

Tanita Healthy Weight
Community Trust Grants

The Tanita Healthy Weight Community Trust is a non-profit, public fund
established in 1994 by TANITA in cooperation with the government of Japan.
TANITA is a leading manufacturer of professional and home-use body composition/body
fat monitors.
The mission of the Trust has been to support scientific study aimed at combating
obesity and other weight and body composition-related problems in Japan.
From 2004, in commemoration of the 10th
anniversary
of the Trust, eligibilitiy includes applicants worldwide.
Grants will be awarded to multiple recipients in two main categories – Research
and Activities. Research grants will be awarded to people or organizations
conducting studies on the epidemiology of fatness, with the goal of combating
obesity worldwide. Activities grants will be awarded to people or organizations
conducting activities to educate about obesity and other body composition-related
problems, and to promote their elimination.