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.