Primary Recipient

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

Amount

$212,229.00

Award Date

9/14/2009

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

Overweight and obesity are epidemic in the United States with over 2/3 of American adults having a body mass index of > 25 kg/m.2 Obesity and physical inactivity represent the second leading cause of preventable death nationally from cancer, cardiovascula