About
Research
Email: alexandra.king@stmarys.ac.uk
Tel: 020 8240 4112
Biography
Ammi began lecturing at St Mary's in September 2004 primarily on the Nutrition programme. Prior to this she had been employed as a post-graduate teaching assistant whilst carrying out an MPhil. She graduated from St Mary's in 2000 with a BSc (Hons) in Biology with Sport Science and has since been awarded an MSc in Nutritional Medicine from the University of Surrey, an MPhil also from the University of Surrey and a PhD from St Mary's University. Ammi is a registered nutritionist (AfN) and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Research
Research profile
Ammi completed her PhD research in the area of nutrition and genetics. The primary focus of the research was the efficacy of gene-based personalised advice to motivate and promote actual behaviour change. This advice is in the context of reducing the risk of obesity, type II diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Ammi's primary research interests lie within the area of nutrition and genetics.
Publications
King, A., Graham, C. A.-M., Glaister, M., Da Silva Anastacio, V., Pilic, L., & Mavrommatis, Y. (2023). The efficacy of genotype-based dietary or physical activity advice in changing behavior to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes mellitus or obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutrition Reviews, 81 (10), 1235–1253,
Kapellou, A., King, A., Graham, C. A. M., Pilic, L., & Mavrommatis, Y. (2023). Genetics of caffeine and brain-related outcomes—A systematic review of observational studies and randomized trials. Nutrition Reviews, 81 (12), 1571–1598.
King, A., Saifi, S., Smith, J., Pilic, L., Graham, C. A.-M., Da Silva Anastacio, V., Glaister, M., & Mavrommatis, Y. (2022). Does personalised nutrition advice based on apolipoprotein E and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genotype affect dietary behaviour? Nutrition and Health, 28(3), 467–476.
Graham, C. A.-M., Pilic, L., Mcgrigor, E., Brown, M., Easton, I. J., Kean, J. N., Sarel, V., Wehliye, Y., Davis, N., Hares, N., Barac, D., King, A., & Mavrommatis, Y. (2021). The Associations Between Bitter and Fat Taste Sensitivity, and Dietary Fat Intake: Are They Impacted by Genetic Predisposition? Chemical Senses, 46, bjab029.
Podboi, I. C. R., Stephenson, S., Pilic, L., Graham, C. A.-M., King, A., & Mavrommatis, Y. (2021). Dietary Intake and TCF7L2 rs7903146 T Allele Are Associated with Elevated Blood Glucose Levels in Healthy Individuals. Lifestyle Genomics, 1–7.
Pilic, L., Lubasinski, NJ., Berk, M., Ward, D. Graham, CAM., Da Silva Anastacio, V., King, AG., Mavrommatis, Y. (2020) The associations between genetics, salt taste perception and salt intake in young adults. Food Quality and Preference Journal, 84.
Pilic, L., Graham, CAM., Hares, N., Brown, M., Kean, J., Wehliye, Y., McGrigor, E., Sarel, V., Easton, I., Davis, N., Barac, D., King, A., Da Silva Anastacio, V., Mavrommatis, Y. (2020). Bitter Taste Sensitivity Is Determined by TAS2R38 Haplotype, Associated with Saturated Fat Intake and Is Lower in Overweight and Obese Compared to Normal Weight UK adults. Current Developments in Nutrition, 4, Issue Supplement_2, June 2020, Page 1271.
Conference presentations
King, A., Glaister, M., Pilic, L., & Mavrommatis, Y. (2023). Factors that influence intention to use gene-based personalised diet and physical activity advice in young adults that perceive themselves to be a healthy weight versus overweight or obese. Oral presentation at the NuGOweek 2023 19th edition September 5-8, Senigallia, Italy.
King, A., Graham, C. A.-M., Glaister, M., Da Silva Anastacio, V., Pilic, L., & Mavrommatis, Y. (2022). The efficacy of genotype-based dietary or physical activity advice in changing behavior to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes mellitus or obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Poster presentation at the NuGOweek 2022 18th edition August 29- September 1, Tarragona, Spain.
King, A., Pilic, L., Nixon, J., Mauro, E., Glaister, M., Mavrommatis, Y. (2021). The effect of gene-based personalised diet and physical activity advice on healthy eating motivation in university students. Poster presentation at the NuGO IV European Summer School on Nutrigenomics July 21-25, online.
King, A., Saifi, S., Smith, J., Pilic, L., Graham, C., Glaister, M., Mavrommatis, Y. (2019). Does personalised nutrition advice based on ApoE and MTHFR genotype affect dietary behaviour? Poster presentation at the International Society of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics annual congress, July 12-13, Cambridge, UK.