Dietary, Physiological, Genetic, and Behavioral Predictors of Health in a Young, Ethnically-Mixed Population
Description
This is a prospective, longitudinal, clinical study using an epidemiological approach. The sample consists of 90 free-living participants aged 20-35 years. The participants will undergo a series of assessments in the domains of diet, physiological factors, and behavioral factors at baseline and every 12 months for 2 years.
OBJECTIVES
1. Identify dietary, physiological, genetic and behavioral determinants of unhealthy weight gain in healthy, young, ethnically-mixed men and women.
2. Identify relationships between genetic measures of taste perception and the determinants of unhealthy weight gain in the said population.
3. Identify relationships among the determinants of unhealthy weight gain that contribute to an individual’s susceptibility to obesity.
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