Education
- PhD, Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
- MS, Clinical Research, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Research Interests
Dr. Apolzan is a nutrition scientist whose research interests involve overseeing and managing human clinical intervention trials examining nutritional, physical activity, and body weight outcomes across the lifespan. He has significant experience in the development and oversight of clinic-based and mHealth interventions. He is the co-inventor of the FoodImage and PortionSize apps. Overall, he conducts translational research in the areas of human clinical nutrition, exercise physiology, and obesity to further reduce disease prevalence.
Department: Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism
Selected Publications
- Lozano CP, Neubig KE, Saha S, Broyles ST, Apolzan JW, Martin CK. Validity of the PortionSize application compared with that of MyFitnessPal for accurately
estimating intake: a randomized crossover laboratory-based evaluation. Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Aug;120(2):419-430. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.05.023. Epub 2024 May 31. PMID:
38825184; PMCID: PMC11347805.
- Höchsmann C, Yang S, Ordovás JM, Dorling JL, Champagne CM, Apolzan JW, Greenway FL,
Cardel MI, Foster GD, Martin CK. The Personalized Nutrition Study (POINTS): evaluation of a genetically informed weight
loss approach, a Randomized Clinical Trial. Nat Commun. 2023 Oct 9;14(1):6321. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41969-1. PMID: 37813841; PMCID: PMC10562431.
- Katzmarzyk PT, Martin CK, Newton RL Jr, Apolzan JW, Arnold CL, Davis TC, Price-Haywood
EG, Denstel KD, Mire EF, Thethi TK, Brantley PJ, Johnson WD, Fonseca V, Gugel J, Kennedy
KB, Lavie CJ, Sarpong DF, Springgate B. Weight Loss in Underserved Patients - A Cluster-Randomized Trial. N Engl J Med. 2020 Sep 3;383(10):909-918. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2007448. PMID: 32877581; PMCID: PMC7493523.
- Roe BE, Qi D, Beyl RA, Neubig KE, Martin CK, Apolzan JW. The Validity, Time Burden, and User Satisfaction of the FoodImage™ Smartphone App
for Food Waste Measurement Versus Diaries: A Randomized Crossover Trial. Resour Conserv Recycl. 2020 Sep;160:104858. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104858. Epub 2020 May 21. PMID:
32773964; PMCID: PMC7409719.
- Martin CK, Johnson WD, Myers CA, Apolzan JW, Earnest CP, Thomas DM, Rood JC, Johannsen
NM, Tudor-Locke C, Harris M, Hsia DS, Church TS. Effect of different doses of supervised exercise on food intake, metabolism, and non-exercise
physical activity: The E-MECHANIC randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2019 Sep 1;110(3):583-592. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz054. PMID: 31172175; PMCID: PMC6735935.
- Apolzan JW, Venditti EM, Edelstein SL, Knowler WC, Dabelea D, Boyko EJ, Pi-Sunyer
X, Kalyani RR, Franks PW, Srikanthan P, Gadde KM; Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. Long-Term Weight Loss With Metformin or
Lifestyle Intervention in the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study. Ann Intern Med. 2019 May 21;170(10):682-690. doi: 10.7326/M18-1605. Epub 2019 Apr 23. Erratum in:
Ann Intern Med. 2020 Sep 15;173(6):508. doi: 10.7326/L20-0029. PMID: 31009939; PMCID:
PMC6829283.
- Apolzan JW, Leidy HJ, Mattes RD, Campbell WW. Effects of food form on food intake and postprandial appetite sensations, glucose and endocrine responses, and energy expenditure in resistance trained v. sedentary older adults. Br J Nutr. 2011 Oct;106(7):1107-16. doi: 10.1017/S0007114511001310. Epub 2011 Apr 15. PMID: 21492495; PMCID: PMC3885865.
