Center investigators focus their efforts on specific projects. The major projects being carried out in the Center are listed here. All of the projects are linked in one way or another to the general research theme of the Center's research, which is the metabolic syndrome.

• American Heart Association Projects
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans
• Food and Nutrition Board
• GEMS Project
• Human Genetics Project
• Insulin Resistance Project
• Lipodystrophy Project 
• Metabolic Syndrome
• National Cholesterol Education Program
• Reynolds Project
• Treatment of High Cholesterol and High Triglycerides
• UT Southwestern Nutrition Academic Award