| 词条 | Nikhil Dhurandhar |
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He trained as a homeopath in India, studied Nutrition at North Dakota State University and has a PhD from Bombay. He has coined the term infectobesity.[3] In his research, Dhurandhar also found animals infected with Ad-36 experienced a decrease in cholesterol, triglycerides and blood sugar despite causing weight gain. His research includes isolating the protein in the virus that leads to lower metabolic numbers to create a treatment for diabetes.[4] Dhurandhar was the 2014-2015 president of the Obesity Society. He received the 2015 Osborne and Mendel Award, given by the American Society for Nutrition and recognizing recent outstanding basic research accomplishments in nutrition. Dhurandhar is chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences at Texas Tech University. Before coming to Texas Tech in 2014, he worked at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center. References1. ^{{Cite journal|last=Dhurandhar|first=Nikhil V.|last2=Whigham|first2=Leah D.|last3=Abbott|first3=David H.|last4=Schultz-Darken|first4=Nancy J.|last5=Israel|first5=Barbara A.|last6=Bradley|first6=Steven M.|last7=Kemnitz|first7=Joseph W.|last8=Allison|first8=David B.|last9=Atkinson|first9=Richard L.|date=2002-10-01|title=Human Adenovirus Ad-36 Promotes Weight Gain in Male Rhesus and Marmoset Monkeys|url=http://jn.nutrition.org/content/132/10/3155|journal=The Journal of Nutrition|language=en|volume=132|issue=10|pages=3155–3160|issn=0022-3166|pmid=12368411}} 2. ^{{cite journal|vauthors=Atkinson RL, Dhurandhar NV, Allison DB, Bowen RL, Israel BA, Albu JB, Augustus AS |title=Human adenovirus-36 is associated with increased body weight and paradoxical reduction of serum lipids|journal=Int J Obes (Lond)|volume=29|issue=3|pages=281–6|date=March 2005|pmid=15611785|doi=10.1038/sj.ijo.0802830}} 3. ^{{cite journal|author=Dhurandhar NV|title=Infectobesity: obesity of infectious origin|journal=J. Nutr.|volume=131|issue=10|pages=2794S–2797S|date=October 2001|pmid=11584109|url=http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=11584109}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://today.ttu.edu/posts/2015/01/infectobesity-researcher-becomes-first-chair-of-nutritional-sciences-department|title=Infectobesity Researcher Becomes First Chair of Nutritional Sciences Department {{!}} January {{!}} 2015 {{!}} Texas Tech Today {{!}} TTU|website=today.ttu.edu|access-date=2016-05-16}} External links
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