Center for Public Health Research and Education
Academy of Athens

Research Activity

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* This website is a continuation of the work of the Hellenic Health Foundation

Center for Public Health Research and Education

2026

  • A voluntary code of conduct for promoting adherence to the Mediterranean diet: rationale and propositions
    Delarue et al.
    Journal of Nutritional Science.2026;15e55
    https://doi.org/10.1017/jns.2026.10079
  • Follow-up associations between social support, physical activity and Mediterranean diet adherence in a digital intervention study: The CREDITS4HEALTH trial
    Rapti et al.
    Clinical Nutrition ESPEN. 2026
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2026.103375
  • Serum ferritin levels in a sample of older participants in the Greek HYDRIA survey: associations with sociodemographic and lifestyle parameters including Dietary Iron Intake and Mediterranean Diet Score
    Papatesta E.M., Vourli G., Peppa E., Patsis I., Malamitsi-Puchner A. and Trichopoulou A.
    British Journal of Nutrition. 2026 Feb 10; 1-19
    https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114526106540

2025

  • Adult asthma in Greece: prevalence, comorbidities, and risk factors.
    Tomos I., Vourli G., Peppa E. and Trichopoulou A.
    Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine. 2025
    https://doi.org/10.1080/17476348.2025.2595726
  • Estimates of the Dietary Glycemic Index and Load in a Representative Sample of the Greek Population
    Georgia Vourli, Livia Augustin, Carlo La Vecchia, Eleni Peppa and Antonia Trichopoulou
    Nutrients. 2025;17(22):3596
    https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17223596
  • Mediterranean diet and Cantonese cuisine for human health: Report from a Sino-Italian bilateral meeting
    Maggi, S. et al.
    Aging Clinical and Experimental Research.2025;37(1)
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-025-03199-x
  • Olive fruit and olive oil in Greece: testimonies of its uses trough mythology, legend, history and philosophy
    Protopapas-Marneli, M. and Trichopoulou, A.
    International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science.2025, 42: 101287
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgfs.2025.101287
  • Proposing a unified Mediterranean diet score to address the current conceptual and methodological challenges in examining adherence to the Mediterranean diet
    Hwalla, N. et al.
    Frontiers.2025;
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2025.1533176
  • Estimated dietary intake of polyphenols from culinary herbs and herbal infusions in the HYDRIA survey.
    Peppa, E., Tomou, E. M., Vourli, G. and Trichopoulou, A.
    International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition.2025 Sep 12:1-9
    https://doi.org/10.1080/09637486.2025.2556816
  • The impact of obesity on COPD development: unveiling the hidden risks
    Tomos, I., Skourlis, N., Vourli, G., Peppa, E. and Trichopoulou, A.
    Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine. 2025 July 6: 1-7
    https://doi.org/10.1080/17476348.2025.2528945
  • Three decades of the Mediterranean diet pyramid: A narrative review of its history, evolution, and advances
    Hu, F. B., Drescher, G., Trichopoulou, A., Willett, W. C. and Martínez-González, M. A.
    The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2025 May 13.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2025.04.036
  • Author Correction: Burdens of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages in 184 countries
    Lara-Castor, L. et al.
    Nature Medicine. 2025 Jan 28; 31,696
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03524-x

2024

  • Mediterranean diet and oral health: is there an association? A scoping review
    Popovac, A., Jaćimović, J., Trichopoulou, A., Peppa, E., Kotrokois, K., Stančić, I., Milić-Lemić, A. and Kossioni, A.
    Nutr Res Rev. 2024 Nov 18:1-40.
    https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954422424000337
  • The global gastric cancer consortium: an update from the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) project
    Pelucchi, C. et al.
    J Cancer Prev. 2024 Sep 1;33(5):433-437
    https://doi.org/10.1097/cej.0000000000000874
  • Intake of sugar sweetened beverages among children and adolescents in 185 countries between 1990 and 2018: population based study
    Lara-Castor, L. et al.
    BMJ. 2024 Aug 7;386:e079234.
    https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-079234
  • The protective effect of dietary folate intake on gastric cancer is modified by alcohol consumption: A pooled analysis of the StoP Consortium
    Gonzalez-Palacios, S. et al.
    International Journal of Cancer.2024;155:1367–1375
    https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.35004
  • Increasing resilience of food systems and the Mediterranean diet in times of crisis, using the sociotype framework.
    Piscopo, S., Nitzan, D., Belahsen, R., Donini, L. M., Galli, A., Trichopoulou, A. and Berry, E. M.
    Scholarly Works – FacEduHPECS.2024 ( University Malta)
    https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/121160
  • Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults.
    Phelps, N. H. et al.
    The Lancet.2024;403(10431): 1027-1050
    https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(23)02750-2

2023

  • Is Dietary (Food) Supplement Intake Reported in European National Nutrition Surveys?
    Papatesta, E. M., Kanellou, A., Peppa, E. and Trichopoulou, A.
    Nutrients.2023;15(24):5090
    https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15245090
  • Consumption of herbal infusions/decoctions and tea in Greece: a Planeterranean perspective on the results of Hydria survey
    Ekaterina‐Michaela Tomou, Eleni Peppa and Antonia Trichopoulou
    J Transl Med. 2023; 21, 899
    https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-023-04781-5
  • Scientific evidence supporting the newly developed one-health labeling tool “Med-Index”: an umbrella systematic review on health benefts of mediterranean diet principles and adherence in a planeterranean perspective
    Roberta Zupo, Fabio Castellana, Prisco Piscitelli, Pasquale Crupi, Addolorata Desantis, Enrico Greco, Franca Paola Severino, Manuela Pulimeno, Andrea Guazzini, Tassos C. Kyriakides, Vasilis Vasiliou, Antonia Trichopoulou, Laura Soldati, Carlo La Vecchia, Giovanni De Gaetano, Maria Benedetta Donati, Annamaria Colao, Alessandro Miani, Filomena Corbo and Maria Lisa Clodoveo
    J Transl Med. 2023; 21, 755
    https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-023-04618-1
  • Sugar-sweetened beverage intakes among adults between 1990 and 2018 in 185 countries
    Lara-Castor, L. et al.
    Nat Commun. 2023 Oct 3;14(1):5957.
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41269-8
  • Egg White and Yolk Protein Atlas: New Protein Insights of a Global Landmark Food
    Eleana Sarantidi, Alexandra Ainatzoglou, Christine Papadimitriou, Eleni Stamoula, Katerina Maghiorou, Argyro Miflidi, Antonia Trichopoulou, Konstantinos C. Mountzouris and Athanasios K. Anagnostopoulos
    Foods. 2023; 12(18):3470.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12183470
  • Children's and adolescents' rising animal-source food intakes in 1990-2018 were impacted by age, region, parental education and urbanicity
    Miller, V. et al.
    Nat Food. 2023 Apr;4(4):305-319.
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00731-y
  • Incident type 2 diabetes attributable to suboptimal diet in 184 countries
    O'Hearn, M. et al.
    Nat Med. 2023 Apr;29(4):982-995.
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02278-8
  • Yoghurt Intake and Gastric Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of 16 Studies of the StoP Consortium
    Collatuzzo, G. et al.
    Nutrients.2023;15(8): 1877
    https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15081877
  • Diminishing benefits of urban living for growth and development of school-aged children and adolescents in the 21st century
    Mishra, A. et al.
    Nature.2023;615: 874-883
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05772-8
  • Greek traditional Mediterranean diet and plant-based culinary practices: HYDRIA Greek national survey
    Eleni Peppa, Ekaterina-Michaela Tomou, Maria Kritikou and Antonia Trichopoulou
    Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 2023; vol 119
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2023.105274

2022

  • Olive oil, Greek Mediterranean diet heritage and honoring the past to secure our future: Priorities for research and education
    Antonia Trichopoulou
    Front. Nutr. 2022; 9:1058402.
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.1058402
  • “Planeterranean” Diet: extending worldwide the health benefits of Mediterranean Diet based on nutritional properties of locally available foods
    Annamaria Colao, Claudia Vetrani, Giovanna Muscogiuri, Luigi Barrea, Antonia Trichopoulou, Laura Soldati and Prisco Piscitelli on behalf of UNESCO Chair on Health Education and Sustainable Development
    J Transl Med 20, 232 (2022).
    https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-022-03433-4

Hellenic Health Foundation

Hellenic Health Foundation (HHF) was a non-profit organization based in Athens. The Foundation's work is carried forward by the Center for Public Health Research and Education of Athens Academy (CPHRE).

2022

  • Dietary supplement use in Greece: methodology and findings from the National Health and Nutrition Survey – HYDRIA (2013–2014)
    Kanellou A., Papatesta E. M., Martimianaki G., Peppa E., Stratou M. and Trichopoulou A.
    British Journal of Nutrition.2023;129(12): 2174-2181
    https://doi.org/10.1017/S000711452200321X
  • Today’s Mediterranean Diet in Greece: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Survey — HYDRIA (2013–2014)
    Georgia Martimianaki, Eleni Peppa, Elisavet Valanou, Eleni M. Papatesta, Eleni Klinaki and Antonia Trichopoulou
    Nutrients. 2022;14(6):1193.
    https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/6/1193

2021

  • Sustainable diets & medicinal aromatic plants in Greece: Perspectives towards climate change
    Ekaterina-Michaela Tomou, Helen Skaltsa, Garyfalia Economou and Antonia Trichopoulou
    Food Chemistry, Volume 374, 2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131767
  • Long-Term Trends (1994–2011) and Predictors of Total Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages Consumption: The EPIC Greece Cohort
    Nikolaos Skourlis, Paraskevi Massara, Ioannis Patsis, Eleni Peppa, Klea Katsouyanni and Antonia Trichopoulou
    Nutrients. 2021;13(9):3077.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13093077
  • Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between adherence to Mediterranean diet with physical performance and cognitive function in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis
    Hélio José Coelho-Júnior, Antonia Trichopoulou and Francesco Panza
    Ageing Res Rev. 2021;70:101395.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2021.101395
  • Mediterranean diet as intangible heritage of humanity: 10 years
    Antonia Trichopoulou
    Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2021;31(7):1943-1948.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2021.04.011