Funding Opportunity Announcement: Developing Sustainable Healthy Behaviors in Children and Adolescents

by: Michael Saunders

The National Institutes of Health, being the US Department of Health and Human Services' primary agency responsible for bio-medical and health-related research, constantly works towards the promotion of efficient disease prevention mechanisms.

A considerable amount of data implies that a person's lifestyle can tremendously affect the prevalence of various disease conditions such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, substance abuse, and sexually transmitted diseases. The NIH has found that while several research bodies have explored the complexities of sustaining healthy behaviors, the effects of these behaviors in sustaining a healthy lifestyle in children and adolescents have remained under-studied.

In line with this discovery, the NIH, along with National Institute of Nursing Research, with participation from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institutes, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and finally the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, has issued the Funding Opportunity Announcement(FOA).

The FOA is designed to encourage the use of Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Awards in employing innovative research studies that would help in determining mechanisms that could promote and influence positive sustainable health behaviors in children and in adolescents, from birth to 18 years old.

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About The Author Michael Saunders is an editor of TopGovernmentGrants.com one the the most comprehensive Websites offering information on government grants and federal government programs. He also maintains Websites providing resources on foundation grants and youth program grants.

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Nutrition Obesity Research Centers Grant Program
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