National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad

ICMR - National Institute of Nutrition
Established1918 (Coonoor)
1958 (Hyderabad)
Research typePublic
Budget₹6.43 billion (US$77 million)
Field of research
Nutrition
Micronutrients
DirectorDr. R. Hemalatha
AddressJamai-Osmania
LocationTarnaka, Hyderabad
CampusUrban
AffiliationsK.N.R.U.H.S.
N.T.R.U.H.S.
University of Hyderabad
Osmania University
Operating agency
ICMR
Websitewww.nin.res.in

The National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) is an Indian public health, nutrition and translational research centre located in Hyderabad, India.[1][2] The institute is one of the oldest research centres in India, and the largest centre, under the Indian Council of Medical Research, located in the vicinity of Osmania University. The institute has associated clinical and paediatric nutrition research wards at various hospitals such as the Niloufer Hospital for Women and Children, the Government Maternity Hospital, the Gandhi Hospital and the Osmania General Hospital in Hyderabad.

The National Centre for Laboratory Animal Science (to be integrated into the National Animal Resource Facility for Biomedical Research), the Food and Drug Toxicology Research Centre, the National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau are the other wings of NIN,[3] for India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.[4] The institute also derives funding from the Indian Department of Biotechnology. The institute majorly conducts research in obesity,[5][6] diabetes, food chemistry, dietetics, clinical toxicology, and micronutrient deficiency[7][8] in collaboration with centres such as the Rockefeller University, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the US,[9][10][11] and the University of Wollongong in Australia.[12][13]

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  6. ^ Sinha, Jitendra Kumar; Ghosh, Shampa; Swain, Umakanta; Giridharan, Nappan Veethil; Raghunath, Manchala (2014). "Increased macromolecular damage due to oxidative stress in the neocortex and hippocampus of WNIN/Ob, a novel rat model of premature aging". Neuroscience. 269: 256–264. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.03.040. PMID 24709042. S2CID 9934178.
  7. ^ Venu, L; Harishankar, N; Krishna, T. P.; Raghunath, M (2004). "Does maternal dietary mineral restriction per se predispose the offspring to insulin resistance?". European Journal of Endocrinology. 151 (2): 287–94. doi:10.1530/eje.0.1510287. PMID 15296486.
  8. ^ Ghosh S, Sinha JK, Putcha UK, Raghunath M (2016). "Severe but Not Moderate Vitamin B12 Deficiency Impairs Lipid Profile, Induces Adiposity, and Leads to Adverse Gestational Outcome in Female C57BL/6 Mice". Frontiers in Nutrition. 3 (1): 1–10. doi:10.3389/fnut.2016.00001. PMC 4722109. PMID 26835453.
  9. ^ Fernandez-Rao, Sylvia; Hurley, Kristen M.; Nair, Krishnapillai Madhavan; Balakrishna, Nagalla; Radhakrishna, Kankipati V.; Ravinder, Punjal; Tilton, Nicholas; Harding, Kimberly B.; Reinhart, Greg A.; Black, Maureen M. (2014). "Integrating nutrition and early child-development interventions among infants and pre-schoolers in rural India". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1308 (1): 218–231. Bibcode:2014NYASA1308..218F. doi:10.1111/nyas.12278. PMID 24673168.
  10. ^ "National conference on nutrition security at NIN, Hyderabad – The Times of India". The Times of India.
  11. ^ "Mice to reveal key to human obesity". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013.
  12. ^ "Australia-India food research partnerships on the menu – News & Media @ UOW". Media.uow.edu.au. 27 March 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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