The UT Health San Antonio, with missions of teaching, research and healing, is one of the country’s leading health sciences universities.
Principal Investigator(s)
Leadbetter, Elizabeth
Funded by
NIH-ALLERGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Obesity is a critical global epidemic, a leading cause of preventable death, and a source of skyrocketing healthcare costs. Currently more than two thirds of US adults are overweight and at least one third are consideredobese.