Enette Larson-Meyer, Ph.D., FACSM and Dr. Leanne Redman

FIT VS. FAT: NEW RESEARCH SHEDS LIGHT ON DEBATE

Although proper nutrition alone can lead to weight loss, it doesn’t necessarily equal true health or fitness, says a new study in the January issue of the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine.

Dr. Enette Larson-Meyer, Ph.D., FACSM comes on the show with Dr. Leanne Redman to discuss the findings of this much talked about debate. “Weight loss was a nice ‘side effect’ for these patients – but it’s the internal health improvements that will be most important to exercisers in the long run.”

Enette Larson-Meyer, PhD, RD, CSSD, FACSM, is an exercise physiologist and registered dietitian who currently teaches and conducts research at the University of Wyoming (UW). Her research interests focus on how nutrition influences the health and performance of active individuals at all stages of the lifecycle and at all levels of performance--from the casual exerciser to the elite athlete. Dr Larson-Meyer received her BS degree from UW, completed her dietetic training and masters at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and her doctoral and postdoctoral studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr Larson-Meyer is the former Director of the Health and Fitness Center at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, LA and is also the author of Vegetarian Sports Nutrition (Human Kinetics, 2007). Her personal athletic interests include trail running and Irish Step Dancing. She is also the mother of three young children.

Leanne M Redman, PhD, is an exercise physiologist and Instructor of Human Physiology at LSU-Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge. Her research interests focus on how lifestyle, in particular diet and physical activity influences the health and well being of women. Dr Redman is the Interim Director of the Metabolic Core and the recent recipient of an NIH grant to study the effect of calorie restriction and exercise on reproductive function in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Dr. Redman received her Ph.D in Physiology and OBGYN from the University of Adelaide in 2004. She moved to the USA to undertake post-doctoral training in Female Reproductive Function at Ohio University in Athens. Dr Redman is a scientific co-investigator on studies involving calorie restriction and alternate day fasting with Professor Eric Ravussin and together has published more than 20 research articles on calorie restriction and exercise.

Melanie Cole, M.S.

1 / 19 / 2010