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NIH Obesity Research:

The web site listed below presents information about NIH-supported research to facilitate progress towards obesity prevention and treatment. Through its research mission, the NIH seeks to identify genetic, behavioral, and environmental causes of obesity; to understand how obesity leads to type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other serious health problems; and to build on basic and clinical research findings to develop and study innovative prevention and treatment strategies. The NIH, other federal agencies and public and private organizations will all play important roles in reducing the epidemic of obesity in the U.S.

http://obesityresearch.nih.gov/index.htm

NIH Obesity Research Solicitations Currently Accepting Applications:
Listed on the link below are obesity-related research solicitations that are currently open for submission of applications for funding. Detailed information, including names of individuals to contact with questions, is provided through the links associated with each solicitation.

http://obesityresearch.nih.gov/funding/funding.htm

The research Researchers and Staff have shared interest in environment, gene-psychosocial interactions, in obesity etiology and treatment. Research focuses on understanding the role of stress in promoting obesity among communities, particularly in Latino children, and in testing novel interventions that incorporate this knowledge.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Childhood Obesity Research

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is committed to tackling one of today’s most urgent threats to the health of our children and families – childhood obesity. Their goal is to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015. They place special emphasis on reaching children at greatest risk: African-American, Latino, Native American, Asian American and Pacific Islander children living in low-income communities. Their grant making focuses on children and youth ages 3 to 18, a critical period during which lifelong habits are formed. The web site below lists the current Call for Proposals in this area.

http://www.rwjf.org/programareas/fundingops.jsp?pid=1138

Other program areas RWJF supports:http://www.rwjf.org/programareas/

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