrition
- Obesity and obesity-related diseases
- Diet & lifestyle interventions in the context of primary and secondary prevention as well as treatment option of chronic diseases
- Health/nutrition based interventions at population and patient level
Other activities
- Board Member of the Belgian Nutrition Society
- Board Member of the Flemish Society of Clinical Nutrition
- Co-Chair Task Force on Dietary Intake and Exposure (ILSI Europe)
- Member Task Force on Nutrient Intake Optimisation (ILSI Europe)
- Member of the working group on Food-Based Dietary Guidelines of the Belgian Superior Health Council
- Board Member KU Leuven LFoRCe (Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre)
- Associate Editor of Clinical Nutrition ESPEN
- Associate Editor of Frontiers in Nutrition
- Associate Editor of Frontiers in Nutrition
- Editor in Chief of Food Science & Law
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