Figure 2.

Trends in the number of energy-balance research grants at the NCI by: (a) study topic area; and (b) design, both for FY2004–FY2010

Note: The solid line labeled “total number of grants” indicates all energy-balance research grants funded by NCI over the time period. Topics were broadly defined and categorized as the primary measure of energy balance addressed in the grant application. Each topic spans multiple levels of research, including basic science, genetics, cellular mechanisms and animal models, epidemiologic and observational research, surveillance, measurement/validation, and intervention development and delivery. Grants that examined energy balance more broadly or outside the context of diet, physical activity, or weight are not included in this figure.

FY, fiscal year; NCI, National Cancer Institute