Lilian de Jonge
George Mason University, USA
Biography
Dr. Lilian de Jonge obtained her PhD in nutrition from the Université de Montréal. After her PhD degree, she moved to the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, LA where she was a faculty member and the director of the Metabolic Assessment Core, a position she held until 2010. She studied the adaptation of energy expenditure and substrate oxidation to changes in dietary composition and energy balance. Dr. de Jonge has collaborated with a large number of investigators on studies, both federally and privately funded. She is now a faculty member at George Mason University in Fairfax VA.
Abstract
Abstract : Metabolic effects of overfeeding and the role of protein in protection of weight gain