Education
- PhD, Biological Sciences (Adipocyte Biology), Louisiana State University, 2009
Research Interests
The Adiposity, Lifestyle, and Metabolic Health (PHAT) Lab investigates how adults with overweight and obesity respond to diet and exercise interventions, with a focus on how changes in adiposity influence cardiometabolic health outcomes. Through clinical trials and translational research, the goal of the PHAT Lab is to inform effective lifestyle interventions and strategies that improve metabolic health and reduce disease risk.
Lab: Adiposity, Lifestyle, and Metabolic Health
Selected Publications
- White, U. (2023) Adipose tissue expansion in obesity, health, and disease. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2023 Apr 26; 11:1188844. (PMC10169629)
- White, U., Beyl, R.A., and Ravussin, E. (2022) A higher proportion of small adipocytes is associated with increased visceral and ectopic lipid accumulation during weight gain in response to overfeeding in men. International Journal of Obesity. 46, 1560-1563.
- White, U., Fitch, M.D., Beyl, R.A., Hellerstein, M.K., and Ravussin, E. (2021) Adipose depot-specific effects of 16 weeks of pioglitazone on in vivo adipogenesis in women with obesity: a randomised controlled trial. Diabetologia. 64(1), 159-167.
- Patel, K.V., Bahnson, J.L., Gaussoin, S.A., Johnson, K.C., Pi-Sunyer, X, White, U., Olson, K.L., Bertoni, A.G., Kitzman, D.W., Berry, J.D., Pandey, A., Look AHEAD Research Group (2020) Association of baseline and longitudinal changes in body composition measures with risk of heart failure and myocardial infarction in type 2 diabetes mellitus - findings from the Look AHEAD trial. Circulation. 2020 Dec; 142(25): 2420-2430. (PMID: 33164570)
- White U., Peterson C.M., Beyl, R.A., Martin, C.K., Ravussin E. (2020) Resistant starch has no effect on appetite and food intake in individuals with prediabetes. J Acad Nutr Diet. 120(6):1034-1041. (PMC7247949)
- Apolzan, J.A., Beyl, R.A., Martin, C.K., Greenway, F.L., White, U. (2020) The Effects of Alcohol Consumption on Cardiometabolic Health Outcomes Following Weight Loss in Premenopausal Women with Obesity: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 17(15), 5302. (PMC7432916)
