nutrition Archive
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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. -
January 24, 2013
Gates Foundation grant aids pediatric nutrition research
Using a SmartPhone platform and a $100,000 grant from Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Vanderbilt Pediatric Surgeon John Pietsch, M.D., and fourth-year medical student Katherine Allen may revolutionize the way infants and children all over the world are assessed and treated for proper nutrition. -
January 24, 2013
Society lauds VU’s clinical nutrition efforts
Vanderbilt University has received a 2012 Clinical Nutrition Team of Distinction award from the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.), an organization dedicated to improving patient care by advancing the science and practice of clinical nutrition and metabolism. -
January 17, 2013
Superfoods: Eat more, lose weight
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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. -
July 3, 2012
Receptor’s role in nutrition brain circuitry
New findings point to brain circuitry that communicates about the body’s nutritional status and regulates how nutrients are mobilized. -
June 12, 2012
Mixed results define 2012 Tennessee Men’s Health Report Card
Heart disease is still the leading cause of death for men in Tennessee and cancer deaths continue to move further away from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthy People 2020 goal, according to the 2012 Tennessee Men’s Health Report Card.