Cheryl Achterberg, Ph.D.
Full Member
Primary Food Innovation Center Area: Foods for Health, Obesity
Areas of Expertise: dietary guidelines, dietary guidance, behavior change, nutrition interventions, nutrition education
Dr. Achterberg is a tenured professor in the Department of Human Nutrition. She served on the 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee as one of 13 experts to advise the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services about proper nutrition Americans need to stay healthy and fit. She has received significant funding from the: USDA, March of Dimes, National Dairy Council, H. J. Heinz Foundation, NIH, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, and Kraft-General Foods in the past. Her current expertise is in the study of dietary patterns and dietary guidance with U.S. and overseas experience at a national policy level.
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Center member advises government on new dietary guidelines for Americans
Cheryl Achterberg, professor of human nutrition and inaugural member of the Food Innovation Center at The Ohio State University, has played a major role in new federal recommendations about the proper nutrition Americans need to stay healthy and fit. Read more
