The U.S. Department of Agriculture has chosen Purdue as the site of one of four regional centers for research into nutrition education and obesity prevention.
The North Central Nutrition Education Center of Excellence will focus on research into interpersonal, community and environmental factors that influence the food and physical activity choices of low-income people.
Purdue Nutrition Policy professor Dennis Savaiano is coordinating the effort, which includes researchers from the University of Missouri, Michigan State University, 11 other land-grant universities, and the Michigan Fitness Foundation.
