Primary Recipient

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$720,369.00

Award Date

7/28/2010

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

Obesity is a major public health concern: the prevalence of obesity in the US has increased dramatically, reaching rates greater than 30%. Although lifestyle and pharmacological therapies are successful in the short term, subsequent regain of lost weight