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Viocare ensures high quality and effective results in all of its products by employing emerging technologies and the latest discoveries in the fields of nutrition, physical activity and behavioral change.
We routinely work with world class researchers to develop and refine our products and services. Recent and ongoing scientific advisors include:
- Dr. Alan R. Kristal, Associate Head of Cancer Prevention Program - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP; Director, Prevention Research Center, Yale University School of Medicine
- Dr. Glen H. Murata, Diabetes and Health Outcomes - University of New Mexico & New Mexico VA Health Care System
- Dr. Robert E. White, Clinical Informaticist - Lovelace Clinic Foundation
- Dr. Phyllis J. Stumbo, Research Nutritionist - University of Iowa
Research Involvement
Viocare takes an active role in defining the future of wellness. We have led over $8 million in research through 14 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants/awards. Our most recent projects include:
- Supporting the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) nutrigenomic study. The study goal is to understand the link between nutrition, an individual's genetic makeup, and chronic disease. Viocare supports the FDA design and development of a database and web-based tool for the storage and analysis of lifestyle, biometric, genetic, and nutrient data.
- Innovating diet assessment through a grant by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) for the development of a Mobile Food Intake Visualization and Voice Recognizer (FIVR). The result will enable a consumer to use a mobile phone to help measure a meal's nutritional content. This innovative system will use pictures of food and speech recognition to identify the food and produce an estimate of the calories and nutrients an individual consumes.
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