To improve the nutritional and metabolic status of individuals undergoing bariatric surgery.
Publications and Media
Publications
Watson1, E. M., Gletsu-Miller*, N. Measurement of Copper Deficiency in Humans: CCS as a Novel Biomarker of Copper Status in Bariatric Surgery Patients. Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research, August 2016, doi 10.5703/1288284316156
Mischler, R., Armah, S., Wright, B.N., Mattar, S.G., Rosen, A.D, Gletsu-Miller, N. Influence of diet and supplements on iron status following gastric bypass surgery. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 12(3):651-658, 2015.
Forbes, R., Gasevic, D., Watson, E.M., Ziegler, T.R., Lin, E., Burgess, J.R., Gletsu-Miller, N. Essential fatty acid plasma profiles following gastric bypass and restrictive bariatric surgery. Obesity Surgery, 26(6):1237-46, 2015.
Wright, B.N., Gletsu-Miller, N. Iron nutriture following bariatric surgery. Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care¸ 10(1), 2015
Gletsu-Miller, N., Wright, B.N. Mineral malnutrition following bariatric surgery. Advances in Nutrition, 4(5):506-517, 2013
Gletsu-Miller, N., Kahn, H.S., Gasevic, D., Liang, Z., Frediani, J.K., Torres, W.E., Ziegler, T.R., Phillips, L.S., Lin, E. Sagittal abdominal diameter and visceral adiposity: Correlates of beta-cell function and dysglycemia in highly adipose women. Obesity Surgery, 23(7):874-881, 2013
Gletsu-Miller, N., Broderius, M., Frediani, J.K., Zhao, V.M., Griffith, D.P., Davis, S.S. Jr., Sweeney, J.F., Lin, E., Prohaska, J.R., Ziegler, T.R. Incidence and prevalence of copper deficiency following roux-en-y gastric bypass surgery. International Journal of Obesity, 36(3):328-335, 2012
Lin E, Liang Z, Frediani J, Davis SS, Jr., Sweeney JF, Ziegler TR, Phillips LS, Gletsu-Miller N. Improvement in beta-cell function in patients with normal and hyperglycemia following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2010;299(5):E706-12.
Lin, E., Armstrong-Moore, D., Liang, Z., Sweeney, J.F., Torres, W.E,, Ziegler, T.R., Tangpricha, V., Gletsu-Miller, N. Contribution of adipose tissue to plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations during weight loss following gastric bypass surgery. Obesity 19(3):588-594, 2011
Media
zipTrip video, “Scientists of Nutrition: Copper Nutrition” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmim4Fa4wM&list=PLE73247B1A657AD11
2. To improve metabolic health of adolescents through dietary interventions.
Publications and Media
Publications
Wagner KA, Armah SM, Smith LG, Pike J, Tu W, Campbell WW, Boushey CJ, Hannon TS, Gletsu-Miller N. Associations between diet behaviors and measures of glycemia, in a clinical setting in obese adolescents. Childhood Obesity, 12(5):341-347, 2016.
Wagner KA, Braun E, Armah SM, Horan D, Smith LG, Pike J, Tu W, Hamilton MT, Delp EJ, Campbell WW, Boushey, CJ, Hannon, TS, and Gletsu-Miller, N.: Dietary Intervention for Glucose tolerance In Teens (DIG IT): Protocol of a randomized controlled trial using health coaching to prevent youth-onset type 2 diabetes. In: Contemporary Clinical Trials, 53:171-177, 2017
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Presentation at Hope College, 2015 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B00OnqZ5JjBrc210LW1qNEt3UDQ/view
Complete List of Published Work:
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