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The Nutrition Core is overseen by Technical Director, Colleen Tewksbury, PhD, MPH, RD, CSOWM, LDN.  Services provided by the Nutrition Core include:

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Energy Expenditure 

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  • Indirect Calorimetry 6
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    • Resting Energy Expenditure (REE, Fasting with inpatient admission to CHPS)
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    • ParvoMedics Canopy and Hood (REE, Fasting)
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Body Composition 

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  • Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA)
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  • Basic Measurements (Height/weight)
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  • Circumferences (waist/hip)
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Bone Health Assessment 

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  • Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) 6
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    • Scan Model: Hologic Horizon A; Weight limit: 500 lbs; Length: 77 in 
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    • Whole Body Bone Density and Body Composition (including VAT)
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    • AP Lumbar Spine
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    • Dual Hips
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Protocol Consultation 

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Develop methodologies for research protocols including:

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  • Metabolic/controlled nutrient diet plans
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  • Monitoring plans during a controlled diet
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  • Food frequency questionnaires, food records, and nutrition data collection forms
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  • Special meals designed by protocol parameters
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  • Designed meals to send home with participants
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  • Duplicate, weighed meals for nutrient balance studies
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Protocol-Specific Nutrition Education

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We can provide customized nutritional counselling interventions for inpatient and outpatient research protocols.

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Training

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We can provide family and study participant training on proper methods for weighing and measuring food items for food recalls/records.

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Calculated Research Meals for Controlled Studies 

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The metabolic kitchen can provide numerous services including:

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  • Recipe development and modification
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  • Food product design and production for study interventions
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  • Calculation and serving of special research diets, including constant diets and regulated fluid intake
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Dietary Intake Data Collection

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  • Telephone-based Food Recalls
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  • Food Records
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  • Food Frequency Questionnaires
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  • Participant Training for Food Intake Survey Data Collection
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Nutrition Software for Meal and Diet Analysis 

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  • Nutrition Data Systems for Research - Nutrition Data System for Research (NDSR) is a Windows-based dietary analysis program designed for the collection and analyses of 24-hour dietary recalls, food records, menus, and recipes. Calculation of nutrients occurs immediately providing data per ingredient, food, meal, and day in report and analysis file formats. The software includes a dietary supplement assessment module so that nutrient intake from both food and supplemental sources may be captured and quantified.
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Technical Director: Dietary Assessment Unit

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Colleen Tewksbury, PhD, MPH, RD, CSOWM, LDN
215-746-5729
CTewks@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu

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Lisa Basel Brown, MS, RD, LDN
215-662-7824
lisa@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

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Cheryl Milhoan, MS, RD
215-662-3180
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Metabolic Kitchen

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215-662-2682
Nipsey Mitchell
Meghann Crouch

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