Sciences Obesity wreaks havoc on the human body. This much we know. Obese men and women have high rates of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Perhaps less commonly known is that obesity also increases the risk of developing cancer. In the United States, as many as 90,000 people die each year from cancers, like colon, prostate and breast, associated with being obese. | 
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Jeanne Freeland-Graves, Ph.D., R.D., F.A.C.N, The Bess Heflin Centennial Professor, Department of Nutritional Science, led 18 students to Sevilla, Spain during the first summer session for the Study Abroad Program course.. |
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Dr. Nomelí Nuñez, Assistant Professor in Nutritional Sciences, was awarded a grant from the American Cancer Society and National Cancer Institute... |
| One of only 60 students in the United States, Plan II Honors and Coordinated Program in Dietetics Junior Marissa Duswalt has been named a Truman Scholar for 2009... |
