Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics
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Kathleen Melanson

Professor and Graduate Program Director Nutrition and Food Sciences, Energy Balance Lab

Biography

Kathleen Melanson, Ph.D., RD, LDN, has focused her research on aspects of human energy balance since the start of her doctoral studies in the Energy Metabolism Laboratory at Tufts University School of Nutrition. There, she conducted work examining factors that may influence pre- and post-prandial energy expenditure and substrate oxidation. During her post-doctoral fellowship in the Human Biology Department at Maastricht University, she turned her attention to the intake side of the energy balance equation, investigating appetite physiology.

Publications

A Wearable Device Provides an Alternate Measurement of Free-Living Eating Rate

Eating rate, defined as the consumption of food per unit of time, has been associated with energy intake and obesity. However, eating rate is difficult to measure, necessitating most studies to rely on self-reported eating rate (SRER). The wrist-worn Eat Less Move More (ELMM) device has been validated to count bites by detection of a wrist-roll mot... Read More»

Jacqueline Beatty, Geoffrey Greene and Kathleen Melanson

: J Nutr Diet 2018, 1:2

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