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Leung, Chit Kay

Leung Chit Kay
Post-doctoral Fellow

Division of Kinesiology

  • BSc (HKU), PhD (HKU)
phone 2831 5249
email chitkay@hku.hk
orcid ORCID: Leung, Chit Kay
Biography

Dr CK Leung joined the School of Public Health at the University of Hong Kong as a Post-doctoral Fellow in 2025. He obtained his Bachelor of Science (BSc) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees from the University of Hong Kong in 2020 and 2025 respectively, and was supported by the HKU Presidential PhD Scholarship for his doctoral training.

Dr Leung’s research interests focus on elucidating the effectiveness and sustainability of practical and feasible exercise prescriptions as a public health strategy for prevalent non-communicable diseases, including, obesity, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), sarcopenia, and depression.

Dr Leung has received prestigious awards, including Best Oral Presentation from the Hong Kong Association of Sports Medicine and Sports Science (HKASMSS). Notably, he is honoured to be the first Hong Kong scholar to receive the Young Investigators Award on two occasions - Paris 2023 and Rimini 2025 - from the European College of Sport Science (ECSS), one of the largest exercise science and sports medicine organisations in the world.
Selected Publications
 

 

(# Denotes co-first authorship)

2025

Siu PM#, Leung CK#, Bernal JDK#, Yu AP, Recchia F, Tam BT, Fong DY, Chan DKC, Ngai HH, Lee CH, Yung PSH, Wong SHS, and Gibala M. Once and thrice weekly interval training in adults with central obesity: A randomized controlled trial. Nature Communications, in press.
2025

Leung CK, Yu AP, Bernal JDK, Recchia F, Fong DYT, Wong SHS, Chan DKC, Capio CM, Yu CCW, Wong SWS, Sit CHP, Cheng CP, Chen YJ, Thompson WR, and Siu PM. Dose-response effects of aerobic exercise on reducing depression in patients with chronic illness and comorbid depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 0:1-9.
2023

Recchia F, Leung CK, Yu AP, Leung W, Yu DJ, Fong DY, Montero D, Lee CH, Wong SHS, and Siu PM. Dose-response effects of exercise and caloric restriction on visceral adiposity in overweight and obese adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 57(16):1035-1041.
2022

Recchia F, Leung CK, Chin EC, Fong DY, Montero D, Cheng CP, Yau SY, and Siu PM. Comparative effectiveness of exercise, antidepressants and their combination in treating non-severe depression: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 56(23):1375-1380.
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