Designation:Department of Physical Education and Sports Science, Faculty of Literature, Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Research Branch
University:Islamic Azad University
Country:Iran
Biography:Kimia Moiniafshari currently works in the Department of Physical Education and Sports Science, Faculty of Literature, Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. She was graduated in nutrition field from Shahid Beheshti University of medical science. She worked at University of Padova, Italy. She has accepted and published papers in international nutrition conferences in autism and sport nutrition area. She has translated books "Eating for Autism", "turn fat into muscle", "No body's perfect, “nutrition for cancer”, “flexible diet” and “practical exercise physiology” into Persian. Her thesis was about nutritional strategies for autism prevention and related symptoms managements. Moreover, she did a practice regarding the effect of vitamin D, omega-3 fatty acids and aerobic exercise on metabolic syndrome factors in obese women. Since 2015, she has focused on “the effect of exercise training along with nutritional education health indicators in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder”. Within recent years, she has experience of working with autistic children and their caregivers as dietitian and educational instructor.