Human Nutrition Research Group
Lots of Personal Care!
Clinic personnel carefully pre-screen and monitor each participant throughout the duration of the studies. Blood pressure is just one of the readings taken by Clinic Assistant EvaAnne Keller (CNA).
Great Kitchen --
Excellent Staff!
Metabolic kitchen staff methodically weigh and measure ingredients to prepare foods to match the specifications of each study.
Research Dietitian Sheryl Aguilar (right) and Chailyn Nelson, RD, oversee food preparation and service.
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)
