Understanding Your Metabolism: How Nutrition Affects Energy Use
Join us on Wednesday, August 20 at noon for a free virtual Appetite for Life event with UNC Assistant Professor of Nutrition Blake Rushing, PhD.
Breastfeeding Awareness Month
As we celebrate Breastfeeding Awareness Month this August, the UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) is proud to spotlight the work of principal investigator Carol L. Cheatham, PhD.
A Global Standard in Nutrition Education Now Includes NRI Research on Choline
The go-to textbook for future doctors, dietitians, and researchers—now features a new choline chapter by UNC NRI’s Isis Trujillo-Gonzalez, PhD, and Steven Zeisel, MD, PhD, spotlighting this vital yet under-consumed nutrient.
iSIPsmarter: A New Way to Help Communities Cut Back on Sugar
Read the full original study as posted on the NIH website here. How the iSIPsmarter Program Works In parts of rural Appalachia, especially in southwest Virginia, adults are drinking much more sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) than the rest of the country. These...
Next-Generation Health Interventions
Deborah F. Tate, PhD, Professor of Nutrition and Interim Director of the NRI, delivered a plenary talk at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research (SPR).
NRI’s Virtual Internship Program (VIP) 2025: Shaping the Future of Nutrition Research
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