Volunteers Sought for Diet and Exercise Study

Three nutrition and physical performance graduate students working under Edward Weiss, Ph.D., assistant professor in SLU’s Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, are seeking volunteers for a research study involving short-term dietary intervention on exercise performance.

The purpose of the study is to compare the effects of a Mediterranean versus a Western diet on multiple aspects of exercise performance. Dietary intervention sample meal plans and substitutions will be provided and energy needs will be calculated for you.

Volunteers will be responsible for costs associated with the food.

Volunteers must be regular runners (run 2 miles/week and have completed five kilometers of running in the past six months), 18-60 years of age, and free of major diseases.

Contact Kristen DeCesare, principal investigator, at decesarekn@slu.edu.