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Children and adolescents are bombarded with promotions for foods and beverages, and the majority of products advertised to them are high in calories, sugar, sodium and fat. Although many social, cultural and environmental factors influence children’s and... | Issue and policy briefs, Reports | 11/03/2008 |
Workshop Explores How to Evaluate the Impact of School Policies on Childhood Obesity Samuels & Associates, a research and evaluation firm based in Oakland, Calif., organized the National Evaluation and Measurement Meeting on School Nutrition and Physical... | Grant Results Reports | 10/31/2008 |
Building a Social Movement to Reverse Childhood Obesity Risa Lavizzo-Mourey delivered the keynote speech at the annual meeting of the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) held in Salt Lake City. | President's Corner, Speeches and commentaries | 10/31/2008 |
Childhood Obesity: The Role of Health Policy In the last five years, childhood obesity has emerged as a leading public health threat. This report to the 2008 Second National Childhood Obesity Congress summarizes key findings of a two-year effort of the National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare... | Reports | 10/27/2008 |
How Schools Can Raise Money Without Unhealthy Vending Contracts and Fundraisers The Center for Science in the Public Interest analyzed the economic impact of school vending machine contracts, investigated the problems associated with school fund-raisers involving low-nutrition... | Grant Results Reports | 10/17/2008 |
New Directions in Obesity Prevention and Treatment Based in Washington, D.C., AcademyHealth is the professional home for health services researchers, policy analysts and practitioners, and a nonpartisan resource for health research and policy. The annual research meeting brings together health services researchers,... | Meeting and conference reports, Reports | 10/16/2008 |
Obesity Prevention in the Information Age This paper recommends labeling menus in restaurants with caloric information so that customers have a better idea of what they are eating and may eat healthier as a result. Restaurant associations oppose the measure for various reasons. | Journal articles | 10/07/2008 |
Arkansas Continues to Hold the Line on Childhood Obesity The latest assessment of Arkansas's efforts to reverse childhood and adolescent obesity shows that rates were held in check for a fifth year.The report by the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement is a comprehensive analysis of body mass index (BMI) data... | Stories and articles | 10/07/2008 |
The Burden of Childhood Obesity James Marks, M.D., M.P.H., RWJF senior vice president and director, Health Group, provided remarks at the 2008 National Public Health Information Coalition's (NPHIC) annual conference in San Antonio, Texas. Each year, the NPHIC conference attracts public health... | Speeches and commentaries | 10/06/2008 |
The following is a statement by Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation:The decision by Yum! Brands Inc. that its thousands of restaurants will begin providing calorie information on menus is a... | President's Corner, Speeches and commentaries | 10/02/2008 |
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