About us
A nationally recognized center of excellence
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Mission
Our mission is to improve health by advancing interdisciplinary research on nutrition and metabolism, developing independent investigators and providing innovative and sustainable research infrastructure that accelerates basic, translational, clinical and behavioral discovery.
Vision
Our vision is to become a nationally recognized center where team science transforms the understanding of nutrition and metabolism into actionable strategies that prevent disease, improve resilience and human performance and promote healthy aging.
Why nutrition and metabolic health?
Nutrition and metabolism influence nearly every aspect of health. Poor diet, malnutrition, environmental exposures and metabolic dysfunction contribute to diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, liver disease, cancer and many other chronic conditions. We address these challenges by linking fundamental discovery with translational and clinical research, developing new research tools and training the next generation of investigators.
A National Health Crisis, Centered in Kentucky
deaths worldwide annually linked to poor diet
adults overweight or obese globally
Kentucky's overall health ranking among U.S. states
of Kentucky adults are obese; 20% of adolescents