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Task Force Targets 'Food Deserts'
July 25, 2011 | News Release
New Report: Adult Obesity Increases in 16 States in the Past Year
July 7, 2011 | News Release
Since 1995 rates have doubled or nearly doubled in 17 states.
Alliance for a Healthier Generation Receives $23 Million Grant to Expand Healthy Schools Program
June 13, 2011 | News Release
President Bill Clinton to announce Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant renewal, honor 275 high-performing schools at the Healthy Schools Forum.
Communities Ramp Up Efforts to Address Childhood Obesity
May 31, 2011 | News Release
Twelve communities of color and indigenous nations receive $3 million to improve access to healthy foods and safe places to play.
We Need Bold Action on Childhood Obesity
July 8, 2010 | Commentary
Americans are "way ahead of their elected officials" and they want action now, says RWJF Senior Vice President James S. Marks in a commentary on The Huffington Post.
Kathryn S. Fuller, JoAnn Heffernan Heisen and Willard D. Nielsen Join Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Board of Trustees
January 23, 2011 | News Release
Fuller, Heisen and Nielsen join an existing group of 11 board members representing a wide array of backgrounds and passionately committed to improving the health and health care of all Americans and making a difference in your lifetime.
Alliance for a Healthier Generation's Healthy Schools Program Now Reaches More Than 10,000 Schools
January 12, 2011 | News Release
Healthy Schools Program provides free expert advice and resources to schools in all 50 states as they work to prevent childhood obesity.
Nuevo Informe de Yale Revela Mercadeo Inaudito de Bebidas Azucaradas a los Jovenes a Pesar de las Promesas de la Industria
January 1, 2011 | News Release
Young people are being exposed to a substantial amount of marketing for sugary drinks, such as full-calorie soda, sports drinks, energy drinks, and fruit drinks, according to a new study from the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity.
Despite Industry Promises, Yale Study Finds Unprecedented Marketing of Sugary Drinks to Youth
January 1, 2011 | News Release
Young people are being exposed to a substantial amount of marketing for sugary drinks, such as full-calorie soda, sports drinks, energy drinks, and fruit drinks, according to a new study from the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity.
Illinois Elementary School Earns National Award for Combating Childhood Obesity
December 20, 2010 | News Release
Northeast Elementary Magnet School in Danville is first elementary school in America to earnGold National Recognition Award from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation.