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Healthy individuals with less muscle tone wanted for a short research study

What is the study?

Healthy, individuals with less muscle tone between

18-45 years of age are wanted for a research study looking at beliefs and attitudes about health and lifestyles

What do you have to do?

This study has two parts.

PART I

One in-person visit (~45 minutes) in the morning, fasted

at the Nutrition Obesity Research Lab at the South Oxford Center.

If eligible, you will be asked to complete a questionnaire and measure your body composition.

Participation is confidential. Visits can be scheduled at a time that works for you.

PART II (Eligibility determined after visit 1)

If eligible, you will be invited for a follow-up Zoom meeting (1-1.5 hours) within 1 week.

Compensation

Participants receive $20 Amazon gift cards for the completion of parts 1 and 2 separately. (If only Part 1, it is $20 and if both parts are completed, you get $40).

What to do if you are interested?

Click the link to answer a survey to see if you are eligible to participate in the study. 

https://uofmississippi.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_blnjL7FKYyXgOqO

If you have any questions,

Email or call our research team at the Nutrition and Obesity Research Lab, Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management, University of Mississippi

          Email: Justin Whitten (jkwhitte@go.olemiss.edu)

Phone: 662-915-8861

The Principal Investigator of this study is Dr. Nadeeja Wijayatunga, Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management, University of Mississippi

(nadeejaw@olemiss.edu, Phone 662-915-1351)

This study has been approved by UM’s Institutional Review Board (IRB).