Nutritional Sciences Research in Behavior

The Center for Childhood Obesity Research, directed by Jennifer Savage Williams, is a cross-disciplinary, college research center investigating the factors contributing to childhood obesity to inform successful prevention programs to be disseminated to public health and clinical practice audiences.

The Children's Eating and Behavior Lab, led by Kathleen L. Keller, studies various aspects of children's eating behavior, including how eating behaviors develop and how they are related to risk for obesity later in life.

The Diet and Cardiometabolic Health Lab, directed by Kristina S. Petersen, studies the effects of nutrients, foods, bioactive components, and dietary patterns on risk factors for cardiometabolic disease, to inform evidence-based guidelines for general health as well as the prevention and management of cardiometabolic diseases.

The Health, Ingestive Behavior, and Technology (HIT) Lab, led by Travis Masterson, focuses on eating behavior and food cue reactivity using response to food marketing, iVR, and EMA.

The NourishNET Lab, led by Ligia Reyes, studies how food environments and social networks play out in day-to-day dietary behavior in children and identifies strategies that can help secure children's adequate nutrition for the optimal potential to thrive.

The Youth & Community Nutrition Impact Research Team, led by Meg Bruening, focuses on how social influences impact nutrition-related behaviors and outcomes.