Acedemic Resources
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Opened in 1988, the Pennington Center houses 53 laboratories that span the Center's three programs -
Basic Research, Clinical Research, and Population Science. Pennington Center's mission is to promote healthier lives through research and education in nutrition and preventive medicine.
The Children's Nutrition Research Center (Baylor College of Medicine).
Federally funded human nutrition research center. Work includes scientific investigations into the role of maternal, infant and child nutrition in optimal health, development, and growth.
Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy (Tufts University).
Latest research, news, newsletters and publications from one of the nation's premier schools of nutrition. Includes the John Hancock Center on Physical Activity and Nutrition.
Institute of Human Nutrition (College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University).
Includes obesity research center and diabetes center.
Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center.
Program targets childhood obesity in eastern North Carolina. Works with local health care providers and community agencies to develop and apply translational basic science and clinical research in both community and academic settings. From the East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics.
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Center for Human Nutrition.
Research on energy metabolism and obesity, including obesity prevention and treatment, nutrient metabolism, and micronutrient status in children.
National Weight Control Registry
The National Weight Control Registry (NWCR), established in 1994 by Rena Wing, Ph.D. from Brown Medical School, and James O. Hill, Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, is the largest prospective investigation of long-term successful weight loss maintenance. Given the prevailing belief that few individuals succeed at long-term weight loss, the NWCR was developed to identify and investigate the characteristics of individuals who have succeeded at long-term weight loss.