Nutrition and Metabolism

Introduction

This research line is involved in understanding nutritional exposures linked to coexistence of low muscle mass and obesity.  Approaches include physiological studies of endocrinology, metabolism, body composition and specific approaches linked to assessment of muscle mass.

Sl No. Project Title Project Lead Year
1 Optimization of Supplementary Nutrition Provisions of the Integrated child Development Service of India Dr Tinku Thomas PI and Dr Anura V Kurpad Co-I 29th July 2022
2 Quality food production , distribution and consumption in Bihar Dr Tinku Thoms PI, Dr Sumathi Swaminathan Co-I, Mr Sanchit Makkar Co I 29th December 2018
3 STRIDE – Study of the effect of topical warm oxygen in treatment of diabetic foot ulcer Dr. Denis Xavier, Dr. Deepak Kamath 2019
4 An Interventional, Randomized, Parallel Group, Placebo Controlled, Three Arm Clinical Study of Beverage Formulations (Formulation 3A and Formulation 3B) to assess reduction in stress and improvement in immunity in Healthy Population – HBS 3 Dr. Denis Xavier, Dr. Pawan Kumar Godatwar, National institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur 2019
5 An Interventional, Randomized, Parallel Group, Placebo Controlled, Three Arm Clinical Study of Beverage Formulations (Formulation 2A and Formulation 2B) to Assess Improvement in Immunity and Management of General Health in Healthy Population - HBS 2 Dr. Denis Xavier, Dr. Pawan Kumar Godatwar, National institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur 2019
6 An Interventional, Randomized, Parallel Group, Placebo Controlled, Three Arm Clinical Study of Beverage Formulations (Formulation 1A and Formulation 1B) to Assess Their Properties towards the Enhancement of Active Energy and Improving Immunity in Healthy Population - HBS 1 Dr. Denis Xavier, Dr. Pawan Kumar Godatwar, National institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur 2019
7 Estimation of total energy expenditure and physical activity level among young adults (Funded by: Indian Council of Medical Research) PI: Dr. Rebecaa Raj, Sulagna Bandyopadhyay 2019
8 Estimating lysine bioavailability of Indian vegetarian meal using indicator amino acid oxidation method in adults (Funded by: Indian Council of Medical Research) PI: Dr. Rebecca Raj, Guide: Dr. Anura V Kurpad, Co-I: Sulagna Bandyopadhyay, Co-I: Dr. Nirupama S 2019
9 ManGo: Manchester Global Omics Initiative for Nutritional Health (Funded by: Medical Research Council, UK) PI: Dr. John McLaughlin, University of Manchester, UK, Co-I: Dr. Arpita Mukhopadhyay 2018
10 Quality food production, distribution and consumption in Bihar Dr. Tinku Thomas 2018
11 Maternal fuel supply and placental trafficking of amino acids : Epigenetic and metabolomics correlates (Funded by: DBT) Dr. Arpita Mukhopadyay 2018
12 Estimating lysine metabolic availability of milk and vegetarian meal using indicator amino acid oxidation method in humans (Funded by: Intramural Funding) Dr. Rebecca Kuriyan Raj 2018
13 Measuring the digestibility of snacks prepared from extruded chickpea and yellow pea (Funded by: Tata Trusts) Dr. Anura V Kurpad 2017
14 Prevalence and predictors of vitamin B12 deficiency genetic associations for low vitamin B12 levels – multicenter a pan India study (Funded by: DBT) Dr. Anura V Kurpad 2017
15 Mixed Longitudinal / Cross-Sectional Study of Body Composition of Infants from Birth to 6 Months from Bangalore, India (Funded by: A grant to the IAEA from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) Dr. Rebecca Kuriyan Raj 2017