Childhood Obesity Program Area

RWJF is committed to tackling one of the most urgent threats to the health of our children and families—childhood obesity. Our goal is to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015.

Strong Medicine for a Healthier America

December 20, 2010 | Journal Article/Story

American Journal of Preventive Medicine supplement examines how social factors affect health and offers recommendations for action.

RWJF Launches Commission to Build a Healthier America

February 27, 2008 | Video/Story

The nonpartisan commission will investigate how factors such as education, environment, income and housing shape and affect personal behavioral choices. The United States spends more on health than any other nation. Yet, the U.S. ranks at or near th ...

Commission Seeks Ways to Foster Better Health Outcomes and Improve the Health of All Americans

February 27, 2008 | Story

Foundation issues new report which finds poor, minority and middle-class Americans with less education live sicker and die younger.