Nutrition in the News: A Big Step for Obesity Research
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Although the obesity epidemic is far from being over, there are big steps being made to the study and research of this disease. According to a press release published Monday, the University of Michigan received a $5.7 million grant to help them establish the Michigan Nutrition Obesity Research Center,which is one of only 13 federally funded centers that focus on the study of nutrition and the metabolism. Not only does this give trained professionals another place to conduct research and complete studies, it also gives students interested in studying nutrition and obesity the ability to really get their hands in understanding obesity and implementing healthier nutrition practices.
A peak into the energy workings of your metabolism…
One of the purposes of this new center is to support research and studies that dig into human dietary intake and see how what we eat, how much we eat and the quality of our food effects our metabolism. These studies, however complex they are, are incredibly important to the study and prevention of obesity. This type of research will allow us to dissect how and why certain people metabolize certain foods quicker and why others don’t. This will allow nutrition professionals to advise obese clients to eat foods that work with their body and their metabolism, which will increase metabolic health and work to prevent cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
Your metabolic rate could be the reason why you can/can’t lose weight
According to the press release, “this center will also will encourage the use of new technologies that can measure changes in thousands of components of the body in response to different diets.” This analysis will only further help scientists and researches figure out why it’s so easy for some to lose weight and why it’s so hard for others. [It’s not solely based on activity level, either!]
This center continues to prove that there is more to weight loss and diets than we like to think. Although a huge part of losing weight is eating right and exercising, another part that is equally important involves our genetics and our metabolic health, things that aren’t often considered when the average person tries to lose weight. This center will work to understand that point and discover the real reasons some people struggle so hard with weight loss and in turn, help them to overcome that so they see results.
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