About
Research
Email: kyriaki.myrissa@stmarys.ac.uk
Tel: 020 8240 2322
Biography
Kyriaki Myrissa is an associate professor in Nutrition and Health and Exercise Science. Her research focuses on appetite and body weight control, predictors of weight loss and weight loss maintenance, functional foods and wellbeing and research methods. She obtained a BSc in Psychology (2009) from the University of Leeds where she began her research career with a Masters by Research (2011) and continued with completing her PhD (2016) entitled “Putting the person back into weight loss and weight loss maintenance: the role of affect, cognition, behaviour and motivation”.
She has experience working on nutritional projects using advanced quantitative methods in order to investigate effects of functional foods on physiological and psychological wellbeing. Her research interests lie within weight management, obesity, diabetes and any other chronic diseases. She is also interested in the design, implementation and evaluation of complex lifestyle interventions aiming to improve health in adults and children.
Research
Research profile
Research Publications:
- Myrissa, K., Court, C. & Kelaiditi, E. (2024). Cross-sectional study examining the association between diet quality and the prevalence of anxiety and depression in UK undergraduate students. Nutrition Bulletin,00, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/nbu.12694
- Myrissa, K., Jackson, L., & Kelaiditi, E. (2023). Orthorexia Nervosa: Examining the reliability and validity of two self-report measures and the predictors of orthorexic symptoms in elite and recreational athletes. Performance Enhancement & Health, 11(4), 100265.
- Lawrence, K., Fibert, P., Hobbs, J., Myrissa, K., Toribio-Mateas, M., Quadt, F., Cotter, P.D. & Gregory, A.M. (2023). A randomised controlled trial of the effects of kefir on behaviour, sleep and the microbiome in children with ADHD: study protocol. BMJ Open. 13(12), e071063.
- Olaoye, I., Ekong, A., Samuel, A., Kelaiditi, E., Myrissa, K., Jacdonmi, T., & Gboyega, F. (2023). Public beliefs and willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccines among adults in South-Western Nigeria: A cross-sectional study. AIMS Public Health, 10(1), 1.
- Olaoye, I., Akinola, F., Myrissa, K., Kelaiditi, E., Ekong, A., Jacdonmi, T., ... & Fagbemi, S. (2023). Health workers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices on reporting adverse events following immunization (AEFI) in Nigeria: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Health Research, 37(4), 5.
- Lawrence, K., Myrissa, K., Toribio-Mateas, M., Minini, L., & Gregory, A. M. (2022). Trialling a microbiome-targeted dietary intervention in children with ADHD—the rationale and a non-randomised feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 8(1), 1-15.
- Pedlar, C. R., Myrissa, K., Barry, M., Khwaja, I. G., Simpkin, A. J., Newell, J., ... & Baggish, A. L. (2021). Medical encounters at community-based physical activity events (parkrun) in the UK. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 55(24), 1420-1426.
- Stevens, R., Kelaiditi, E., & Myrissa, K. (2021). Exploration of the dietary habits, lifestyle patterns and barriers to healthy eating in UK post‐partum women. Nutrition Bulletin, 46,26-39.
- Myrissa, K., Chappell, P., & Kelaiditi, E. (2021). Effect of Acute Acai (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) Supplementation on Postprandial Glycaemia in Healthy Adults: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Study. Current Developments in Nutrition, 5(Supplement_2), 853.
- Myrissa, K., Jackson, L., & Kelaiditi, E. (2021). Orthorexia Nervosa: Examining Two Self-Report Measures and the Predictors of Orthorexic Symptoms in Elite and Recreational Athletes. Current Developments in Nutrition, 5(Supplement_2), 1295.
- James, B. L., Loken, E., Roe, L. S., Myrissa, K., Lawton, C. L., Dye, L., & Rolls, B. J. (2018). Validation of the Diet Satisfaction Questionnaire: a new measure of satisfaction with diets for weight management. Obesity Science & Practice.1-9.
- Boyle, N. B., Lawton, C., Arkbåge, K., West, S. G., Thorell, L., Hofman, D., Weeks, A., Myrissa, K., Croden, F., & Dye, L. (2016). Stress responses to repeated exposure to a combined physical and social evaluative laboratory stressor in young healthy males. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 63, 119-127.
- Lamport, D., Lawton, C.L., Merat, N., Jamson, H., Myrissa, K., Hofman, D., Chadwick, H.K., Quadt, F., Wightman, J.D. and Dye, L. (2016). Concord grape juice, cognitive function, and driving performance: a 12-wk, placebo-controlled, randomized crossover trial in mothers of preteen children. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 103 (5), 1-9.
- Yahya, H. M., Day, A., Lawton, C., Myrissa, K., Croden, F., Dye, L. and Williamson, G. (2016). Dietary intake of 20 polyphenol subclasses in a cohort of UK women. European Journal of Nutrition, 55 (5), 1839–1847.
- Lasikiewicz, N., Myrissa, K., Hoyland, A. and Lawton, C. L. (2013). Psychological Benefits of Weight Loss: A Systematic Review. Appetite, 72, 123–
- Lawton, C.L., Struthers, L., Hoyland, A., Myrissa, K. and Dye, L. (2011). Effects of increasing dietary fibre on psychological wellbeing. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, 58 (suppl 3): 266.
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