Primary Recipient

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$321,300.00

Award Date

7/19/2009

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

There are many research questions about effects of naturally-occuring behaviors (e.g. dieting) on overweight and obesity for which a randomized controlled trial would be untenable. For these we must rely on observational studies, and causal inference with