Melanson has received worldwide media attention this year for her recent research confirming the long-held belief that eating slowly results in the consumption of fewer calories. She has also studied the weight-loss benefits from eating high fiber cereals and the nutritional differences between high fructose corn syrup and table sugar.
She joined the URI faculty in 2001 after serving as a senior scientist for the Rippe Lifestyle Institute in Shrewsbury, Mass., where she studied energy metabolism, appetite physiology, and body weight regulation. A registered dietician, she earned degrees from the University of New Hampshire, Pennsylvania State University, and the Tufts University School of Nutrition.
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