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The USC Childhood Obesity Research Center (CORC) is a collaborative effort between USC and Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles that strives to maintain and further build our position as one of the nation’s leading research teams addressing childhood obesity. The center, under the direction of Dr. Michael I Goran, strives to understand childhood obesity and its related conditions, to examine its relationship to minority health, and to develop novel strategies for prevention and treatment.
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STAND (Strength Training and Nutrition Development in African American Youth)
STAND seeks to understand body fat distribution, insulin resistance, insulin-like growth factors and binding proteins, inflammatory markers, and oxidative stress in overweight African Americans during the critical period of adolescent growth.
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