Masashi Miyashita is a Professor of Exercise Metabolism at Waseda University (Japan), and is also the Visiting Fellow in Exercise Metabolism at Loughborough University (UK), School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences and the Senior Research Fellow at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Sports Science and Physical Education.

Masashi has obtained his Bachelor’s degree (BSc (Honours)), Master’s degree (MSc (Distinction)) and PhD degree from Loughborough University, UK. Masashi has researched areas relating to physical activity, nutrition and health for over 21 years, beginning with his PhD research (supervised by Professor David Stensel, Loughborough University, UK) which examined exercise and postprandial lipid metabolism. Much of his research activities have examined the effects of physical activity/diet on risk factors for cardiovascular disease and the effects of exercise/diet on appetite and energy intake in humans.

Masashi also acts as an Associate Editor for the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (since 2023), an Editorial Board Member for the International Journal of Obesity (since 2022) and the Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness (since 2018). Masashi is a Secretary General of the Asian Nutrition Society for Sport and Health (since 2022), an Executive Board Member for the Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine (since 2023) and a fellow for the Japan Sports Nutrition Association (since 2020).