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Precision Nutrition: Understanding Metabolic Heterogeneity
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
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
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
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
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...
Appetite for Life: Nutrition and Other Factors to Combat Cancer Survey
Scary-good Pumpkin
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:...
The Optimistic Nutritionist
By Alyssa LaFaro Endeavors Saroja Voruganti likes sugar. But she loves talking about it. “Did you know the body does not need any added sugars for healthy functioning? Most of our foods contain naturally occurring sugars,” she says. Men should consume no more...
