Improving long-term weight loss by deactivating the famine reaction with molecular or lifestyle means

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/481355

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Dr Amanda Sainsbury-Salis’ research will clarify which hormones and natural brain chemicals interact in the hypothalamus of the brain to control the famine reaction, the survival mechanism that slows your weight loss when you are on a diet. By knowing precisely which natural chemicals mediate the famine reaction and how they interact, it will be possible to weaken them by pharmaceutical and - or lifestyle means, thereby enabling more people to reap the benefits of being lean and healthy.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: Career Development Fellowships

Funding Amount: $420,872.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical biotechnology not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Adiposity and obesity | Avoidable deaths | Maintenance of body composition | Metabolism in obesity | Molecular basis of disease

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