Dr. Zeynep Caferoglu Akin is an Associate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of York’s Department of Health Sciences. She is currently working on the school food work stream of the FixOurFood project, focusing on how sustainable food systems can improve children’s health and wellbeing. Her research interests lie in public health nutrition, with an emphasis on metabolic health, childhood obesity, and dietary interventions.
Dr. Caferoglu Akin has over a decade of academic experience, including her time as an Assistant Professor and Deputy Head of the Nutrition and Dietetics Department at Erciyes University. Her extensive research portfolio includes projects on the effects of food insulin indices, metabolic parameters in obese adolescents, and the impact of omega-3 supplementation on gene expression. She has also contributed significantly to studies investigating the relationship between dietary quality and metabolic control in children with type 1 diabetes. Her work is supported by major funding bodies such as The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK).Passionate about improving nutritional health in both children and adults through evidence-based dietary interventions, Dr. Caferoglu Akin’s research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, and she has presented at various international conferences. She is dedicated to advancing public health through her academic work, public speaking engagements, and collaborations with multidisciplinary teams.