Afsaneh Koochek
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of food studies, nutrition and dietetics
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 23 13
- Mobile phone:
- +46 73 469 74 44
- E-mail:
- afsaneh.koochek@ikv.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- BMC
Husargatan 3
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 560
751 22 UPPSALA
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Short presentation
Wide combination of national and international experiences as clinical dietician, lecturer, researcher, supervisor, project coordinator and scientific advisor. M.Sc. in Food Nutrition and Dietetics, from Uppsala University. Ph.D. in General Medicine from Karolinska Institute. My research areas of interest comprise developing novel nutritional therapies in combination with exercise for maintenance and/or development of functional health and health related quality of life in aging populations.
Biography
Wide and unique combination of experiences as a clinical dietician, lecturer, researcher, supervisor project coordinator and sceintific advisor. Bachelor of Science in Foodservice and Nutrition and Master of Social Sciences in
Food Nutrition and Dietetics, from Uppsala University, Sweden. Ph.D. from Karolinska Institute in Stockholm about risk factors for cardiovascular disease among elderly immigrants in Sweden. Based on epidemiological studies.
My position as senior scientist at Nestlé, a multinational food company, in combination with project coordinator in a multicenter research study at Uppsala University, and experience of working as assistant professor at Qatar University in Doha, gave me a broad international frame of reference and has further enhanced my genuine interest and willingness to cooperate with other countries and cultures.
My research areas of interest comprise developing novel nutritional therapies in combination with physical activity for maintenance and/or development of functional health and health related quality of life in aging populations.
Publications
Recent publications
- Diet quality and cardiovascular outcomes (2024)
- Perceptions and experiences of eating alone among community-living retired Swedes (2023)
- A qualitative evaluation of the specific carbohydrate diet for juvenile idiopathic arthritis based on children's and parents' experiences (2023)
- Functional improvements to 6 months of physical activity are not related to changes in size or density of multiple lower-extremity muscles in mobility-limited older individuals (2022)
- Eating Alone or Together among Community-Living Older People (2021)
All publications
Articles
- Diet quality and cardiovascular outcomes (2024)
- Perceptions and experiences of eating alone among community-living retired Swedes (2023)
- A qualitative evaluation of the specific carbohydrate diet for juvenile idiopathic arthritis based on children's and parents' experiences (2023)
- Functional improvements to 6 months of physical activity are not related to changes in size or density of multiple lower-extremity muscles in mobility-limited older individuals (2022)
- Eating Alone or Together among Community-Living Older People (2021)
- Circulating Interleukin-6 is Associated with Skeletal Muscle Strength, Quality, and Functional Adaptation with Exercise Training in Mobility-Limited Older Adults (2020)
- Sarcopenic obesity and associations with mortality in older women and men – a prospective observational study (2020)
- Nutritional Supplementation With Physical Activity Improves Muscle Composition in Mobility-Limited Older Adults, The VIVE2 Study (2018)
- Physical performance and serum 25(OH)vitamin D status in community dwelling old mobility limited adults (2018)
- Effect of exercise and nutritional supplementation on health-related quality of life and mood in older adults (2018)
- "Feeling more self-confident, cheerful and safe”. Experiences from a health-promoting intervention in community dwelling older adults — A qualitative study (2018)
- Nutritional supplementation with physical activity improves muscle composition in mobility-limited older adults, the VIVE2 study (2017)
- The struggle to balance system and lifeworld (2016)
- The Vitality, Independence, and Vigor in the Elderly 2 Study (VIVE2) (2015)
- The power of language on patient‐centredness (2015)
- Evaluation of Nutrition Care Process documentation in electronic patient records (2015)
- Evaluation of a Nutrition Care Process-based audit instrument, the Diet-NCP-Audit, for documentation of dietetic care in medical records (2014)
- Dietary differences between elderly Iranians living in Sweden and Iran a cross-sectional comparative study (2011)
- Is migration to Sweden associated with increased prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease? (2008)
- Minimal effect on energy intake by additional evening meal for frail elderly service flat residents (2008)
- Nutritional status, well-being and functional ability in frail elderly service flat residents (2005)
Books
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