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National Nutrition Month: Breaking Down the Science of Nutrition

March is National Nutrition Month, but at the UNC Nutrition Research Institute we celebrate Nutrition daily. In our world-class research center, we’re working to discover why we are nutritionally so different from one another. To do this, we recruit great scientific...

Ryan Dayvault selected as cohort of “40 Under 40” honorees for 2024

Ryan Dayvault, UNC Nutrition Research Institute Facility Director, has been selected as one of the Charlotte Business Journal’s cohort of “40 Under 40” honorees for 2024. By Jen Wilson – Associate Editor, Charlotte Business Journal As the Charlotte region's population...

Precision Nutrition is Essential

In 2008, the UNC Nutrition Research Institute opened its doors with just two faculty members and nine staff. Established as an institute in the Nutrition department of the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the...

Good Nutrition Goes Hand-in-Hand with Portion Control 

Have you been making changes to your nutrition intake in hopes of seeing a change on the scale, but you are not seeing what you expected? It could be that you’re under- or over-estimating how much you are eating.   While most people don’t weigh and measure their food,...

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