Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON

Amount

$125,460.00

Award Date

5/18/2009

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

The goal of the proposed research is to examine the prevalence of obesity and the relationship between obesity, muscle strength, and disability among older Mexican Americans in the United States (U.S.) and elders from Latin America and the Caribbean. Very