Two thirds of American adults and 16% of children are either overweight or obese. Overweight children are at greatest risk of remaining overweight and suffering negative health impacts into adulthood. Most efforts to control weight have been unsuccessful, despite increasing awareness and individual… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Energy imbalance is a major health problem in the US that is related to poor quality of life and increases the risk of several diseases, including coronary heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Room respiration calorimete rs are the standard for long-term and high… More

So many Americans are overweight that the condition has been declared a serious public health problem and is burdening our health care systems. Obesity increases the risk of diabetes, heart attack, stroke, cancer, arthritis, sleep apnea and other diseases. Researchers are making progress to find and… More

To design, develop, and conduct a high level unified platform to collect, store, and manage terabytes of data for reporting and testing on software to be used for an automated database that will be interfaced through a secure, web application.