Arpita Basu

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Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition
Expertise: Clinical nutrition, Diabetes, Cardiovascular disease, Epidemiology, Dietary bioactive compounds

Biography

Arpita Basu is a registered dietitian and associate professor in UNLV’s School of Integrated Health Sciences. She specializes in clinical nutrition, cardiovascular disease, blood pressure, insulin resistance, and chronic disease epidemiology.

With more than 100 research publications to her name, Basu’s scholarly work covers topics such as nutrition’s involvement in pregnancy complications; using fruits, such as strawberries, and other foods to regulate bodily processes and combat chronic disease; dietary sensitivities in Type 1 diabetes; and the associations of Mediterranean-style diets on coronary calcification.

Basu has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Nutrition since 2012. She has received multiple research awards from the American Society for Nutrition and the American College of Nutrition for her work in dietary bioactive compounds in human health.

Education

  • Ph.D., Nutrition, Texas Woman’s University
  • M.S., Public Health, University of South Florida
  • M.S., Food and Nutrition, University of Calcutta India

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Washington News Post
Eating patterns aligned with the Mediterranean or DASH diets may reduce cardiovascular disease risk in adults with Type 1 diabetes, according to findings from a six-year study led by researchers at UNLV and the University of Colorado.
Medical Dialogues
Eating patterns that align with the Mediterranean diet or the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) diet could help lower cardiovascular disease risk in adults with type 1 diabetes, according to results from a six-year study.
U.S. News and World Report
Two well-known healthy diets can lower heart disease risk in people with type 1 diabetes, a new study says. People who ate similarly to the Mediterranean diet or the DASH diet had lower levels of blood markers that are used in clinical settings to assess heart health risk, researchers reported Sunday at a meeting of the American Society for Nutrition in Chicago.
HealthDay
Two well-known healthy diets can lower heart disease risk in people with type 1 diabetes, a new study says. People who ate similarly to the Mediterranean diet or the DASH diet had lower levels of blood markers that are used in clinical settings to assess heart health risk, researchers reported Sunday at a meeting of the American Society for Nutrition in Chicago.
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