**About the Editors**

#### **Dr. Odysseas Androutsos**

Dr. Odysseas Androutsos is an Associate Professor of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics at the Department of Nutrition-Dietetics, University of Thessaly. He has published 113 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and more than 100 oral or poster presentations in national and international scientific conferences. Since 2008, he has participated as the Principal Investigator, Project Manager or Member of research groups in national and international research programmes. Dr. Androutsos is a member of the Editorial Board and a reviewer in several scientific journals and in international conferences, books and research proposals. He has provided support as an external Scientific Consultant by the Ministry of Health of Malta and the National Institute of Health of Estonia in the implementation of research programmes for the prevention of childhood obesity. His scientific work has received national and international awards, such as the "John M. Kinney Award" for one of his scientific papers in the field of Pediatric Nutrition in 2019. He is an elected member of the ESDN Obesity of EFAD.

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#### **Prof. Dr. Evangelia Charmandari**

Prof. Dr. Evangelia Charmandari is a Professor of Pediatrics—Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, and Scientific Supervisor of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Center for Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece. She is also the Director of the MSc Program entitled 'General Pediatrics and Pediatric Subspecialties: Clinical Practice and Research', the Chair of the ESPE Clinical Practice Committee and a Member of the ENDO-ERN Steering Committee.

Professor Charmandari's research work has focused on the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis' physiology, pathophysiology and its disorders; the molecular mechanisms of glucocorticoid receptor action; growth disorders; and childhood obesity.

She has more than 400 publications in SCI journals, books, and international conference proceedings (impact factor: 700; citations: 9200; h-index: 46; i10-index: 90). She was awarded the 'Henning Andersen Prize' of the European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and received several awards of the Hellenic Endocrine Society, Hellenic Society of Adolescent Medicine and Health Care Business Awards. She has been an invited speaker in more than 250 national and international meetings. Finally, she has attracted approximately EUR 3.2m worth of research funding.

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