The room isn’t much to look at. Small and plain, with a twin bed, a chair, a dorm-size refrigerator, a sink and a toilet.

But the spartan appearance is deceiving.

This “metabolic chamber” at the UNC Nutrition Research Institute has cost about $1 million to build and maintain. It’s the newest and most sensitive of 17 such research tools in the world, according to Dr. Steven Zeisel, the institute’s director.

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