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Ilias Botsifaras is a Dietitian-Nutritionist specializing in sports nutrition. He graduated in 2021 from the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics of the International University of Greece (D.I.PA.E.), based in Thessaloniki. He completed his internship at “Ippokrateio” General Hospital of Thessaloniki, where he specialized in clinical cases with eating disorders and obesity.
He completed his postgraduate studies at the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics of the International University of Greece, majoring in sports nutrition. In addition, he undertook postgraduate education in eating disorders and obesity at the NCfED in Great Britain. He was involved in research on the bone density of football players and the influence of their eating habits. He also worked as a dietitian-nutritionist at the 424 General Military Hospital, attending clinical cases of the hospital. Finally, he undertakes the nutritional support of athletes, the treatment of clinical cases with a wide range of diseases and cases of eating disorders. He has an active involvement in conducting research into the eating habits of patients with chronic urticaria.
His main concern is to constantly gain knowledge and experience in the field of nutrition and dietetics, to help as many people as possible. Throughout his academic and professional experience to date, he has attended training and education seminars and has actively participated in conferences and seminars in the field of nutrition and dietetics. Characteristic examples are the “16th Panhellenic Congress of Nutrition & Dietetics” of the Panhellenic Association of Dietitians and Nutritionists, the “12th Macedonian Congress of Nutrition & Dietetics”, the “13th Macedonian Congress of Nutrition & Dietetics”, the “Nutrition in Emergencies (Basic course)” of UNICEF , the “1st Panhellenic Diabetes School: Dietary and Nursing Care” of the Union of Dietitians – Nutritionists of Greece, the “Diabetes Mellitus. From basic research to the day – to – day clinical practice” of the Hellenic Association for the Study & Education of Diabetes Mellitus, the “35th Panhellenic Annual Conference on Diabetes Mellitus” of the Hellenic Society for the Study & Education of Diabetes Mellitus, the “1st International Conference of Nutritional Sciences & Dietetics”, of the Department of Nutritional Sciences & Dietetics, International Hellenic University, Greece, the day “Nutritional Interventions in the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors”, of the Society for the Study of Risk Factors for Vascular Diseases and many more.
He was born and raised in Ptolemaida, Kozani. He loves nature and sports.