MEXICAN AMERICAN OBESE CHILDREN STUDY

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 具体目标： 我们建议研究一组墨西哥裔美国肥胖儿童和对照组。我们的目标是确定儿童的基因类型和表型，并找出哪些特征可能与肥胖和肥胖相关的病态结果有关。我们还旨在评估卫生局局长关于在墨西哥裔美国人口中预防和减少儿童超重和肥胖的行动呼吁的建议的某些方面的影响。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. SPECIFIC AIMS: We propose to study a population of Mexican-American obese children and controls. We aim to characterize the children's genotypes and phenotypes and find out which characteristics may be associated with obesity and obesity-related morbid outcomes. We also aim to evaluate the impact of some aspects of the recommendations of the Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity in Children in a Mexican-American population.