The Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center
is affiliated with Brown Medical School, Miriam Hospital and Lifespan.  The main goal of the Center is to foster high quality research on the prevention and treatment of obesity. 

Our Center director, Rena Wing, Ph.D., is a world renowned obesity researcher and has been a leader in this field for over 20 years. 

Our research programs use a multidisciplinary approach focusing on healthy eating, exercise, and modifying behavior to promote weight loss and maintenance. 

Our staff includes exercise physiologists, registered dietitians and psychologists.

Click here to learn more about our ongoing research

**Learn more about the Childhood Healthy Lifestyles Study

**Learn more about Project SLEEP


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To participate in research programs 
offered by our center, please 
send us your information 
via  this form:
 
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