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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.
August 1, 2011
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Program Result Report
PolicyLink, in partnership with the Food Trust and the Reinvestment Fund, developed and promoted model federal policies to improve local food environments and increase access to healthy, affordable foods.
August 30, 2010
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Program Result Report
RWJF provided four grants to enable the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices to enlist governors in tackling the childhood obesity epidemic and encourage state innovation in policies and programs.
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.
May 23, 2011
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Program Result Report
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.
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.
November 10, 2010
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Program Result Report
Researchers and community leaders across the country are using the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey (NEMS) widely, and the data they have gathered, in some cases, has helped influence stores and restaurants to improve their food choices.
October 1, 2010
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Program Result Report
This project developed the Nutritional Environment Measures Surveys (NEMS), pilot tested the measures in four Atlanta neighborhoods and developed a training program on using the measures.
August 4, 2010
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Program Result Report
ISAIAH, a faith-based community organization of 90 congregations, mobilized community activists to promote the links between transportation and access to healthy foods and to bring light-rail stops to low-income neighborhoods in the Twin Cities.
December 9, 2009
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Program Result Report
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held its second National Summit on Legal Preparedness for Obesity Prevention and Control in June 2008.
November 1, 2007
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Program Result Report
The League of American Bicyclists organized a national meeting, conducted a training session and produced a video to influence the scope, uptake and effectiveness of the national Safe Routes to School Program.
