Tag: obesity

Amber Alhadeff: Sensing Nutritional Health

Amber Alhadeff, PhD

Monell’s newest faculty member brings the power of neuroscience to a pressing question: Why do we overeat? You could say that Amber Alhadeff, PhD, has a gut feeling about her new appointment to Monell’s faculty. Alhadeff, a behavioral neurobiologist who…

Food Fight: Combating Obesity with Vegetables

For over 30 years, landmark studies from Julie Mennella, Gary Beauchamp, Beverly Cowart and other Monell researchers have provided significant insights into how infants and children form flavor preferences. With broad implications for children’s health, this foundational work is highly…