Myung Chi, Ph.D.
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Principle Investigator, Cooperative Research Programs
Professor, Department of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences
Lincoln University
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Tel. (573) 681-5381
Fax (573) 681-5548
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EDUCATION
Ph.D., Nutrition/Biochemistry, 1975. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
RESEARCH (Areas of Interest)
Nutrition and life-style modification for prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity; Effect of diet on risk factors of cardiovascular diseases; Nutrient requirements for optimal health.
Current Research Project
NUTRITION, EXERCISE AND HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY
The long-term goal in Human Nutrition Research Program is to examine how dietary factors such as dietary fat, energy level, fiber, antioxidants and other nutrients, and physical exercise contribute to development and prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Cardiovascular health problems are more prevalent in under-served populations. The proposed studies will produce information for healthful dietary recommendations to prevent diet-related cardiovascular diseases and maintain better health for the under-served populations in the state of Missouri as well as the general public in the United States.
The current research project aims :
- To study the effects of nutrition education and exercise on improvement of eating habits and body mass index in children.
- To study the effects of race and obesity on risk factors of cardiovascular disease such as blood pressure, plasma leptin and CRP levels, insulin resistance and lipid profile.
- To study the effects of body weight reduction on cardiovascular risk factors in African-American women.
- To study the effects of diet energy levels and exercise on energy balance, plasma leptin and CRP levels, and their association with risk factors of cardiovascular disease in diet-induced obese (DIO) rats.
TEACHING
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Vander Tuig JG, Chi MS, Taylor V, Galbreath K (2008). Carcass energy content and adiposity in
response to diet energy levels and moderate exercise in diet-induced obese and non-obese
rats. FASEB J 22: 1090.
Chi MS, Galbreath K, Schimitz D (2001). Effects of dietary fats and antioxidants on blood pressure
and plasma lipids in spontaneously hypertensive rats. FASEB J 15: A738.
Chi MS, Ray RL, Williams DC, Vander Tuig M, Galbreath K (1999). Effects of dietary fat on blood
pressure and plasma lipids on spontaneously hypertensive rats. Nutrition Research 19:917-925.
Chi MS, Vander Tuig JG, Chi CH, Norman A, Chapman L, Blanks T (1997). Effects of norepinephrine
infusion and exercise on blood pressure in rats. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 215:174-178.
Chi MS (1996). Effects of dietary salt on erythrocyte and renal Na, K-ATPase Activity in Dahl
salt-sensitive and salt-resistant rats. Nutrition Research 16:1587-1599.
Chi MS, Vander Tuig JG, Galbreath K, Taylor V, Livingston C, Morris T (1995). Blood pressure, plasma
lipids and urinary catecholamine excretion in Dahl salt-sensitive and salt-resistant rats fed different
dietary fat. FASEB J 9:A176.
Chi MS, Vander Tuig JG (1993). Blood pressure and norepinephrine turnover rates in spontaneously
hypertensive rats fed n-3 fatty acids. FASEB J 7:A291.
Chi MS, Vander Tuig JG (1992). Effects of sodium chloride and sodium bicarbonate on blood pressure
in reduced renal mass hypertensive rats. FASEB J 6:A1681.
Chi MS (1988). Demographic, dietary, biochemical and anthropometric correlates of blood ressure.
Nutrition Report International 38:1091-1101.
Chi MS, Hawkins K (1988). Effects of dietary sodium intake on blood pressure and urinary excretion of
plastaglandins in normotensive and hypertensive subjects. Nutrition Research 8:1237-1249.
Chi MS, Jones AW, Freeman RH (1985). Increased arterial potassium transport in reduced renal mass
hypertension of the rat. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 182:229-236.
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