Scientists at the facility here, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, part of the Louisiana State University System, want to know exactly how much he’s eating of his carefully designed meal. But he misses his fiancée, who’s a nurse elsewhere at Pennington Biomedical, and their two cats. Staffers monitor participants who are staying at Pennington Biomedical to make sure they are sticking to the plans. Someone watches them eat their study meals and encourages them to eat the whole thing. On that Tuesday morning at Pennington Biomedical, Elizabeth was lying down in a hospital bed with a clear plastic hood covering his head.

Source: Wall Street Journal February 13, 2024 07:44 UTC