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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.
March 1, 2006
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Program Result Report
New Jersey mayors play a key role in decisions regarding land use planning and design in their communities yet, many lack good information about the connection between community design and public health.
June 1, 2006
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Program Result Report
The California Center gathered and prepared a group of 31 teens to participate in the 2003 Smart Growth Network conference on community planning and design.
June 1, 2005
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Program Result Report
Friends of the Community Path, a Somerville, Mass., citizens' group, helped raise funds to design a new 2.5-mile extension of a bicycle and pedestrian pathway that, when completed, will connect a popular commuter bikeway to downtown Boston.
November 1, 2004
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Program Result Report
New Jersey Future, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and advocacy organization, developed a special "Creating Healthy Communities" section on its Smart Growth Gateway Web site (no longer in existence) in April 2003.
February 4, 2013
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Program Result Report
From 2001 to 2009, 25 community partnerships across the country pursued projects designed to revamp the built environment and change public policies to make physical activity part of everyday life.
November 5, 2012
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Program Result Report
A Progress Report: Combating childhood obesity through local and state policy change.
August 25, 2011
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Program Result Report
Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi created and implemented Get a Life!, an initiative to combat childhood obesity by improving access to nutritious food and increasing opportunities for safe physical activities for children in the region.
October 22, 2010
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Program Result Report
Researchers from the University of California, Davis, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences analyzed spending of federal funds for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure across metropolitan regions nationwide and conducted case studies.
April 11, 2010
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Program Result Report
A research team led by Kim Reynolds, PhD, of Claremont Graduate University, studied the relationship between the characteristics of urban trails and their adjacent neighborhoods and people's use of those trails for physical activity.
March 15, 2011
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Program Result Report
The Yavapai-Apache Youth Council built a walking trail near tribal headquarters in Camp Verde, Ariz.
