Department Of Pediatrics
Investigator
Kathryn Whyte, PhD, RDN
Phone
646-483-1080
Email
kjw2116@cumc.columbia.edu
Dr. Kathryn Whyte is a clinically trained nutritional and physical activity interventionist with an extensive background in dietary and physical activity assessment and prescription. Dr. Whyte’s current postdoctoral training under the mentorship of Dr. Dympna Gallagher is in the areas of energy expenditure by whole room calorimetry and body composition methodologies. Dr. Whyte’s research interests relate to questions involving exposures to ultra-processed food, the relationships between physical activity prescriptions and body composition phenotyping, and impact of diet quality and physical activity exposures on metabolic health across the lifespan.

Clinical Studies Managed By This Investigator:
Condition Study Title
Exercise Comparing Ways of Measuring Exercise Energetics