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May 21 Appetite For Life Program Survey
Thank you for attending Appetite For Life featuring Mycotoxins: Invisible Threats to Food Safety and Public Health with Blake Rushing, PhD. Please help us evaluate our presentation.
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April 22 Appetite For Life Program Survey
Thank you for attending Appetite for Life featuring a Farm to Fork Cooking Demonstration in collaboration with Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte and the Carolina Farm Trust. Please help us evaluate our presentation. [gravityform id="23" title="true"...
A legacy of precision nutrition
By Amanda Wicks University Communications UNC-Chapel Hill Image by Robert Singh Photography Dr. Steven Zeisel will be stepping down as the UNC Nutrition Research Institute’s director after 13 years, but he leaves behind a legacy that has helped shape a more...
Appetite For Life Program Survey
Thank you for attending Appetite for Life with a Twist on March 31, 2021. Please help us evaluate Dr. Krupenko's presentation.
Incorporating genetic diversity into animal model studies of precision nutrition
One of the barriers to translating research results from pre-clinical to clinical is when positive results seen in animal models fail to be apparent in humans. Many early-stage studies use a single mouse strain. These mice are genetically homogeneous, and while this...
Nutrient Supplements as a Treatment for FASD
While the best defense against fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) remains avoiding alcohol consumption during pregnancy, research has shown that dietary choline supplementation can reduce at least some of the cognitive and behavioral problems associated with FASD...
Precision Nutrition and Brain Health Symposium
Our brains are built and supported by our mothers’ diets and then, by our diets. An individual’s response to incoming nutrition is programmed and very individualized. Maternal nutrition is important for fetal development even before conception: We now know that...
International MiBioGen consortium identifies genetic factors involved in shaping the composition of the human gut microbiome
Katie Meyer, ScD, is one of many UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) faculty members leading her field through innovative research. Recent technological advances are allowing researchers such as Meyer and her team to substantially broaden our knowledge of the human...