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Dimitris Koutoukidis

@DKoutoukidis

@NIHRresearch Advanced Fellow and Senior Researcher @OxPrimaryCare researching weight loss for the treatment of obesity-related diseases | RD | Own views

 Oxford, England
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Joined December 2016
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Check out our new paper led by brilliant @AmeliaTalbot on what patients think when they are offered the potential for weight loss support once diagnosed and before colorectal cancer surgery. @SITU_Oxford @SiBucz bmccancer.biomedcentral.com/…
Participants’ perspectives of being recruited into a randomised trial of a weight loss intervention...

Participants’ perspectives of being recruited into a randomised trial of a weight loss intervention...

BMC Cancer - The period between cancer diagnosis and surgery presents an opportunity for trials to assess the feasibility of behaviour change interventions. However, this can be a worrying time for...

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Do weight loss programmes cause or worsen disordered eating? Answer ⬇️ in our systematic review led by brilliant @ElenaTsoRD sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Tom Marjot@tom_marjot27 Oct 2024
*Alcohol-free & low-strength drinks: friend or foe?* Thanks @NatRevGastroHep for the chance to write this with @DrADhanda It's a quick read (<1000 words) which summarizes all major considerations for patients with #AUD & #ALD 🔗rdcu.be/dX8lu 🧵pic.x.com/5NqTXP3FCG
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Honoured to have been highly commended at @NIHRCRN_tvsm awards as outstanding Chief Investigator and for Study of the Year for our CARE study. Truly the result of the work of my wonderful team at @OxPrimaryCare @SITU_Oxford and colleagues across the country!
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Learn more about our study at nds.ox.ac.uk/research/surgic…

The CARE Trial

The CARE Trial home page

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Delighted to receive this fellowship by @OxfordBRC!
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Society preaches kindness – unless you’re fat. Why is fatphobia still on the rise? | Kate Manne | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Society preaches kindness – unless you're fat. Why is fatphobia still on the rise? | Kate Manne

Society preaches kindness – unless you're fat. Why is fatphobia still on the rise? | Kate Manne

It shouldn’t be controversial to expect equal treatment in education, employment and healthcare – whatever the size of your body, says author and philosopher Kate Manne

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Liz M@Lmo_Ox21 Oct 2023
Excited to be at @Oxford_IF today talking to people about their experience of #weightloss. Come down to @TemplarsSquare and visit our #museum of weight loss - find out what works better than tapeworms and cabbage soup! @OxPrimaryCare @OxfordBRC
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Our randomised trial protocol is out! Will an 🍜🥤800kcal diet until surgery w nutritious soups and shakes in 🙎‍♂️🙍‍♀️ Pts w colorectal cancer awaiting curative surgery Vs. ⚕️Standard care Be ✅Feasible? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… @SITU_Oxford @SiBucz @ClaireFosterW @PeteWheatstone
Colorectal Disease | ACPGBI Gastroenterology Journal | Wiley Online Library

Colorectal Disease | ACPGBI Gastroenterology Journal | Wiley Online Library

Aim Excess weight increases the risk of morbidity following colorectal cancer surgery. Weight loss may improve morbidity, but it is uncertain whether patients can follow an intensive weight loss...

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Rapid weight loss may improve advanced fatty liver disease theconversation.com/rapid-we…
Rapid weight loss may improve advanced fatty liver disease – new research

Rapid weight loss may improve advanced fatty liver disease – new research

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis affects around 2% of adults worldwide.

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Ready for a deep dive into #retatrutide from @EliLillyandCo @AniaJastreboff ? You can bet I was excited to see 43 pages of supplemental appendix... nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE… 🧵 1/ #obesity #endocrinology #endocrine #research
Triple–Hormone-Receptor Agonist Retatrutide for Obesity — A Phase 2 Trial | NEJM

Triple–Hormone-Receptor Agonist Retatrutide for Obesity — A Phase 2 Trial | NEJM

Retatrutide (LY3437943) is an agonist of the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide, glucagon-like peptide 1, and glucagon receptors. Its dose–response relationships with respect to side effe...

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An absolutely fascinating week has come to an end! Thank you @mirwin_yale for organising such an inspiring training event on energy balance and cancer! #TREC
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Very excited our trial is out showing the safety and potential efficacy of rapid weight loss in #NASH. dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.23793
A low‐energy total diet replacement program demonstrates a favorable safety profile and improves...

A low‐energy total diet replacement program demonstrates a favorable safety profile and improves...

Objective Low-energy diets are used to treat obesity and diabetes, but there are fears that they may worsen liver disease in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and significant-to-adv...

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OUH Therapies@ouh_therapies5 Jun 2023
Happy Dietitians Week 2023! We'll be posting about our dietetics team and the work we do at OUH this week! The OUH Nutrition & Dietetics team consists of 62 staff members, of which 53 are dietitians and 9 are dietetic assistants/admin staff. @OUHospitals #DW2023 (more in comment)
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Helen Parretti@helen_parretti18 May 2023
Are you a UK GP? Please take part in our study and share your experiences and views on post-bariatric surgery care. More information here: forms.office.com/e/rFwsYzUBD… or via QR code below👇. Please retweet 🙏
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New York City council passes a bill that would make it illegal to discriminate against height and weight in housing, employment, and public accommodations cnn.it/3nTtOU4
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Dr. Aisling Daly RNutr.@ais_daly10 May 2023
A great event to increase sharing & collaborations between two health-focussed communities, so happy to be surrounded by such a range of diverse research work. Fascinating talks by @OBU_Nutrition colleagues @Dr_ShellyC @vianutr @DrThondre @FraTabacchi & more from Oxford Uni
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Do New Year’s Resolutions matter for weight loss? Our new paper suggests so! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Association between the month of starting a weight management program and weight change in people...

Association between the month of starting a weight management program and weight change in people...

Objective Weight loss is one of the most common New Year's resolutions, but it is unclear whether attempting to lose weight in January is more successful than attempting it at other times of the...

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Why is that? It seems to be that participants starting in January attended more sessions and this drove the weight loss.
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So where does this leave us? We need to think about how to develop and implement strategies to ⬆️ program engagement and adherence among participants starting in the later months of the year. This may ⬆️ weight loss and ⬇️ the burden of type 2 diabetes.
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