This $695,295 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under CFDA 93.847, Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research, will fund a study on the developmental trajectories of reinforcer pathology and childhood obesity.
The study aims to assess how the reinforcing value of food and physical activity, as well as delay discounting, change from childhood through adolescence, and how these factors relate to the development of obesity over time. The research will use an innovative cohort sequential design to track these trajectories in children aged 9-16 and examine how they impact dietary intake, physical activity, BMI, and body fat. The findings are expected to guide future pediatric obesity interventions tailored to different developmental stages and behavioral phenotypes.
The award will be administered by The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY), which has extensive experience managing federal research grants and contracts across scientific disciplines.
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