Adiposity, Lifestyle and Metabolic Health
Faculty
Research Focus
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.
About this Lab
The PHAT lab conducts clinical and translational research projects in the following areas: weight gain, weight loss, exercise, and dietary interventions to assess the physiologic and metabolic responses; the important roles of adiposity and fat distribution in in obesity, health, and disease; the pathophysiology of lipedema - a fat disorder; and implementing approaches for comprehensive metabolic phenotyping in adults with overweight and obesity.
