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A Vanderbilt study shows that reducing consumption of simple sugars helped improve gastroesophageal reflux disease.
October 6, 2022

Study finds that reducing intake of simple sugars improves GERD

A Vanderbilt study found that reducing dietary carbohydrates improved both symptoms and objective measurements of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in a randomized controlled trial.

By Leigh MacMillan
December 17, 2021

Silver appointed to national committee assessing human requirements for energy intake and expenditure

Vanderbilt’s Heidi Silver, PhD, RDN, MS, has been appointed to an ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to assess the human requirements for energy intake and expenditure.

By Bill Snyder
May 21, 2020

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics honors Silver

Heidi Silver, RDN, MS, PhD, an internationally known registered dietitian and nutrition scientist at VUMC, is the recipient of the 2020 Excellence in Research Practice Award from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

By Bill Snyder
February 22, 2018

Initiative seeks to address malnutrition among adult patients

It is estimated that nearly one out of five pediatric patients and one of three adult patients age 60 and older are malnourished and will experience a decline in their nutritional status during their hospital stay.

By VUMC News and Communications
Overweight or obese family in the park
March 16, 2017

VUMC joins cutting-edge obesity research network

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is one of four centers receiving a $15 million, four-year research award from the American Heart Association (AHA) to provide cutting-edge research on obesity as part of its sixth Strategically Focused Research Network (SFRN).

By Craig Boerner
can of beans
May 19, 2016

VUMC to be site for national malnutrition study

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is the test site for a nationwide initiative to address the longstanding problem of malnutrition in hospital patients.

By VUMC News and Communications
October 24, 2013

Glucose control study gives patients new path to health

The IDIOM study is designed to compare how a diet with moderate caloric restriction, alone or with long-acting insulin, affects areas of the brain’s dopamine system that are involved in food intake, reward and the sense of pleasure people get from eating.
By Jessica Pasley
March 7, 2013

New core to aid research related to nutrition and diet

A new research core has been established to help Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators optimize their nutrition- and diet-related study designs, methods, measures, interventions and analysis.
By VUMC News and Communications
July 12, 2012

Gene’s impact on ‘good’ cholesterol could affect heart disease risk

A genetic variant may help keep an individual’s “good” cholesterol in check.
By VUMC News and Communications