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NIH Awards Funding for Obesity Prevention, Treatment Research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded more than $12 million to the Miriam Hospital's Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center to support various obesity prevention and treatment projects, The Medical News reports. Specifically, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) awarded $6 million over the next five years for a project comparing two behavioral interventions aimed at preventing weight gain in young adults. Meanwhile, a $930,320 NIH challenge grant, also funded through NHLBI, will be used to develop and test an innovative Internet-based program to determine whether it can improve patient adherence to behavioral weight-loss regimens. Other projects receiving funding include a study of whether increased sleep can promote weight loss, and an analysis of the link between erectile dysfunction and lifestyle interventions. The Look AHEAD study, which aims to determine whether weight loss achieved through an intensive lifestyle intervention can reduce cardiovascular disease and related deaths among overweight individuals with Type 2 diabetes, will also receive continued funding. NIH has also provided funding for an offshoot of the Look AHEAD study that will seek to identify specific genes that predict individual differences in weight loss achieved through behavioral interventions (The Medical News, 10/15/09).