Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

Amount

$424,873.00

Award Date

9/18/2009

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

Obesity is a burgeoning public health problem that is associated with an adverse metabolic profile and higher levels of morbidity and mortality from multiple causes. Current methods for assessing obesity focus on either nonspecific measures of overall bod