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Prof. Yftach Gepner is Chair of the Department of Health Promotion at the School of Public Health, Tel Aviv University, and Sylvan Adams Sports Science Institute. His research focuses on the interaction between exercise, nutrition, and human metabolism, with an emphasis on body composition, cardiometabolic health, and performance across diverse populations.

 

Prof. Gepner integrates cutting-edge methodologies in his work, including doubly labeled water (DLW), whole-room metabolic chambers, and advanced quantitative MRI techniques, to investigate energy expenditure, organ-specific fat mobilization, and metabolic adaptation. He has led large-scale clinical trials and multidisciplinary collaborations, providing novel insights into liver metabolism, fat distribution, and the physiological impact of lifestyle interventions

 

Prof.​​ Gepner has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles with over 5000 citations.