Advancing Obesity Solutions through Integrated Research

The Gordon-Larsen Research Group studies the integration of biology, behaviors and environments to inform efforts to prevent, manage, and treat obesity. We use trans-disciplinary, multilevel and pathway-based approaches to answer questions about the roles of molecular, genetic, biological, behavioral, and environmental factors that shape obesity and its consequences. We are particularly interested in understanding why some people who are affected by obesity do not have cardiometabolic diseases, while others do. We are also interested in why two people who consume the same diets and exercise equally can have very different susceptibility to weight gain, with the aim of developing treatment approaches that go far beyond the “one-size-fits-all” approach that is so common.