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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.
April 15, 2008
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Harlem Children's Zone, a social service organization in New York City's Central Harlem, operated a monthly farmers market that provided low-income families with easy access to fresh produce at reduced or no cost.
April 5, 2013
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Healthy Eating Research aims to reduce childhood obesity by funding studies to examine policy and environmental approaches with potential to improve children's diets - especially children in the groups at the highest risk for obesity.
May 23, 2011
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From 2009 to 2010, Active Voice, San Francisco, organized Ingredients for Change, a nationwide grassroots campaign designed to spur public awareness and advocacy around healthy food, food justice and childhood obesity.
July 30, 2012
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During 2006 to 2007, TV and radio host Tavis Smiley convened town hall meetings in four U.S. cities to raise awareness of childhood obesity. A key organization in each city then worked to spur state and local efforts to address the growing problem.
September 21, 2009
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The OASIS mission is to enrich the lives of mature adults by engaging them in lifelong learning and service programs so they can learn, lead and contribute in their communities.
September 20, 2009
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FirstHealth is a nonprofit health system covering 15 counties with a network of hospitals, health and fitness centers, primary and dental care centers, and a hospice and home care program.
January 27, 2009
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In the cafeteria and the classroom, a nutritionist teaches students at T.T. Minor Elementary School about healthy eating and encourages them to eat the fruits and vegetables that are available throughout the school day.
January 27, 2009
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The Healthy Eating by Design partnership involved the school staff in the development of the program and paid for additional cafeteria staff time and kitchen equipment.
January 27, 2009
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Tiffany's Smoketown neighborhood, located just a few blocks from downtown Louisville, is considered a food desert, with the nearest supermarket two miles away but fast-food restaurants on virtually every corner of Broadway, the main street.
January 27, 2009
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The partnership recognized that in order to accomplish its goals, all of its strategies needed to be culturally, linguistically and economically appropriate for community residents.
