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Barbara Lohse

WROC-TV talks to Barbara Lohse, director of the Wegmans School for Health and Nutrition, about RIT's participation in the Enhanced Lifestyles for Metabolic Syndrome study.

The new graduate degree in health and well-being management will prepare students for careers in primary health care, corporate America and community health programs, or for medical/dental school and health-related Ph.D. programs.

RIT is seeking individuals diagnosed with metabolic syndrome to participate in a national clinical trial. The study will evaluate a wellness program designed to reverse conditions leading to heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and stroke.

Students in RIT’s Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition spent two weeks traversing Ghana as part of a global research experience to learn more about the toll of anemia on the West African nation’s women and children.

A federally funded pilot program developed by RIT professors promotes a healthy diet with financial incentives that allow local shoppers to stretch their nutrition assistance benefits when they buy fresh vegetables at designated locations.