Episode 119: Krista Casazza PhD, discusses myths surrounding

obesity, the role of epigenetics and the importance of themusculoskeletal system in weight loss maintenance and metabolichealth.

Dr. Casazza is an associate professor in the Department of

Pediatrics at the University of Alabama.

Working with the pediatric population, Dr. Casazza’s research

interest have evolved into understanding the resource partitioningduring critical periods of growth and development with primaryfocus on the bone fat interface.

Krista Casazza obtained her PhD from Florida International

University in 2006, where her research focused on dietary andphysical activity education interventions in adolescents. Duringher training Dr. Casazza investigated the effects of macronutrientmodification (carbohydrate in particular) on reproductive hormones,insulin dynamics and body composition during a weight lossintervention in peri-pubertal African American girls.