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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0664206
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Understanding children's risk of obesity: contextual influences on changes in eating, physical activity and weight status. Overweight and obesity are significant public health issues in Australia. After tobacco, physical inactivity and obesity are leading modifiable contributors to the burden of disease. The economic cost of obesity was recently estimated at $1.3 billion/year. Preventing further increases in childhood obesity is an urgent national priority, however there currently exists insufficient information to guide effective obesity prevention strategies. The findings of this study will inform efforts to prevent obesity at the population level by enhancing knowledge of contextual influences on obesity-risk behaviours and the selection of specific targets for intervention. As such, this study will help create a healthier generation of children.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 01-2006
End Date: 06-2010
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $309,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Nutrition And Dietetics | Public Health and Health Services | Epidemiology | Public Health And Health Services Not Elsewhere Classified |
