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The mission of the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA), is to promote healthy and active aging based on research focused on nutrition and physical activity choices that encourage vitality. One of six human nutrition research centers supported by the USDA, the HNRCA is run by a cooperative agreement between the USDA and Tufts University.
 Scientists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) confirmed whole-grain foods like whole-wheat bread, oatmeal, barley, rye, and brown or wild rice for refined-grain products like white bread in the diet can regulate weight, blood sugar, and calorie use.
 The Neuroscience and Aging Laboratory is exploring and identifying mechanisms of nutrients and bioactive compounds to understand how they may improve brain function during aging.
 The Nutrition and Genomics Laboratory is a pioneer in the study of gene-diet interactions in the area of cardiovascular diseases, utilizing both genetic epidemiology approaches as well as controlled dietary intervention studies.
 Sheldon Rowan, a scientist in the Nutrition and Vision Research Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts, talks about how your gut microbes are very in tune with everything you eat.
 The Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) has made significant contributions to U.S. and international nutritional and physical activity recommendations, public policy, and clinical healthcare. Download a sheet of our research contributions.


Research Projects
                            More... Diet Quality and Physical Activity for Healthy Aging and Chronic Disease Mitigation Impact of Diet on the Aging Brain and Sensory Systems to Improve Healthspan Metabolic and Molecular Mechanisms of Healthspan


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                            More... Distinguished Nutrition Scientist Alice H. Lichtenstein Presents 2022 ARS Atwater Memorial Lecture ARS Research Shows Balanced Carbohydrate and Fat Intake Can Prevent Certain Diseases Software for Teasing Out Food Compound Benefits International Research Team Finds Correlation Between Genetics and Obesity Is Modified by Diet All Hail the Whole Grain!


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