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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.
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September 17, 2012
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Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
January 28, 2011
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Program Result Report
Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice for Healthy Youth Behavior conducts research on how laws, policies, practices, programs and other environmental influences at the state, community and school levels affect youth behaviors.
May 22, 2013
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Program Result Report
Consultants from Tandeka LLC developed and led a pilot training program that prepares advocates to spearhead public-policy advocacy campaigns, particularly ones that promote childhood obesity prevention policies.
March 14, 2013
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Program Result Report
The California Center for Public Health Advocacy studied data on childhood obesity in the state to determine whether incidence of the condition had declined from 2005 to 2010, and whether any decline could be attributed to changes in policy.
February 20, 2013
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Program Result Report
The Bipartisan Policy Center hosted five public forums and produced a report, Lots to Lose: How America's Health and Obesity Crisis Threatens our Economic Future.
December 14, 2012
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Program Result Report
Researchers analyzed state legislation on childhood obesity for factors that predict enactment and to understand the relationship between enacted policies and obesity rates. They developed tools to help others analyze legislation.
December 3, 2012
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Program Result Report
The Campaign to End Obesity conducted a study to demonstrate that effective anti-obesity initiatives can significantly lower the epidemic's burden on the nation's health care system over the long term.
November 5, 2012
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Program Result Report
A Progress Report: Combating childhood obesity through local and state policy change.
April 11, 2012
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Program Result Report
The Mvskoke Food Sovereignty Initiative in rural Oklahoma brings together tribal decisionmakers, health experts and farmers to help overhaul the local food system, address obesity among native people and reconnect with traditional tribal practices.
February 17, 2012
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Program Result Report
In Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities, partnerships in 49 communities nationwide are changing local policies and revamping the physical environment to foster healthy living and prevent childhood obesity.
December 1, 2002
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Program Result Report
The Health Promotion Research Foundation held the 12th Annual Art and Science of Health Promotion Conference on February 12-16, 2001, in Washington, D.C., to begin to document the health and financial impact of health promotion.
