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Can We Achieve Evidence-Based Policy and Practice on Active Travel?
January 1, 2009 | Commentary
In this commentary prepared for the 2008 Active Living Research Conference, Philip Insall of Sustrans, a UK nonprofit organization, shares his insights into how research can be used to shape policies that encourage people to travel on foot or by bicycle.
Where Different Worlds Collide
January 1, 2009 | Commentary
Researchers need to think from the viewpoint of practitioners and policy-makers to have a real world impact, according to Rob Moodie of the University of Melbourne in a commentary prepared for the 2008 Active Living Research Conference.
New Report: Adult Obesity Rates Rise in 37 States, Obesity Rates Now Exceed 25 Percent in More Than Half of States
August 19, 2008 | News Release/Video
Rates increased for a second consecutive year in 24 states and for a third consecutive year in 19 states.
U.S. Secondary Schools Serving Up Unhealthy Foods
July 7, 2008 | News Release
More than 9 in 10 high schools sell foods and beverages in vending machines and a la carte.
School BMI Assessment Report Shows Arkansas Holding the Line on Childhood Obesity
September 10, 2006 | News Release
Recommended Reading Establishing a Baseline to Evaluate Act 1220 of 2003: An Act of the Arkansas General Assembly to Combat Childhood Obesity Year Two Evaluation: Arkansas Act 1220 of 2003 to Combat Childhood Obesity Arkansas Act 1220 Evaluation The ...
Industry Efforts to Improve Nutrition and Marketing for Children's Cereals Yield Mixed Results
News Release
The first Cereal FACTS study was released in 2009, and found that least healthy cereals were those most frequently and aggressively marketed directly to children as young as age 2.
Statement from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Regarding the Release of the Report "Still Too Fat to Fight" from Mission: Readiness
Commentary
The widespread availability of junk food in our schools is a serious problem.
RWJF Comments on Proposed Nutrition Standards for School Snacks Foods and Beverages
Commentary
RWJF comments on USDA's proposed nutrition standards for so-called "competitive foods."