Dr George Moschonis is a Professor in the Department of Dietetics, Nutrition and Sport at La Trobe University, where he previously served as Head of the Discipline of Food, Nutrition and Dietetics. His research focuses on identifying early-life determinants of obesity and related cardiometabolic diseases, and on developing and evaluating nutrition-counselling and lifestyle-optimisation interventions to prevent and manage obesity, type 2 diabetes and other chronic conditions. He also has extensive expertise in functional food design and in leading human clinical trials assessing the efficacy of functional foods and dietary supplements in addressing nutrition-related health outcomes. Professor Moschonis has served as Chief Investigator on major research projects across Europe and Australia, funded by the European Commission, NHMRC, the Global Alliance for Chronic Disease, industry and philanthropic bodies. Internationally recognized for his contributions to obesity and personalized nutrition research, he is one of Australia’s most highly cited scholars in nutrition and dietetics, with an h-index of 52, over 270 peer-reviewed publications and more than 47,000 citations.