March 13, 2023 | News, news-hursting
by Violet Kiesel, PhD Obesity is a major problem. Having obesity increases risk of developing serious chronic diseases like cancer, which can reduce quality of life and lifespan. This risk becomes more striking when considering the growing number of people who are...
March 2, 2023 | News, news-sumner, Pathmasiri News
Susan Sumner, PhD, is a professor of Nutrition and pharmacology at the UNC Nutrition Research Institute. Using state-of-the-art metabolomics and exposome technologies, Sumner’s team determines how molecules that are present in our tissues and biological fluids are...
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...
June 16, 2022 | News, News-Voru
The NRI presented its annual NGx short course May 16-19, in Concord, NC, for graduate students, health professionals, and nutrition scientists. See recaps of Days One, Two and Three. The last day of the NGx course focused on childhood obesity, giving participants a...
June 13, 2022 | Meyer News, N Krupenko News, News
The NRI presented its annual NGx short course May 16-19, in Concord, NC, for graduate students, health professionals, and nutrition scientists. Read Day One and Day Two recap. Speakers on Day Three of this course delved into the significance of genetics and...
January 21, 2021 | News, News-Voru, Trujillo News, Zeisel News
UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) researchers were invited participants in the virtual Precision Nutrition: Research Gaps and Opportunities Workshop held by the National Institutes of Health (co-sponsors: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI),...
