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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 18, 2011
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From 2003 to 2009, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed the cost-effectiveness of seven community-based interventions to promote physical activity in adults, conducted 2 HIAs and held 19 workshops.
January 28, 2011
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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.
January 23, 2009
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Between September 2005 and December 2007, Public Health Informatics Institute staff conducted telephone interviews and met with diverse stakeholders involved with childhood obesity to learn about their needs for information.
June 9, 2008
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In 2001, the California Center for Public Health Advocacy published policy briefs about childhood obesity and fitness levels and diabetes mortality rates throughout California.
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.
November 1, 2004
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For its September/October 2003 issue, the American Journal of Health Promotion published a special issue entitled "Health Promoting Community Design."
July 1, 2004
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The American Public Health Association held its 2003 National Public Health Week, focusing on raising awareness of the obesity epidemic.
May 1, 2003
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The independent Task Force on Community Preventive Services formed by the federal CDC began to develop and publish the Guide to Community Preventive Services, a set of recommendations for disease prevention and control based on scientific evidence.
December 1, 2002
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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.
September 1, 2002
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The American Psychological Association produced and disseminated a book entitled Integrating Behavioral and Social Sciences with Public Health, and created a Web site based on the themes and presentations of its May 1998 interdisciplinary conference.
