Rate My Professor Alyce Fly

Fly's research examines nutrition's impact on population and individual health to prevent chronic diseases, including the development, implementation, and evaluation of food and nutrition interventions funded by the US Department of Agriculture, Indiana Department of Education, and Indiana Department of Health. She has partnered on epidemiological and laboratory studies of nutrition in health and performance, supported by National Institutes of Health grants and industry. Key interests include measuring food intake in children, dietary fatty acids and immunity, antioxidants and oxidative stress such as after high-fat meals, bioavailability of minerals and carotenoids, biological markers, factors in mothers' decisions to exclusively breastfeed, and obesity and health. Prominent publications comprise 'Protective effect of fish oil supplementation on exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in asthma' (2006), 'Chocolate milk as a post-exercise recovery aid' (2006), 'Predictors of continuation of exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life' (2010), 'Dietary Intake and Nutritional Status among Refugees in Host Countries: A Systematic Review' (2022), and 'Vegetarian diets and risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease' (2024). She received Indiana University Trustees Teaching Awards in 2002, 2012, and 2016; Teaching Excellence Recognition Awards in 1997 and 1999; and the School of Public Health Distinguished Service Award in 2015. Nationally, Fly has led in the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior as President of its Foundation Board (2021-2023), American Society for Nutrition, and Institute of Food Technologists.