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Our research is focused in three major areas:
1. Assessment of how nutritional intake and non-volitional
nutritional support (parenteral and enteral feedings) impact overall
risks and clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients;
2. The impact of obesity and body composition on disease
risks in various populations including women, the disabled and minority
populations and
3. The design, implementation and assessment of exercise
and nutrition interventions for obesity prevention and treatment.
We currently has a 5-year NIH funded grant which is a clinical trial
focused on the impact of enteral nutrition on clinical and immunologic
outcomes in malnourished patients with adult respiratory distress
syndrome. Additionally, we have five other research grants which
examine such questions as how the environment impacts obesity risks in
the disabled, how a school based nutrition and exercise intervention
impacts 3-5 yr old children’s fitness and nutritional status and how a
web-based intervention influences maintenance of weight loss in African
American women recruited for Chicago area churches.
Our lab is focused primarily on translational research that combines
the foundations from basic nutrition research and human clinical trials
in an effort to answer questions of how obesity, body composition,
insulin resistance and inflammation influence disease risks and health
outcomes. These investigations involve a variety of high risk
populations including critically ill adults exposed to non-volitional
feeding (enteral and parenteral nutrition), morbidly obese individuals
undergoing gastric bypass surgery, men with spinal cord injury and
obese children. Epidemiologic principles are employed to assess the
dietary intake and nutritional status of a population and explore the
relationships between these nutritional exposures and illness.
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Braunschweig
Laboratory
Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition
University of Illinois at Chicago
1919 W. Taylor St.
Chicago, IL 60612
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