Primary Recipient

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, THE

Amount

$6,148,731.00

Award Date

9/29/2009

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

The burden of disease attributable to obesity is enormous. Obesity is highly prevalent and associated with more than 60 metabolic, inflammatory, degenerative, cognitive, and neoplastic disorders. Broadly effective preventive and therapeutic strategies hav