THE CYCLE OF OBESITY: Two generations of a pregnancy cohort to investigate obesity epigenetics

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1059711

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Obesity has increased 3-5 fold in the last fifty years, overtaking smoking as the greatest killer. In recent history, each generation has experienced greater amounts of obesity and at younger ages. Being exposed in the womb to mother’s obesity transmits the risk to the child, possibly by changing our epigenetic profile and how our DNA code is read. We need to break this vicious cycle. This study is a world first, investigating 2 generations with respect to obesity and epigenetic profiles.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $1,117,795.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Endocrinology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

environmental influences | epigenetics | fetal origins of disease | obesity | population studies

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