Primary Recipient

RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL

Amount

$192,888.00

Award Date

8/04/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

According to the World Health Organization, obesity in developed countries has reached epidemic proportions. There are globally more than 1 billion adults overweight, with around 300 million of them clinically obese. As consequence, the study of obesity h