Research:
Obesity, calorimetery and energy metabolism

Teaching:
Human nutrition and food; fundamentals of nutrition

Interests:
Dr. Flatt's primary expertise is indirect calorimetry, and he is currently conducting research with small laboratory animals (Zucker, Sprague-Dawley and Osborne-Mendel rats), using 10 automated respiration chambers to measure oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production, heat production, and respiratory exchange ratio (R.Q). The primary goal is to learn about factors affecting obesity in humans. Research will include energy balance regulation and energy metabolism and collaborative studies with faculty in the Department of Foods and Nutrition, Department of Animal and Dairy Science, Department of Food Science and Technology, and with research scientists in other colleges and research organizations.

Education:

Selected Publications/Presentations:
Hausman, D. B., Loh, M. Y., Flatt, W. P., & Martin, R. J. (In press). Adipose Tissue Expansion and the Development of Obesity: Influence of Dietary Fat Type. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Proceedings of the PORIM Nutrition Module).

Long, K. D., Akoh, C. C., Flatt, W. P., Rose, B. S., & Martin, R. J. (1997). Effects of Structured Lipid, Captex, and a Fat Substitute, Simplesse on Energy Metabolism and Body Weight in Lean and Obese Zucker Rats. The FASEB J. 11(3): 2161 A373.

Wang, T., Baile, C. A., Hartzell, D. L., Martin, R. J., Rose, B. S., Hulsey, M. G., & Flatt, W. P. (1997). Differential Metabolic Responses to Intracerebroventricularlly (ICV) Injected Rat Leptin in Zucker Fatty and Lean Rats. The FASEB J. 11(3): 3445 A596.