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ARS research is organized into National Programs. Within each National Program are research projects. Listed below are  the National Programs and research projects currently conducted at this location.

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Human Nutrition (NP #107)
Biomarkers of Nutritional Status Resulting from Altered Food Composition
(In-House Appropriated)
Metabolic and Epigenetic Regulation of Nutritional Metabolism
(In-House Appropriated)
Microbiota and Nutritional Health
(In-House Appropriated)
Molecular, Cellular, and Regulatory Aspects of Obesity Development
(In-House Appropriated)
Nutritional Role of Phytochemicals
(In-House Appropriated)
Preventing the Development of Childhood Obesity
(In-House Appropriated)
Evaluation of Human Milk, Dairy Resources, and Medical Nutrition Products to Optimally Meet Human Infant's Nutrition Needs
(Memorandum of Understanding)
Fostering the Development of Future Dietitians
(Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
Nutrition Research and Chronic Disease Prevention for Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Pregnant and Lactating Women
(Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
Acute Effects of Sedentary Behaviors on Cardiometabolic Risk in Latino Youth
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Adipocyte Gap Junction on Milk Production and Milk Quality & Hypothalamic Regulation on Lactational Hyperphagia
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Adipose Tissue Biology
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Aligning Production Agricultural Systems to Enhance Diet and Health Outcomes
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Body Weight and Health Consequences
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Defining a Pathway of Oxalic Acid Catabolism, Influence on Nutritional Composition, Phytochemical, and Production in Dietary Important Plants
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Dissecting Roles for Basal Forebrain and Sensory Processing Circuits in Feeding Behavior
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Eating Patterns and Obesity Prevention in Children
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Epidemiology of Childhood Diet and Obesity
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Epigenetic Mechanisms Mediating Developmental Programming of Obesity
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Impact of Perinatal Nutrition on Metabolic Health and Disease Prevention
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Intestinal Microbiome and Childhood Feeding
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Neural Circuits and Obesity Mechanisms
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Plant Antinutrients and the Gut Microbiome: A New Dimension
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Regulation of Glucose and Gluconeogenesis and their Roles in Type-2 Diabetes and Obesity
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
The Effect of Pregnancy and Lactation on Carotenoid Status and Bioactivity
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
The Microbiome as a Mediator of Host-Genome-Determined Lactation Outcomes and the Liver-Gut Axis in Lactation
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)