Primary Recipient

LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER

Amount

$144,800.00

Award Date

7/15/2009

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 has emerged as a preeminent public health problem. In the United States, 66% of adults are overweight (BMI 25 to <30 kg/m2) and 33% are obese (BMI?30 kg/m2), representing a modern health crisis. Perhaps of even greater concern is the dramatic in