R21: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-077.html

R01: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-078.html

Obesity has become a major focus of public health efforts at the national, State, and local levels. The National Cancer Institute solicits projects in the area of energy balance (i.e., the relationship between diet, physical activity, and body composition) known to researchers with expertise and experience in health economics, health services, and econometric modeling including multi-level analyses who otherwise might not be aware of the opportunity to apply their disciplines to this area of research. The major focus of this FOA is to enhance the state-of-the-science on the causes of obesity and to inform Federal decision making on effective public health interventions for reducing the rate of obesity in the United States. Especially, this FOA aims to promote collaborative activities between researchers trained in economics and researchers specializing in public health, cancer, cardiovascular diseases and other chronic diseases.

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