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Being Realistic About Body Image May Help Women Lose Weight

May 3, 2013 | Story

Making peace with extra pounds may make it harder to get in shape.

Group-Based Incentives for Weight Loss Produce Better Results

April 22, 2013 | Story

RWJF Scholar identifies most effective incentive programs for employee weight loss.

Menu Labeling Regulations and Calories Purchased at Chain Restaurants

June 1, 2013 | Journal Article

This study examined whether the mean number of calories purchased by consumers decreased after the regulation to include caloric information on menus was implemented.

Obesity and Health Risk of Children in the Mississippi Delta

October 1, 2012 | Journal Article

Elementary school-age children in the Mississippi Delta have a troubling distinction: a large percentage of them are overweight or obese, based on body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and waist-to-height ratios. Assessing the impact of health policies, this study suggests, requires consistent measures of multiple weight-related outcomes, including BMI and waist-to-height ratio.

Padres Unidos Advocates for Recess Before Lunch

April 11, 2012 | Program Results Report

The Healthy Students, Healthy Minds project of Padres Unidos is working with Denver school board officials to implement a recess-before-lunch policy in all public schools, a schedule that gets kids to eat better and reduces discipline problems.

Communities Creating Healthy Environments: Improving Access to Healthy Foods and Safe Places in Communities of Color

April 11, 2012 | Program Results Report

Communities Creating Healthy Environments aims to curb childhood obesity in communities of color by using community organizing for social justice to advocate for policy changes color. Read this report on its progress.

News Media Framing of Childhood Obesity in the United States from 2000 to 2009

July 1, 2011 | Journal Article

An analysis of news coverage of childhood obesity suggests attention to the topic has already waned, and that media framing of the issue and its causes, which can influence public opinion, shifted over time and varied by media type.

Sustained Body Mass Index Changes One and Two Years Post MATCH

October 18, 2011 | Journal Article

Educators and health promotion proponents can partner to achieve health and educational goals simultaneously.

Healthy Eating is a Community Event in Guam

November 22, 2011 | Story

Winning Strategies in the Fight Against Childhood Obesity.

Targeting Overweight Kids and Their Parents in Vineland, N.J.

November 4, 2011 | Program Results Report

South Jersey Healthcare implemented Success Through Exercise, Physical Fitness and Sharing Information for Kids, a 12-week course that helps overweight children and their parents in low-income and minority communities combat obesity.

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