营养科学哲学博士

GPN的任务是促进和发展营养方面的领导者。所有学生都将被临时录取，直到通过令人满意的候选人资格考试为止，该考试旨在评估学生的潜力和博士学习的学术准备。宾夕法尼亚州立大学营养学研究生课程（GPN）着重于领导力，营养研究和多学科培训，其特点是跨部门和大学整合资源和专业知识，致力于解决极其复杂和深远的问题，其中包括：增加对最佳生长和福祉所必需的养分要求的知识，包括养分，环境和疾病之间的相互作用，改进评估养分摄入和营养状况的方法，确定食物，植物化学物质和养分摄入的影响，以及有关促进健康和预防疾病的饮食模式，增加对
By earning a Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences from Penn State, you will distinguish yourself as one of the true leaders in the field of nutrition. With a strong focus on leadership, nutrition research, and multidisciplinary training, marked by the integration of resources and expertise across departments and colleges, the Penn State Graduate Program in Nutritional Sciences (GPN) strives to address extremely complex and far-reaching issues that include: increasing knowledge of requirements for nutrients necessary for optimal growth and well-being, including the interactions among nutrients, the environment, and disease improving methods for assessing nutrient intake and nutritional status determining the impact of food, phytochemical, and nutrient intake, as well as dietary patterns on health promotion and disease prevention increasing knowledge of factors affecting food preferences, dietary intake patterns, and health habits, as well as developing various intervention strategies and evaluating their nutritional impact at the individual and population level improving techniques and behavioral strategies to guide consumers in selecting health-promoting foods and nutritionally adequate diets increasing knowledge of the mechanisms of metabolic regulation in humans and other animals, including cellular, molecular, and physiological aspects