Tufts receives grant to study obesity prevention in new immigrants
Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 16:28
in Health & Medicine
Tufts University has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to design an obesity prevention program for new immigrants. Led by Principal Investigator Christina D. Economos, PhD, the clinical trial will randomise more than 400 mothers and their elementary school age children living in Somerville, Mass., and follow them for two years...