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Marlene Most
Associate Professor
Human Nutrition & Food
School of Human Ecology
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-3661
Email: mmost@agcenter.lsu.edu

Research Interests:
Dr. Most has established expertise in well-controlled feeding methodologies in which foods are prepared and served to research volunteers with exceptional precision. Her research interests are in the relationship of diet to cardiovascular disease and in examining functional components of foods in relation to lipids and health. These projects have provided additional data to examine predictors of response to diet. Dr. Most currently is completing research of the glycemic response to meals that vary in the glycemic index and load. Continuing plans for this research are to examine the meals on hunger and satiety.

Teaching:

Quantity foods; Macronutrients, including carbohydrates and fiber; Functional food components

Recent and Notable Publications:
Appel, LJ, TJ Moore, E Obarzanek, WM Vollmer, LP Svetkey, FM Sacks, GA Bray, TM Vogt, JA Cutler, MM Windhauser, PH Lin and N Karanja, for the DASH Collaborative Research Group. A Clinical Trial of the Effects of Dietary Patterns on Blood Pressure. N Eng J Med 336:1117-1124, 1997.

Dennis, BH, P Stewart, C Wang, C Champagne, M Windhauser, A Ershow, W Karmally, K Phillips, K Stewart, N Van Heel, A Farhat-Wood and PM Kris-Etherton. Diet Design for a Multicenter Controlled Feeding Trial: The DELTA Program. J Am Diet Assoc 98(7):766-776, 1998.

Windhauser, MM, MA Evans, ML McCullough, JF Swain, PH Lin, KP Hoben, CS Plaisted, NM Karanja and WM Vollmer, for the DASH Collaborative Research Group. Dietary adherence in the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension trial. J Am Diet Assoc 99(suppl)(8):S76-S83, 1999.

Windhauser, MM, DB Ernst, NM Karanja, SW Crawford, SE Redican, JF Swain, JM Karimbakas, CM Champagne, KP Hoben and MA Evans, for the DASH Collaborative Research Group. Translating the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet from research to practice: Dietary and behavior change techniques. J Am Diet Assoc 99(suppl)(8):S90-S95, 1999.

Sacks, FM, LP Svetkey, WM Vollmer, LJ Appel, GA Bray, D Harsha, E Obarzanek, PR Conlin, ER Miller, DG Simons-Morton, N Karanja, PH Lin, M Aickin, MM Most-Windhauser, TJ Moore, MA Proschan and JA Cutler, for the DASH-Sodium collaborative research group. Effects on Blood Pressure of Reduced Dietary Sodium and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet. N Eng J Med 344:3-10, 2001.

Obarzanek, E, FM Sacks, WM Vollmer, GA Bray, P Miller, PH Lin, N Karanja, MM Most-Windhauser, TJ Moore, SF Swain, C Bales and M Proschan, on behalf of the DASH Research Group. Effects on Blood Lipids of a Blood Pressure-Lowering Diet: The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Trial. Am J Clin Nutr 74(1):80-89, 2001.

Most, MM, A Ershow and B Clevidence. An overview of methodologies, proficiencies and training resources for controlled feeding studies. J Am Diet Assoc 103(6):729-735, 2003.

Most, MM, S Craddick, S Crawford, S Redican, D Rhodes, F Rukenbrod and R Laws, for the DASH-Sodium collaborative research group. Dietary quality assurance processes of the DASH-Sodium controlled diet study. J Am Diet Assoc 130(10):1339-1346, 2003.

Most, MM. Estimated phytochemical content of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet is higher than the control study diet. J Am Diet Assoc 104(11):1725-1727, 2004.

Most, MM, RT Tulley, S Morales and M Lefevre. Rice bran oil, not fiber, lowers cholesterol in humans. Am J Clin Nutr 81(1):64-68, 2005.

Professional Activities:
Member of the American Society for Nutrition, Medical Nutrition Council; American Heart Association, Scientific Council on Nutrition, Metabolism, and Physical Activity; and the American Dietetic Association.