Media contact: Adam Pope, arpope@uab.edu
Courtney Peterson, Ph.D.
Department of Nutrition Sciences
Areas of expertise:
- Meal timing
- Circadian rhythms
- Nutrition
- Body mass index
- Obesity research
Peterson is a scientist in UAB’s Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC), Diabetes Research Center (DRC), and the UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC). Peterson's research focuses on the impact of intermittent fasting on human health. She has also conducted research that has led to a better, simpler way to calculate obesity in adolescents.
Video interview:
Media appearances:
- Eating dinner super early is the key to lasting weight loss, Good Morning America, Womens Health, Better Homes and Gardens, ABC News, Business Insider
- In a 24/7 food culture, periodic fasting gains followers, The Washington Post, ABC News
- When we eat, or don't eat, may be critical for health, The New York Times
- 4 tried-and-true tips to lose weight, straight from the experts, Popsugar
- How to lose weight on the 5:2 diet, Yahoo!
- Are there benefits to intermittent fasting?, The New York Times
- Why TIMING your meals could be the key to weight loss: Scientists believe eating all you want at certain points in the day can help battle a bulging waistline, Daily Mail
- Binge eating at night? Your hormones may be to blame, The New York Times
- Everything you ever wanted to know about the 16:8 intermittent fasting diet, Yahoo
- 15 little ways to protect your heart, Eating Well
- I stopped eating breakfast for two weeks and I'm never doing it again, Business Insider
- 16:8 intermittent fasting: Benefits, how-to, tips, helps in weight loss?, Medium