Childhood Obesity Program Area

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.

The Long-Term Returns of Obesity Prevention Policies

April 24, 2013 | Report

Obesity-prevention policies could save the U.S. billions of dollars in the long run. A new report from the Campaign to End Obesity shows that the way estimates for the costs of legislation are done now misses a lot of their value.

TEDMED 2013

April 16, 2013 | Feature

RWJF is a proud supporter of TEDMED's 20 Great Challenges of Health and Medicine and several of the innovative thinkers who have shared their ideas on the TEDMED stage.

Healthy Eating Research

April 5, 2013 | Program Result

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.

Features

April 3, 2013 | Feature

Highlights from the Foundation's many stories and articles, enterprise-wide.

Do Health Policies Aimed at School Children Lower Childhood Obesity Rates?

March 14, 2013 | Program Result

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.

Recommendations for Healthier Beverages

March 12, 2013 | Issue Brief

Beverage choices contribute significantly to dietary and caloric intake in the United States. Healthy Eating Research convened an expert advisory panel to develop a comprehensive set of age-based recommendations to define healthier beverages.

State Laws Governing School Meals and Disparities in Fruit/Vegetable Intake

March 12, 2013 | Journal Article

Requiring a minimum number of fruits and vegetables in school lunch programs increases overall consumption, especially among teens who do not have regular access to those foods at home.

Better-For-You Foods

March 1, 2013 | Report

Packaged goods companies and restaurant chains can succeed in satisfying both the increased consumer demand for healthier foods and beverages, and improving their bottom lines.

A Research Network to Prevent Obesity Among Latino Children

March 1, 2013 | Journal Article

RWJF's Salud America! has developed a network of experts and community advocates working to reverse Latino childhood obesity.

An Introduction to Salud America!

March 1, 2013 | Journal Article

RWJF's Salud America! research network seeks to fill the gap of scientific data on causes of Latino childhood obesity and address this epidemic in U.S. Latino communities.