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The Center for Advanced Nutrition (CAN), led by a team of internationally-recognized scientists with an impressive history of experience and expertise, fosters interaction and conducts research with private commerce and academic institutions at state, national, and international levels.

The CAN Associates Group meets with CAN faculty and staff on a monthly basis to share research discoveries and to identify collaborative opportunities. Its members consist of exceptional, dedicated USU researchers from the departments of Nutrition and Food Science, Natural Resources, Psychology, Biology, and Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences.

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When it isn't enough to say "eat more vegetables," USU research points to practical nutrition techniques.

by Jacoba Mendelkow

Intervention isn’t a word to use lightly. You don’t have an intervention when problems aren’t really that bad. Interventions aren’t fun—sometimes people cry, sometimes people get defensive. After all, it is hard to give up the life you know and completely switch mindsets. It isn’t a comfortable place to be. It is really no wonder, then, that there are a few tears.

But interventions, while not easy, are worth the effort. The intervention staged by Heidi Wengreen, USU nutrition and food science professor, is like others: stepping in at a perfect time, helping to prevent further damage, educating and empowering those intervened upon. The difference is that Wengreen intervenes using vegetables.   (click here to read entire article)