Grant: Operating Grant
McGill University
$679,569.00
Neurobehavioral determinants of weight gain in young adults.
FY 2013-14
Summary
First year college undergraduates can gain up to 15 pounds. This is the first year many students are
making food choices on their own. They provide a perfect population then to study the role of food
choices in obesity. Our goal is to find personality and behavioral variables that predict weight gain in
these individuals, using questionnaires, laboratory tasks, and brain imaging. We then plan to test
behavioral interventions to render vulnerable individuals more resilient to stress and the lure of high
calorie food.
Department
Program
Operating Grant
Recipient
Location
Quebec, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
CIHR Funding Decisions Database
As published
Id
304735
Name
Dagher Alain
Region
Québec
Country
Canada
Orgtype
Institution Paid; Research Institution
Instname2
Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes
Theme2
Biomedical
Prcname2
Nutrition, Food & Health
Projecttitle
Neurobehavioral determinants of weight gain in young adults.
Programtype2
Operating Grants
Orgnameinp2
McGill University
Cihramount2
$679,569
Cihrequipment2
$0
Programname2
Operating Grant
Keyworddelim
Fmri; Neuroscience; Obesity; Stress
Abstract
First year college undergraduates can gain up to 15 pounds. This is the first year many students are
making food choices on their own. They provide a perfect population then to study the role of food
choices in obesity. Our goal is to find personality and behavioral variables that predict weight gain in
these individuals, using questionnaires, laboratory tasks, and brain imaging. We then plan to test
behavioral interventions to render vulnerable individuals more resilient to stress and the lure of high
calorie food.
Competitiondate
201403
Approvedterm2
5 yrs 0 mth
Pinamesdelim
Dagher, Alain
Approvedterm
5 ans 0 mois
Cihrcontribution2
~ $679,569~ $0~
