High-tech tool to perform low-cost health screening for newborns and mothers
Alison Gernand collaborates with other Penn State researchers to build software that evaluates newborn and maternal health using a photograph of the placenta.
Why the Fat You Eat Matters
Greg Shearer, professor of nutritional sciences, delivered the 2022 Pauline Schmitt Russell Research Lecture, “Why the fat you eat matters: The fats we eat affect how our body responds to disease,”. Shearer addressed two findings from his research: first, it is not a single fat that is used to generate regulatory signals, and second, that signals are transported throughout the body and can change functions in distant areas.
Meet NUTR Instagram Ambassador, Lindsay Aluquin!
Lindsay is a 3rd-year Schreyer Honors student pursuing the Nutritional Physiology and Biochemistry option. She is also minoring in Global Health and Spanish. The HHD Instagram Ambassador initiative highlights our majors through the eyes of the students within their program. We invite you to follow their accounts to learn, explore, and experience our programs.
Meet NUTR Instagram Ambassador, Viviana Davila!
Viviana is a 4th-year student who aspires to become a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and specialize in eating disorders after finishing her undergraduate degree. She is also minoring in Spanish. The HHD Instagram Ambassador initiative highlights our majors through the eyes of the students within their program. We invite you to follow their accounts to learn, explore, and experience our programs.
Start your undergraduate journey
Start your undergraduate journey
Explore this undergraduate degree for students interested in how the human body transforms food into usable energy that fuels our daily lives.
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Learn about graduate training
Learn about graduate training
Discover how research and graduate training provides students with the knowledge needed to contribute to the field of nutritional sciences.
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Explore research areas
Explore research areas
Understand the variety of research areas and current projects that push the boundaries of knowledge in the field.
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The Diet Assessment Center
The Diet Assessment Center
Explore how the department collects and analyzes dietary data to help researchers understand what, how, and when people are eating.
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A team of Penn State researchers found less than a quarter of infants and toddlers in three sub-Saharan African countries are receiving proper nutrition.
