In many rural areas, treating chronic diseases related to diet and weight is challenging
because of limited access to food and nutrition experts. A West Virginia University
professor has found that using technology to connect those experts with middle-aged
and older patients in those areas can improve nutritional health.
Melissa Ventura Marra, assistant professor of human nutrition and foods in the WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, is part of a multistate research team that is evaluating how food security and lifestyle choices such as diet quality and physical activity affect individual health and well-being.