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Melissa Melby
Professor
Anthropology
Areas of Expertise
- Examines how environmental factors affect human health and development.
- Current research focuses on cultural factors that influence childhood obesity, mother and child health, menopause, metabolism and diet.
- More than a decade spent researching menopause in Japan. Found a connection between soy and reducing the severity of hot flashes.
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