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Nutritional Sciences at Penn State examines how humans gain energy from food and how nutrition choices affect our health over time.
Solidly rooted in chemistry, biology, physiology, psychology, neuroscience, behavior, and development, our body of work covers the effects of nutrition at all levels, from the molecule to the organism, to the population at large. Our programs aim to nurture a new generation of leaders in bench and behavioral sciences who will push the limits of our understanding of nutrition as it relates to human health.
Adeline Peat
Student Spotlight
Adeline Peat named spring 2025 Student Marshal

Receiving a bachelor of science degree in nutritional sciences, Peat was the co-founder and President of the Food Recovery Network at Penn State, which received the 2025 Campus Sustainability Champion Award from the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium and Penn State’s 2024 Outstanding Sustainability Efforts and Community Impact awards.