Nutri-Lab
The facility
NutriLab supports research activities in UniTo in the field of Food and Human Nutrition.
The laboratory performs precise anthropometric evaluations using validated tools and methods, measurement of energy expenditure, screening and diagnostic tests of nutritional status, and collection and analysis of nutritional data.
Furthermore, NutriLab provides support for the organization of studies/trials involving nutritional interventions, the acquisition of nutritional data or the development of innovative foods.
Moreover, NutriLab manages a digital platform for storing anthropometric and nutritional data for “control groups” and carries out “third mission” activities.
Coordinator
Prof.ssa Simona Bo, M.D.
Associated professor SSD MED 49
Dept. of Medical Sciences
simona.bo@unito.it
Phone: 0116336036
NutriLab Manager
Valentina Ponzo, RD, Ph.D.
Dept. of Medical Sciences
valentina.ponzo@unito.it
Ilaria Goitre, Nutritionist Biologist
PhD student in Medical Pathophysiology
Dept. of Medical Sciences
Ilaria.goitre@unito.it
NutriLab facility is accessible only for personnel authorized and supervised by the Coordinator. Access to the facility is allowed weekdays from 8.30 am to 4.30 pm to authorized personnel.
Equipment available at the laboratory:
- Indirect calorimeter (Q-NGR, Cosmed): a tool for the determination of resting energy expenditure.
- Bio-impedance meter (BIA 101 BIVA, Akern): a tool for quantitative and qualitative analysis of body composition.
- Hand Grip (Jamar, Patterson Medical): for measuring grip strength.
- Software for calculating nutritional intakes.
Ferrocino I, Pellegrini M, D'Eusebio C, Goitre I, Ponzo V, Fadda M, Rosato R, Mengozzi G, Beccuti G, Merlo FD, Rahimi F, Comazzi I, Cocolin L, Ghigo E, Bo S. The Effects of Time-Restricted Eating on Metabolism and Gut Microbiota: A Real-Life Study. Nutrients. 2022;14(13):2569. doi: 10.3390/nu14132569.
Ponzo V, Pellegrini M, D'Eusebio C, Bioletto F, Goitre I, Buscemi S, Frea S, Ghigo E, Bo S. Mediterranean Diet and SARS-COV-2 Infection: Is There Any Association? A Proof-of-Concept Study. Nutrients. 2021;13(5):1721. doi: 10.3390/nu13051721.
Ponzo V, Ferrocino I, Goitre I, Pellegrini M, Bruno M, Astegiano M, Cadario G, Castellana E, Bioletto F, Corvaglia MR, Malfa P, Cocolin L, Ghigo E, Bo S. Non-Celiac Gluten/Wheat Sensitivity: Clinical Characteristics and Microbiota and Mycobiota Composition by Response to the Gluten Challenge Test. Nutrients. 2021;13(4):1260. doi: 10.3390/nu13041260.
Pellegrini M, Ponzo V, Rosato R, Scumaci E, Goitre I, Benso A, Belcastro S, Crespi C, De Michieli F, Ghigo E, Broglio F, Bo S. Changes in Weight and Nutritional Habits in Adults with Obesity during the "Lockdown" Period Caused by the COVID-19 Virus Emergency. NUTRIENTS 2020;12(7):2016. doi: 10.3390/nu12072016.
Ferrocino I, Ponzo V, Gambino R, Zarovska A, Leone F, Monzeglio C, Goitre I, Rosato R, Romano A, Grassi G, Broglio F, Cassader M, Cocolin L, Bo S. Changes in the gut microbiota composition during pregnancy in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). SCI REP 2018;8(1):12216. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-30735-9.
Bo S, Rahimi F, Goitre I, Properzi B, Ponzo V, Regaldo G, Boschetti S, Fadda M, Ciccone G, Abbate Daga G, Mengozzi G, Evangelista A, De Francesco A, Belcastro S, Broglio F. Effects of self-conditioning techniques (self-hypnosis) in promoting weight loss in patients with severe obesity: a randomized controlled trial. OBESITY 2018; 26:1422-1429
Bo S, Ponzo V, Ciccone G, Evangelista A, Saba F, Goitre I, Procopio M, Pagano GF, Cassader M, Gambino R. Six months of resveratrol supplementation has no measurable effect in type 2 diabetic patients. A randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial. PHARMACOL RES 2016; 111:896-905
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