Metabolic Research Kitchen

The Bionutrition Research Facility has a metabolic research kitchen for preparing and delivering meals for feeding studies or food challenges. Study recipes and menus are designed by a registered dietitian and can be controlled for selected nutrients, calories, food types or other factors, depending on the research needs.

Participants can be free-living and pick up pre-packaged meals to take home, or they can be fed from the kitchen during an extended outpatient stay.

The kitchen is also designed for nutrition education including cooking classes or demonstrations for study populations. Non-research use can be arranged on a case-by-case basis.

The Bionutrition Research Facility also owns and operates an indirect calorimeter for measurement of resting energy expenditure.