Nancy Turner, PhD
Nancy Turner is a Professor of Nutrition at Michigan State University. Her research focus is on the role of diet on colon cancer and inflammatory bowel disease. She is the author of many papers on this topic, as well as the co-editor of a book, and co-author of a textbook.
Recommendations by the USDA Nutrition Evidence Systematic Review Team to improve research
Development of effective public health strategies is contingent upon having accurate information upon which to make decisions. The information is
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Food insecurity and its relationship to cardiometabolic health in young adulthood
Primarily through the use of cross-sectional studies employing self-reported disease, a relationship between food insecurity and greater risk of diet-sensitive
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Women have unique nutritional and health considerations that must be recognized to achieve precision nutrition goals
Women and men have distinct physiological and hormonal differences, and for women, the nutritional requirements to meet the physiological changes
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Dietary pattern, more so than consumption of red or processed meat, is associated with chronic disease risks
Observations in the epidemiological literature suggests an increase in chronic disease risk with increased consumption of red meat, or red
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DHA improves the inflammasome in breastmilk from mothers of preterm infants
One tenth of US births are preterm, and those infants are at significantly higher risk of developing infections and experiencing
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Resistant starch alters intestinal microbiota and fecal metabolites in healthy adults
Dietary fiber is a recognized contributor to the maintenance of intestinal health, as well as being associated with reduced rates
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Tomatoes and lycopene have anti-prostate cancer activity in animal models
Epidemiology studies have suggested protection against prostate cancer is derived from consuming tomato products or a major carotenoid found in
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Utilization of sparse longitudinal data to estimate childhood stunting and overweight trends
The coverage and frequency of data collected to monitor childhood stunting and overweight are often a problem that limits the
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Preventive zinc supplementation did not improve diarrhea or linear growth of Bangladeshi children
Zinc supplementation has been shown to improve diarrhea and pneumonia in children from regions where zinc is deficient in the
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