Overview of BNORC Themes

Our Center is organized to address four cross-cutting themes that respresent key gaps in understanding the relationship between nutrition and health, and the pathogenesis of obesity and its associated metabolic diseases. Click below for more info and theme members:

• Theme 1: Nutrient Metabolism in Health and Disease


• Theme 2: Brain Control of Feeding Behavior and Metabolism


• Theme 3: Environmental and Genetic Influences on Obesity and Related Chronic Diseases


• Theme 4: Multi-level, Lifecourse Approaches to Obesity- and Nutrition-Related Diseases