Food and exercise as medicine: a new medical approach for the prevention of age-related diseases
Description: The proposed research program will establish a new medical approach for the prevention and treatment of age-related diseases that share a common metabolic and molecular substrate. The primary objective of this program is to evaluate the clinical, metabolic, and molecular effects of specific nutrition and physical exercise interventions in four thematic clinical outcomes – metabolic-inflammatory diseases, breast cancer, cardiovascular disease, and dementia ‒ and to establish the interconnection.
Amount: A$2,721,000
Funding type: research
Funder scheme: Investigator Grants - Leadership
Investigator: Luigi Fontana
Institution: University of Sydney
Funded outputs count: 30
Funder award ID: 1177797
OpenAlex ID: G1448782346