Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS

Amount

$237,750.00

Award Date

2/02/2010

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

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Evolutionary pressure has favored mechanisms that allow the body to efficiently store nutrients as fat when food is abundant as a safeguard against occasional famine. With the dramatic changes in modern lifestyle inclu