Research

Primary Focus Areas

• Obesity in pregnancy
• Functional brain imaging by magnetic resonance imaging
• Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
• Circadian rhythms and sleep disorders
• Polycystic ovarian syndrome
• Gender, reproductive hormones and obesity

Ongoing Areas of Research by NCCO Faculty

Appetite and gut regulatory peptides, body fat distribution, diabetic nephropathy, digestion and absorption, energy expenditure, gestational diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity-related hypertension, pre- and neonatal influences on subsequent body weight, reproductive endocrinology