High Obesity Program

Programs to Reduce Obesity in High Obesity Areas to Boost Prevention

11 awards
$8.2 million

These projects fund land grant colleges and universities in states with counties that have more than 40% prevalence of adult obesity. Residents of these communities may have less access to healthy foods and fewer opportunities to be physically active. The universities conduct intervention strategies through existing cooperative extension and outreach services at the county level, in targeted counties, to improve physical activity and nutrition, reduce obesity, and prevent and control diabetes, heart disease and stroke.

Infographic: Programs to Reduce Obesity in High Obesity Areas [PDF-4.56MB]

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State	Awardee	Grantee Profiles	FY2016 Funding Amount	Principal Investigator	Email Address
Alabama	Auburn University	[PDF-2.9MB]	$1,339,162	Barb Struempler	struebj@aces.edu
Arkansas	University of Arkansas, Fayetteville	[PDF-3.69MB]	$864,773	Lisa Washburn	lwashburn@uaex.edu
Georgia	University of Georgia	Coming soon	$633,680	Marsha Davis	davism@uga.edu
Indiana	Purdue University	Coming soon	$578,449	Timothy Gavin	gavin1@purdue.edu
Kentucky	University of Kentucky	[PDF-2.4MB]	$826,256	Ann Vail	ann.vail@uky.edu
Louisiana	Louisiana State University	[PDF-5.64MB]	$824,977	Denise Holston	DHolston@agcenter.lsu.edu
North Carolina	North Carolina State University	Coming soon	$773,677	Anne Hardison-Moody	amhardis@ncsu.edu
South Dakota	South Dakota State University	[PDF-1.4MB]	$628,456	Suzanne Stluka	Suzanne.Stluka@sdstate.edu
Tennessee	University of Tennessee	[PDF-5MB]	$1,038,000	Laura Stephenson	lsteph18@tennessee.edu
Texas	Texas A&M University	[PDF-5.4MB]	$972,990	Carol Rice	crice@ag.tamu.edu
West Virginia	West Virginia University	[PDF-9.2MB]	$453,747	Cindy Fitch	cindy.fitch@mail.wvu.edu