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- About Us
- Welcome to BHNRC
- FAQ
- History
- Directions to BHNRC
- Lifestyle Factors Play Key Role in Weight Control
- Plant Compounds Inhibit Blood Clotting
- New Method Leads to New Findings Concerning Carotenoid Absorption
- Helping Schoolchildren Make the Grade in Nutrition
- USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 18
- Travel Directions
- Agriculture Research Magazine
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Welcome to the Beltsville Human NutritionResearch Center The **Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center (BHNRC)**is the largest of USDA's human nutrition research facilities and the home of the first human nutrition research conducted by USDA, dating back to the late 1890's.  Its current program spans the human nutrition and health continuum, from investigating the role of nutrients and food components at the cellular level, to examining the impact of dietary interventions on health in animal and human research, to conducting mission critical surveys to find out what people are eating while supporting an expanded understanding of what's in food. The mission of the **Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center**is to define, through research, the role of food and its components in optimizing human health and in reducing the risk of nutritionally related disorders in the diverse population. Scientists at the Center conduct research toward understanding how dietary components interact with genetic, physiological, sociological, and environmental factors and affect the health of the American population so diversified by gender, ethnicity, lifestyle and environment. Our Laboratories:Nutrition Monitoring:
Food Surveys Research Group
Methods and Application of Food Composition Laboratory
Human Nutrient Requirements, Function, &Chronic Disease:
Diet, Genomics, and Immunology Laboratory
Food Components andHealth LaboratoryResearch Programs, Products & Services
Human Studies Facility
National Nutrient Database
FoodLink
MyPyramid Equivalents Database
Dietary Sources of Nutrientsusing USDA Survey Foods Codes
Food Commodity Intake Database
Porcine Immunology and Nutrition Database
BHNRC Seminar Series
BHNRC Seminar ListServWatercolor renderring of the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center.
**Mailing Address:**
*10300 Baltimore AvenueBuilding 307-C, Room 117BARC-EastBeltsville, Maryland 20705*Phone: 301-504-8157 FAX: 301-504-9381
Email:  **BHNRCOFFICE@ars.usda.gov**
**Office of the Director:**

Dr. Naomi Fukagawa, Director
**naomi.fukagawa@usda.gov**

Home Page:**Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center**


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