# Early Brain Development and Childhood Obesity

> **NIH NIH R01** · RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL · 2020 · $498,848

## Abstract

RELEVANCE TO PUBLIC HEALTH
Improved understanding of the potential underlying early influences on child obesity is an important first step
towards developing effective public health and educational policies. This study aims to examine the role of
infant early childhood brain development as a potential mediator linking genetic and pre and post-natal
environmental factors known to be associated with obesity, and child appetitive responses, appetitive-related
characteristics, and child weight trajectories and outcomes for the first time. With more than one third of US
children entering kindergarten currently overweight and at-risk for an array of preventable lifelong physical and
metal health conditions, this work addresses a pressing social, economic, and public health concern with
significant long-lasting affects.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10083804
- **Project number:** 7R01DK113286-03
- **Recipient organization:** RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL
- **Principal Investigator:** Susan Carnell
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $498,848
- **Award type:** 7
- **Project period:** 2020-06-01 → 2023-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10083804

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10083804, Early Brain Development and Childhood Obesity (7R01DK113286-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10083804. Licensed CC0.

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