Precision Nutrition: Understanding Metabolic Heterogeneity

December 2, 2022 | News, Precision Nutrition, Zeisel News

Variation in how individuals metabolize nutrients (i.e., metabolic heterogeneity) influences our nutritional requirements, so the ideal diet for one person may be different from the ideal diet for some one else. The scientific area of study that encompasses metabolic...

Give the Gift of Good Health

November 29, 2022 | News

Our science is complex, but the purpose is clear: We do it for you! Your nutritional needs are as unique as you are. They depend on things like your genes, microbes, and environment. We focus on understanding how these individualities affect the way nutrition works to...

Eating Disorders in the Black Community Are More Common Than You Think

November 10, 2022 | News, news-goode

by Anissa Durham This article originally appeared on Word in Black. People of color, especially Black Americans, are significantly less likely to receive help for eating issues, despite suffering from them as much as white people. Eating disorders have a complicated...

Hursting receives AICR’s Distinguished Service Award

November 4, 2022 | News, news-hursting

Stephen D. Hursting, PhD, MPH, Director of the Nutrition Research Institute and Professor of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina, was awarded the American Institute for Cancer Research’s (AICR) Distinguished Service Award on November 2 at the 2022 AICR...

9 Investigates diabetes and its connection to eating disorders in Black women

November 3, 2022 | news-goode

Watch the interview here. CHARLOTTE — Diabetes can be a life-changing diagnosis. But for Black women, the diagnosis can come with a higher chance of developing an eating disorder. Some researchers at UNC Chapel Hill are trying to figure out how to fix that. “What we...

Scary-good Pumpkin

October 31, 2022 | News

A perennial sight in the fall in North America, pumpkin has more uses than just making a great Jack-o-Lantern. Pumpkin is a powerhouse food. Technically a fruit (because it contains seeds) it’s a high-fiber carbohydrate and is nutrient dense, especially in vitamin A:...