The Stress Biology & Nutrition Research Initiative is one of the first of its kind created to facilitate innovative research bridging nutrition, agriculture, stress biology, and psychological health.
Controlled-feeding studies give USDA researchers insight into the health effects of the macro and micro-nutrient composition of our daily diets.
Indirect and whole-room calorimetry studies allow USDA researchers to better understand the bio-energetic pathways that our bodies use to process the energy from food, giving us insight into weight loss and weight gain.
Mission
The mission of the Obesity and Metabolism Unit is to conduct research that advances dietary recommendations to promote human health and prevent diet-related chronic diseases, while considering the causes and impact of inter-individual variability in responses to dietary interventions.