This federal Project Grant award of $674,300, issued by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under CFDA 93.837 - Cardiovascular Diseases Research, supports a 3-phase study to examine the system-wide implementation of new flexibilities to the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs (NSLP/SBP). The primary goal is to describe the impact of NSLP/SBP policy changes and flexibilities across multiple levels, and identify ways to improve the effectiveness and equity of...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), under CFDA Program 93.837 - Cardiovascular Diseases Research, provides $708,678 to Wake Forest University Health Sciences to conduct a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART). The study aims to determine the most effective interventions to reduce food insecurity and improve adherence to hypertension treatment among patients with uncontrolled hypertension and food insecurity. The...
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) awarded a $1,057,905 Project Grant under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to the Regents of the University of Minnesota. The award, with a period of performance from April 15, 2025 to March 31, 2032, will support a comprehensive research program to promote weight-related health and address social determinants among the next generation of adolescents and young adults (Generation Z). Key elements of the program include...
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), awarded a $663,097 Project Grant to Merrimack College to evaluate the impact of the updated federal nutrition standards for school meals in the United States. The study aims to examine compliance with the new standards, potential product reformulation, changes in school meal participation rates, students' dietary intakes,...
The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute awarded $2,350,623 under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) to the Regents of the University of Minnesota on May 1, 2021 for a project concluding on April 30, 2022. The project aims to reduce childhood obesity through an individual randomized controlled trial testing combinations of ecological momentary intervention, home visiting, and video feedback delivered to 510 low-income, racially...
This Project Grant award of $777,954 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837) will fund a mixed-method study to assess the impact of school environment attributes on adolescent cardiovascular risk and maternal morbidity. The primary objectives are to: 1) create a school-based adolescent preconception cohort by linking school environment, adolescent health, and Medicaid birth data; 2) engage adolescents and...
This Project Grant award of $403,726 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 - Cardiovascular Diseases Research) will fund a study by Temple University to assess the use of carbon stable isotope ratio (CIR) from breath samples as an indicator of adherence and effectiveness of a 12-week behavioral intervention to reduce added sugar intake in adolescents. The study will map onto an ongoing randomized controlled trial, examining the feasibility and efficacy of using daily...
This Project Grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 - Cardiovascular Diseases Research) provides $748,647 to William Marsh Rice University to conduct a longitudinal study exploring food insecurity as a social determinant of cardiovascular health and psychological well-being among Latino immigrants. The study will collect mixed-methods data from 450 Latino immigrants to characterize the relationships between food insecurity, nutrition, inflammation,...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (CFDA 93.837 - Cardiovascular Diseases Research) provides $719,140 to New York University to conduct a 5-year study titled "OPT-FRESH: OPTIMIZING ONLINE PURCHASING OF FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND LEGUMES FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES." The project aims to test three experimental components to increase online purchasing of healthy foods by low-income families in New York City, in order to improve cardiovascular...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research, will support a $1,346,289 research study conducted by Drexel University. The goal of the study is to evaluate the effects of federal and state nutrition policies, as well as local community food environments, on childhood obesity and obesity disparities among diverse Asian American...