Dr. Lisa Eckel

Dr. Lisa Eckel earned her Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario in 1996. She currently investigates neuroendocrine influences on feeding behavior with an emphasis on understanding how aging-related loss of the ovarian hormone estradiol alters food intake and weight gain in female rodents. Other projects investigate (1) how individual differences in taste perception affect diet choice, caloric intake, and propensity for weight gain, and (2) how periods of overeating followed by periods of dietary restriction affect the neural control of food intake and physiological regulation of body weight.
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