Brenda Bertrand

Brenda Bertrand
Professor

Professor (P), Nutrition Sciences , School of Health Professions 2014 -
Program Director, Nutrition Sciences , School of Health Professions 2014 -
Senior Scientist (C), Nutrition Obesity Res Center (NORC) , Nutrition Sciences Research 2014 -

Overview

Brenda Bertrand was a scholarship track and cross country runner and earned her undergraduate degree in Nutrition from Auburn University. She completed a Dietetic Internship and earned a Master of Science degree in Clinical Nutrition from UAB, and PhD in Nutrition from Auburn. She completed a Doctoral Internship at the Children’s Seashore House (Philadelphia, PA). Her dissertation research assessed changes in energy expenditure and dietary intake among infants and young children with sickle cell disease during pain crisis and usual health.

Brenda is presently a Professor and Program Director for the Masters of Nutrition Science She has over 15 years’ experience teaching undergraduate and graduate students using face-to-face as well as online instruction and 9 years’ experience directing graduate programs. She has received training in the case-based method of teaching from the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science (University of Buffalo), and uses this method of instruction for all courses that she teaches. She has received Excellence in Teaching awards at the college and state levels. In fact, she completed a qualitative study to better understand student learning from case-based teaching.

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year	Title	Altmetric
2020	Assimilation, Acculturation, and Allostatic Load in U.S.- and Foreign-Born Hispanics. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 2020
2020	Associations between Dietary Fiber, the Fecal Microbiota and Estrogen Metabolism in Postmenopausal Women with Breast Cancer 2020
2020	Diet Quality in Early Care and Education Centers: A Comparison of Menu, Served, and Consumed Lunch Measures 2020
2019	Reasons for Late-Night Eating and Willingness to Change:A Qualitative Study in Pregnant Black Women 2019
2018	Dietary Patterns Among Overweight and Obese African-American Women Living in the Rural South. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 5:141-150. 2018
2017	Longitudinal Analysis of Nut-Inclusive Diets and Body Mass Index Among Overweight and Obese African American Women Living in Rural Alabama and Mississippi, 2011-2013 2017
2016	Nut Intake among overweight and obese african-American women in the rural South. American Journal of Health Behavior. 40:585-593. 2016
2015	Case-based learning facilitates critical thinking in undergraduate nutrition education: Students describe the big picture. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 115:378-388. 2015
2014	ACE inhibitors and potassium foods - nurses' knowledge. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance. 27:54-64. 2014
2013	The application of genetics and nutritional genomics in practice: An international survey of knowledge, involvement and confidence among dietitians in the US, Australia and the UK. Genes and Nutrition. 8:523-533. 2013
2013	Dietitian Sex Differences Toward Adult Weight Loss Counseling. Health Care. 1:98-98. 2013
2012	Assessing the Health Status of an Asian American Group in North Carolina. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences. 104. 2012
2012	Cost and Calorie Analysis of Fast Food Consumption in College Students. Food and Nutrition Sciences. 03:942-946. 2012
2011	Cost-analysis of nutrition support in patients with severe acute pancreatitis. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance. 24:540-547. 2011
2011	Investigating Perceived vs. Medical Weight Status Classification among College Students: Room for Improvement Exists among the Overweight and Obese. International Electronic Journal of Health Education. 14:122-134. 2011
2010	Benefits, barriers, attitudes, and beliefs about soy meat-alternatives among African American parishioners living in eastern North Carolina. Ethnicity and Disease. 20:118-122. 2010
2010	An exploratory study of weight and alcohol consumption among college students. Internet J Nutr Wellness. 10. 2010
2009	Predicting Intentions to Eat a Healthful Diet by College Baseball Players: Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior 2009
2009	Fast food consumption of college students. The FASEB Journal. 23. 2009
2008	Predictors of Intention to Eat 2.5 Cups of Vegetables among Ninth-grade Students Attending Public High Schools in Eastern North Carolina 2008
2008	Energy expenditure of obese, overweight, and normal weight females during lifestyle physical activities. Pediatric Obesity. 3:177-185. 2008
2008	Are Nutrient Inadequacies Associated with a High Sodium Diet? A Comparison of Dietary Intake among Female College Track Athletes. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 40:S12-S12. 2008
2008	Accuracy of Self Reported Weight Status in a College Population. The FASEB Journal. 22. 2008
2008	Relationships Among Omega-3 fatty acids, Anthropometrics, and Biochemical Markers in College Students. The FASEB Journal. 22. 2008
2008	Weight perceptions and dieting behaviors of college athletes. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 79:A26-A26. 2008
2008	Factors contributing to weight loss, nutrition-related concerns and advice received by adults undergoing cancer treatment.. Advances in Medical Sciences. 53:198-204. 2008
2008	Nutrition-related knowledge, attitude, and dietary intake of college track athletes. The Sport Journal. 11:48-54. 2008
2007	A survey of energy drink consumption patterns among college students. Nutrition Journal. 6. 2007
2007	Supplements of interest for sport-related injury and sources of supplement information among college athletes.. Advances in Medical Sciences. 52:50-54. 2007
2007	Co-morbidities associated with obesity and the role of omega-3 fatty acid intake in free-living healthy weight, overweight and obese college students. The FASEB Journal. 21:A327-A327. 2007
2007	Adult Special Olympics Athletes: Health Risks Related to Food Choices. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences. 99:37. 2007
2007	College sport management student perceptions regarding special Olympics curriculum and service learning. The Sport Journal. 10. 2007
2007	Physical Activity, Disordered Eating Risk, and Anthropometric Measurement: A Comparison of College Female Athletes and Non Athletes 2007
2007	Summer league college baseball players: do dietary intake and barriers to healthy eating differ between game and non-game days?. RT Journal. 2007
2007	Supplements and dietary methods of interest for treatment of health conditions that restrict sports performance among college athletes. Virginia Journal. 29:45-48. 2007
2007	The coach and AD – TEAM for TWO. Scholastic Coach and Athletic Director. The coach and AD – TEAM for TWO. Scholastic Coach and Athletic Director. September:63-63. 2007
2006	Dieting practices, weight perceptions, and body composition: A comparison of normal weight, overweight, and obese college females. Nutrition Journal. 5. 2006
2006	Coach at risk. Scholastic Coach and Athletic Director. December:52-52. 2006
2006	Does branched chain amino acid supplementation offer ergogenic benefits?. Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutritionists (SCAN) Pulse. 25 (3):3-7. 2006
2006	Get the splash on fluids for youth athletes. Virginia Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Journal. 28(2):16-17. 2006
2006	Give taste buds a blast and health a boost. North Carolina Journal of North Carolina Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. 42 (2):16-16. 2006
2006	The weight gain battle. Scholastic Coach and Athletic Director. Apri:56-56. 2006
2005	Body Dissatisfaction, Anthropometric, And Dietary Intake Differences Among Female College Athletes And Non-athletes. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 37:S74-S74. 2005
2001	Energy expenditure and intake in children with sickle cell disease during acute illness. Clinical Nutrition. 20:131-138. 2001
2000	An Investigation of Chinese Graduate Students' Interest in Sport Nutrition and Sport Marketing. International Sports Journal. 4:124-130. 2000
2000	Impact of acute illness on nutritional status of infants and young children with sickle cell disease. Journal of The American Dietetic Association. 100:330-334. 2000
1995	RESTING ENERGY-EXPENDITURE (REE) AND DIETARY-INTAKE DURING ACUTE ILLNESS EPISODES (AIE) IN CHILDREN WITH SICKLE-CELL DISEASE (SCD). The FASEB Journal. 9:A480-A480. 1995
1994	Iron deficiency without anemia in children with phenylketonuria 1994
	Fundraising at Chinese sports administration institutions – A practical experience for Chinese sports management students. Kentucky Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Journal. 32-35.
	Nutrient intake of Chinese collegiate student athletes. Kentucky Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Journal. 15-17.
	Nutrient intake of Chinese collegiate student-athletes. Kentucky Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Journal. 15-17.
	Nutritional status of collegiate female athletes as predicted from body composition techniques. Kentucky Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Journal. 20-25.
	Sports marketing and sports nutrition: A multi-disciplinary lecture series presented in China. Kentucky Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Journal. 21-22.
	Using the new food guide pyramid for children ages 2-6. Kaleidoscope Journal of the Kentucky Associaltion for Early Childhood Education. 17:27-31.

Research Overview

Brenda currently has two passions that drive her scholarly endeavors. One is seeking to better understand knowledge, attitudes, barriers, and beliefs about nutrition among various healthy as well as chronically diseased populations. For example, she recently investigated how and why dietary intake changes during pain crisis among adults with sickle cell disease. Her other passion is understanding student perspectives about their learning.