Primary Recipient

RECINTO UNIVERSITARIO MAYAGUEZ

Amount

$855,842.00

Award Date

8/31/2009

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

Weight control does not seem to be an effective answer to the increasing incidence of obesity as studies have shown that within five years most people have regained whatever weight they lost. Finding a solution to childhood overweigh/obesity is especiall