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Dr. Patricia Pawa Pitil, PhD

Dr. Patricia Pawa Pitil is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Science at the Faculty of Sports Science and Recreation, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sarawak Branch, Malaysia. She holds a PhD in Health Science from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), a Master of Sports Science and Bachelor of Sports Science (Hons.) from UiTM Shah Alam, and a Diploma in Sports Studies from UiTM Sarawak. Her research interests focus on exercise science, physical fitness and conditioning, body composition, weight management, and exercise psychology, with particular emphasis on overweight and obesity, eating behaviour, body image, and psychosocial factors related to health and physical activity. She is also actively involved in developing and conducting fitness and exercise programmes for various populations, including individuals with overweight and obesity. She is a certified Fat Loss Coach by the American Council on Exercise (ACE) and has extensive experience in fitness training and exercise programme implementation. Patricia has presented and published research on exercise interventions, fitness, body composition, weight management, body image, and health, and is actively involved in research supervision and collaborative projects in sports and exercise science. She is also the author of two exercise-related books, 20 Mitos Senaman dan Kesihatan and Bodyweight Exercises & Fitball.