{"id":2230,"date":"2025-09-24T11:18:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T09:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brias.be\/?p=2230"},"modified":"2025-09-24T11:34:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T09:34:22","slug":"antonia-matalas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brias.be\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/antonia-matalas\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonia Matalas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2230\" class=\"elementor elementor-2230\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1325139 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1325139\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76de2a4e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"76de2a4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/brias.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Antonia_Matalas.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2233\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brias.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Antonia_Matalas.webp 399w, https:\/\/brias.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Antonia_Matalas-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/brias.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Antonia_Matalas-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78e5274c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"78e5274c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63961f27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"63961f27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Antonia Matalas<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e7a8a2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e7a8a2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Senior Fellow<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7be90496 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7be90496\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Harokopio University of Athens<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a239a78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a239a78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">email@email.com<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d1e8c33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d1e8c33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Antonia Matalas is a Professor of Nutrition. She has a B.Sc. in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Nutrition. Since her doctoral studies at the University of California, Davis (UCD) she turned to research that blends life sciences with social sciences. She has taught the course of Food and Culture as an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Nutrition, UCD in 1991-1992 and has been teaching nutrition courses at Harokopio University of Athens since 1997. She has edited the books \u201cThe Mediterranean Diet\u201d (CRC Press 2001), \u201cNutrition in 21<sup>st<\/sup>Century, Geographies of Affluence and Deprivation\u201d (Papazisis 2005) and \u201cFish and Seafood. Anthropological Perspectives from the Past and the Present\u201d (International Commission for the Anthropology of Food 2013).<\/p><h2><strong>RESEARCH SUMMARY<\/strong><\/h2><p>Dr. Matalas\u2019 research work has been published in reputable journals within life sciences as well as, within humanities (H index = 25). <cite>Her research on eliciting the nutritional and social aspects of breastfeeding and their policy implications in Greece led to her participating <\/cite>in EFSAs (European Food Safety Authority) project \u00abUpdate of the EFSA Comprehensive Food Consumption Database Project\u00bb (2013-2015). 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