Operating Grant: Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment

CIHR's Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (INMD) in partnership with CIHR's Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH); Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D) Health Research Foundation (HRF), the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC) and Health Canada's First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) are pleased to announce the results of the Operating Grant: Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment.

The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to increase knowledge on interventions to prevent and treat childhood obesity in clinical settings or at the level of the population, and to increase the speed at which evidence is transferred into clinical practice, programs or policies.

A total of 14 applications were submitted to the competition and 5 received funding.

Please select the link below to view the applications received and approved under this initiative.

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For further information about this competition, please contact:

Paul Bélanger
Assistant Director
Institute of Nutrition Metabolism and Diabetes
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 613-941-6465
Email: paul.belanger@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

Janet Lemoine
Program Coordinator
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 613-952-0916
Email: janet.lemoine@cihr-irsc.gc.ca