Fort Peck Nutritional Epigenetics Project
Collaborating With Food Ingredient and Health Research Institute Means Supporting Your Community
At the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, we collaborated with the community college and food research institutes to develop an online nutritional epigenetics course as an intervention for a clinical trial. The curriculum we created was culturally competent to meet the needs of American Indian students. The goals of the intervention study were to determine the impact of dietary inorganic mercury exposure on glucose homeostasis and reduce risk factors for the development of Type-2 Diabetes. Our aim was to improve student diet and health outcomes.
Study Design With Biomarker Collection
Biomarker Collection
In addition to collecting pre-post intervention diet survey data, we measured pre-post intervention BMI, weight, fasting glucose, insulin, and inorganic mercury levels, which are crucial metrics often analyzed by food research institutes.
Major Finding
Blood inorganic mercury is directly associated with glucose levels in the human population!
At the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, we collaborated with the community college and food research institutes to develop an online nutritional epigenetics course as an intervention for a clinical trial. The curriculum we created was culturally competent to meet the needs of American Indian students. The goals of the intervention study were to determine the impact of dietary inorganic mercury exposure on glucose homeostasis and reduce risk factors for the development of Type-2 Diabetes. Our aim was to improve student diet and health outcomes.
