April 1, 2006
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The Berkeley Media Studies Group explored how to accelerate public health efforts to prevent obesity by: convening two meetings and producing a final report on the recommendations and findings generated from meeting participants.
June 1, 2006
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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.
August 1, 2006
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Samuels & Associates conducted in-depth case studies in six California school districts to examine the implementation and effect of laws that set nutrition standards for foods and beverages in public schools.
May 1, 2005
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Action for Healthy Kids worked with experts in education, health, physical education and nutrition to test and apply a set of evaluation criteria for the best school-based interventions that address childhood obesity.
June 1, 2005
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TIME magazine and ABC News convened a national conference, "The TIME/ABC News Summit on Obesity," in Williamsburg, Va., on June 2-4, 2004. RWJF was the presenting sponsor. Aetna, America's Milk Processors and the New Balance Foundation also provided funding.
September 1, 2005
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From December 2001 through October 2002, staff from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) collected and analyzed information on state statutes and policies that promote walking and biking for physical activity.
October 1, 2005
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The American Association for Retired Persons (AARP) conducted a social marketing project from 2002 to 2004 to promote increased physical activity in Richmond, Va., and Madison, Wis.
December 1, 2005
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In 2004, staff of Mathematica Policy Research, based in Princeton, N.J., analyzed marketplace conditions that might influence the retail food industry to produce and package food in smaller portions.
October 1, 2004
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The Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy convened 47 public and private sector professionals on August 14-15, 2003, in Washington for a roundtable, "Prevention and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity: Toward a Roadmap for Advocacy and Action."
November 1, 2004
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Pyramid Communications, a Seattle-based strategic public affairs organization, produced a report for RWJF on school-based physical activity and healthy eating programs to help curb the nation's childhood obesity epidemic.
