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MEDICAL: CONDITIONS: OBESITY:
NIH Launches Program To Develop Innovative Approaches To Combat Obesity




Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:04:45 -0500
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Subject:  NIH Launches Program To Develop
Innovative Approaches To Combat Obesity




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For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 10, 2009



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NIH LAUNCHES PROGRAM TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO COMBAT OBESITY



The National Institutes of Health is launching a $37 million program that 
will use findings from basic research on human behavior to develop more 
effective interventions to reduce obesity.  The program, Translating Basic 
Behavioral and Social Science Discoveries into Interventions to Reduce 
Obesity, will fund interdisciplinary teams of researchers at seven 
research sites.  Investigators will conduct experimental research, 
formative research to increase understanding of populations being studied, 
small studies known as proof of concept trials, and pilot and feasibility 
studies to identify promising new avenues for encouraging behaviors that 
prevent or treat obesity.


The program is led by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 
(NHLBI), in partnership with the National Institute of Diabetes and 
Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), the National Cancer Institute 
(NCI), the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and 
Human Development (NICHD), and the Office of Behavioral and Social 
Sciences Research (OBSSR).


"Obesity is a significant public health challenge raising an individual's 
risk for type 2 diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, stroke, certain 
cancers, osteoarthritis, and other conditions," said NIH Director Francis 
S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.  "These grants are intended to develop new and 
innovative ways to tackle this important problem.  This approach differs 
from previous large clinical trials of behavioral interventions to reduce 
obesity by placing new emphasis on applying findings from basic behavioral 
and social sciences to improve behavioral strategies."


The program's studies focus on diverse populations at high risk of being 
overweight or obese, including Latino and African-American adults, 
African-American adolescents, low-income populations, pregnant women, and 
women in the menopausal transition.  The interventions being developed 
include creative new approaches to promote awareness of specific eating 
behaviors, decrease the desire for high-calorie foods, reduce 
stress-related eating, increase motivation to adhere to weight loss 
strategies, engage an individual's social networks and communities to 
encourage physical activity, and improve sleep patterns.  Brain scans will 
also be used to understand brain mechanisms in obesity that might guide 
the development of new interventions.


The research projects, principal investigators, study sites, and the NIH 
sponsors include:




-- SCALE: Small Changes and Lasting Effects, Mary E. Charlson, M.D., Weill 
Medical College of Cornell University, New York City, sponsored by the 
NHLBI.


This study will develop and refine a mindful eating intervention aimed at 
producing small, sustainable changes in eating behavior in overweight or 
obese African-American and Latino adults with a goal of achieving at least 
a 7 percent weight reduction in each participant.



-- Translating Habituation Research to Interventions for Pediatric 
Obesity, Leonard H. Epstein, Ph.D., State University of New York at 
Buffalo, sponsored by the NIDDK.


This study will translate basic research on the reduced response to food 
after repeated exposure over time to identify and test strategies for 
reducing the intake of high-calorie foods while increasing the amount of 
fruits and vegetables that children consume.



-- Interventionist Procedures for Adherence to Weight Loss Recommendations 
in Black Adolescents, Sylvie Naar-King, Ph.D. and Kai-Lin Catherine Jen, 
Ph.D., Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich., sponsored by the NHLBI, 
co-funded by the NICHD.


This study will develop and refine a home and community-based intervention 
using findings from basic behavioral research on human motivation to 
improve adherence to weight loss strategies in African-American 
adolescents.



-- Developing an Intervention to Prevent Visceral Fat in Premenopausal 
Women, Lynda H. Powell, M.Ed., Ph.D., Rush University Medical Center, 
Chicago, sponsored by the NHLBI.


This study will develop a multi-level intervention targeting the 
individual, her social network, and the community to increase physical 
activity and reduce chronic stress and depression in order to reduce 
unhealthy patterns of weight gain in women in the menopausal transition. 
This project focuses on reducing visceral fat because this is the type of 
fat most strongly correlated with health risks.



-- Increasing Sleep Duration: A Novel Approach to Weight Control, Rena R. 
Wing, Ph.D., Miriam Hospital, Providence, R.I., sponsored by the NCI.


This study will translate basic research on sleep duration into a unique 
method to reduce obesity and obesity-related conditions in young and 
middle-aged overweight or obese adults.



-- Novel Interventions to Reduce Stress-induced Non-homeostatic Eating, 
Elissa S. Epel, Ph.D., Barbara A. Laraia, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D. and, Nancy 
E. Adler, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco, sponsored by the 
NHLBI.


This study will develop intervention strategies to reduce stress-induced 
eating in lower-income pregnant women, focusing on the reward and stress 
response systems that may influence eating behaviors and lead to unhealthy 
weight gain during pregnancy.



-- Habitual and Neurocognitive Processes in Adolescent Obesity Prevention, 
Kim Daniel Reynolds, Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, Calif., 
sponsored by the NHLBI, co-funded by the NICHD.


This study will develop intervention strategies to improve nutrition 
behaviors in adolescents based on basic behavioral research on the 
formation of habits, self-regulation of eating behaviors, and the 
influence of neurocognitive processes on dietary behavior.




A Resource and Coordination Unit (RCU), led by David Cella, Ph.D. of 
Northwestern University, Chicago, and funded by the NIH's OBSSR, will 
facilitate collaboration across the studies.  As part of this program, the 
RCU will also organize an OBSSR-funded conference in 2010 addressing 
methods in behavioral intervention development.



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To interview an NICHD 
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Branch at


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The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) opened 
officially on July 1, 1995. The U.S. Congress established the Office of 
Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) in the Office of the 
Director, NIH, in recognition of the key role that behavioral and social 
factors often play in illness and health. The OBSSR mission is to 
stimulate behavioral and social sciences research throughout NIH and to 
integrate these areas of research more fully into others of the NIH health 
research enterprise, thereby improving our understanding, treatment, and 
prevention of disease. For more information, please visit



<http://obssr.od.nih.gov>



The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human 
Development (NICHD) sponsors research on development, before and after 
birth; maternal, child, and family health; reproductive biology and 
population issues; and medical rehabilitation.  For more information, 
visit the Institute's Web site at



<http://www.nichd.nih.gov/>



The National Cancer Institute (NCI) leads the National Cancer Program and 
the NIH effort to dramatically reduce the burden of cancer and improve the 
lives of cancer patients and their families, through research into 
prevention and cancer biology, the development of new interventions, and 
the training and mentoring of new researchers. For more information about 
cancer, please visit the NCI Web site at


<http://www.cancer.gov>


or call


NCI's Cancer Information Service at


1-800-4-CANCER

(1-800-422-6237)



The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases 
(NIDDK) conducts and supports basic and clinical research and research 
training on some of the most common, severe and disabling conditions 
affecting Americans.  The Institute's research interests include diabetes 
and other endocrine and metabolic diseases; digestive diseases, nutrition, 
and obesity; and kidney, urologic and hematologic diseases. For more 
information, visit



<http://www.niddk.nih.gov>



The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) plans, conducts, and 
supports research related to the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and 
treatment of heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood diseases; and sleep 
disorders. The Institute also administers national health education 
campaigns on women and heart disease, healthy weight for children, and 
other topics. NHLBI press releases and other materials are available 
online at



<http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov>



The National Institutes of Health (NIH) - The Nation's Medical Research 
Agency - includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency 
for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical 
research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures for both 
common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, 
visit



<http://www.nih.gov>



The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- The Nation's Medical Research 
Agency -- includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal 
agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational 
medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures 
for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its 
programs, visit



<http://www.nih.gov>




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RESOURCES:



RFA for Translating Basic Behavioral and Social Science Discoveries into 
Interventions to Reduce Obesity;

<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-08-013.html>



Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of 
Overweight and Obesity in Adults;

<http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_home.htm>



NHLBI Obesity Education Initiative;

<http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/oei/>




NIH Obesity Research;

<http://www.obesityresearch.nih.gov/>




Aim for a Healthy Weight;

<http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose_wt/index.htm>



We Can!;

<http://wecan.nhlbi.nih.gov/>




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