Welcome to the Energy Balance Laboratory
The Center for Physical Activity and Weight Management supports research, training and outreach on weight loss
and weight maintenance.
We have funded projects from the National Institutes of Health to investigate exercise, nutrition,
prevention of obesity and weight loss in both adults and children. We maintain 4 behaviorally based weight loss clinics.
The major feature of the center is the Energy Balance Laboratory in Robinson Center. Operating since
January 2000, the 8,000-square-foot facility contains state-of-the-art instrumentation to measure energy intake and energy
expenditure.
In the News
The University of Kansas 10th Annual Conference on the Prevention and Treatment of Overweight and Obese Individuals
September 4-6, 2008
Donnelly to direct new
KU-Children's Mercy obesity research, treatment and public health center
Joseph E. Donnelly, director of the Center for Physical Activity and Weight Management
The Center for Physical Activity and Weight Management, one of the Life Span Institute's 12 affiliated
research centers, will lead a major effort to reduce childhood obesity from a new facility in the urban core of Kansas
City, Missouri, at one of the premier pediatric hospitals in the country.
A new flier for the Center for Physical Activity and Weight Management is available for download. (October 30th, 2006)
For more information click on the email link below:
Weight Control Research Program
Long Term Exercise Program
Annual Obesity Conference