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Karen Della Corte

Karen Della Corte

Assistant Professor
Nutrition, Dietetics, & Food Science

S227 ESC - Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602

Biography

Dr. Karen Della Corte has an international research background in Public Health Nutrition. She completed a post-doctorate fellowship through the University of Sydney in June 2023, a Doctorate of Science in Public Health Nutrition at Paderborn University in 2021, and a Master of Science in Human Nutrition at the University of Bonn in 2018. She lives in Provo with her husband and their four children.

Research Interests

Nutritional epidemiological research relating to how dietary and lifestyle factors influence risk markers for disease development through analysis of data from prospective cohort studies.

Investigation of carbohydrate intake trends and shifts in carbohydrate quality over recent decades both in the U.S. and internationally.

Conducting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses to summarize diet/disease associations - currently that of sugar intake and type 2 diabetes incidence.

Teaching Interests

NDFS 100 - Essentials of Human Nutrition
NDFS 201 - Society, Nutrition, and Chronic Disease
NDFS 380 - International Nutrition

Education

  • Dr. Rer. Nat. (Doctorate of Natural Sciences), Public Health Nutrition , Paderborn University (2021)
  • Master of Science, Human Nutrition , University of Bonn (2018)
  • Bachelor of Integrated Sciences, Nutrition Science , Health Science, Health Promotion, Weber State University (2013)

Professional Citizenship

  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2024 - Present)
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2020 - Present)

Courses Taught

Publications

Karen Della Corte Elli Jalo Niina Kaartinen Liz Simpson Moira Taylor Roslyn Muirhead Anne Raben Ian A Macdonald Mikael Fogelholm Jennie Brand-Miller Ines Perrar Anette Buyken Katharina Penczynski Thomas Remer Gunter Kuhnle Christian Herder Michael Roden Karen Della Corte Ute Nothlings Ute Alexy Xiao Zhang Yunhui Gong Karen Della Corte Dianke Yu Hongmei Xue Shufang Shan Guo Tian Yi Liang Jieyi Zhang Fang He Dagang Yang Rong Zhou Wei Bao Anette Buyken Guo Cheng Dennis Della Corte Karen Aimee Della Corte Karen Della Corte Jessica Fife Alexis Gardner Britta L Murphy Linda Kleis Dennis Della Corte Lukas Schwingshackl James LeCheminant Anette Buyken Karen Della Corte Katharina Penczynski Gunter Kuhnle Ines Perrar Christian Herder Michael Roden Stefan Wudy Thomas Remer Ute Alexy Anette Buyken Xiao Zhang Yunhui Gong Yue Chen Karen Della Corte Ruonan Duan Guo Tian Yi Liang Hongmei Xue Jieyi Zhang Ming Li Fang He Dagang Yang Rong Zhou Guo Cheng Ines Perrar Sarah Schmitting Karen Della Corte Anette Buyken Ute Alexy Karen Della Corte Ines Perrar Katharina Penczynski Lukas Schwingshackl Christian Herder Anette Buyken

Presentations

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