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Empowering health through nutrition
This article originally appeared in Carolina Public Health Magazine. Just shy of two hours away from Chapel Hill, the former textile town of Kannapolis is home to a state-of-the-art research center where Gillings School faculty, along with colleagues from across UNC,...
Transform Your Meals with the Diabetes Plate Method
Watch the video below. Managing diabetes can often be a complex and demanding process, involving intricate carb counting and strict diet monitoring. What if there was an easier way to manage diabetes that didn’t involve these demanding steps? The Diabetes Plate...
WSOCTV: Researchers in Kannapolis explore differences in how our bodies respond to food
Recently, Good Morning America featured a story on the All of Us Research Program from the National Institutes of Health. This initiative aims to build a comprehensive database that will empower researchers to conduct numerous studies on health and disease. The UNC...
2024 NGx Recap Video
The 2024 NGx: Nutrigenomics and Precision Nutrition in Clinical Practice short course has wrapped. During the course, we delved into the cutting-edge world of nutrigenomics and precision nutrition, bringing together researchers and practitioners from...
Fish Oil and Beyond: Investigating Dietary Interventions for Alzheimer’s Disease with Dr. Naïma Moustaïd-Moussa
We were honored to host Naïma Moustaïd-Moussa, PhD, FTOS, FAHA, a Horn Distinguished Professor of Nutritional Sciences and director of the Obesity Research Institute at Texas Tech University, as the keynote speaker at our biannual NGx short course. Her research...
Fueling Pregnancy: Mom’s Metabolic Transformation
Saroja Voruganti, PhD, Promoted to Professor of Nutrition
UNC Nutrition Research Institute faculty member Saroja Voruganti, PhD, has been promoted to the rank of professor in the Department of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) Interim Director Deborah Tate, PhD,...
All of Us Research Program partners with the UNC Nutrition Research Institute
The All of Us Research Program is inviting one million people across the U.S. to help build one of the most diverse health databases in history. We welcome participants from all backgrounds. Researchers will use the data to learn how our biology, lifestyle, and...
Alice Ammerman, DrPH, is Nourishing Communities with Good Bowls
The NRI was delighted to host Alice Ammerman, DrPH, a renowned nutrition professor at the UNC Gillings School of Public Health and Director of the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, as a guest speaker for our Appetite for Life series. Ammerman is the...
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