Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology (MU)

Our department has a long tradition of educational excellence at the undergraduate and graduate level. We have three outstanding undergraduate programs (Dietetics, Nutritional Sciences, and Nutrition and Fitness) and two outstanding graduate programs (Nutritional Sciences and Exercise Physiology), both offering MS and PhD degrees. Our research programs are grant funded both nationally and locally and include research in human exercise physiology and metabolism, bone density and exercise, vitamin D and bone growth, lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, molecular mineral nutrition, and obesity research.