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.
Childhood Obesity
More than two-thirds of adults and one-third of children in America are obese or at risk for obesity. To reverse this epidemic, we must identify the policy and environmental changes that lead to increased physical activity and better nutrition. We also must support the advocacy that will result in widespread adoption of those policies.
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F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2013
August 16, 2013 | Report
Thirteen states now have adult obesity rates above 30 percent, 41 states have rates of at least 25 percent, and every state is above 20 percent, according to the report.
Reaching the Goal of 60 Minutes of Physical Activity for Children
February 1, 2013 | Issue Brief
National experts recommend that children get at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day, but many children do not. This brief describes school and community strategies that can help kids be active.
A New Front for Retired Admirals and Generals: Childhood Obesity
October 3, 2012 | Program Results Report
MISSION: READINESS (retired high-ranking members of the military) advocated to reverse childhood obesity by focusing on the threat it poses to national security through meetings and letters to policy-makers, reports, and media coverage.
Still Too Fat to Fight
September 25, 2012 | Report
Students in the United States consume almost 400 billion calories from high-calorie, low-nutrient foods sold at school each year.
An Action Agenda for Schools and Communities to Fight Obesity
July 30, 2012 | Program Results Report
During 2006 to 2007, TV and radio host Tavis Smiley convened town hall meetings in four U.S. cities to raise awareness of childhood obesity. A key organization in each city then worked to spur state and local efforts to address the growing problem.
School Budgets, Student Health to Benefit from Higher Nutrition Standards
June 26, 2012 | News Release
Updated standards for snacks, drinks sold in school likely to have positive impact, study finds.
Ethical Concerns Regarding Interventions to Prevent and Control Childhood Obesity
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The articles presented in this collection highlight ideas generated and conclusions reached at the Symposium on Ethical Issues in Interventions for Childhood Obesity.
A Question of Competing Rights, Priorities, and Principles
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Ethical arguments related to childhood obesity policies raised during the 2010 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) symposium sharpen our awareness of complex and fundamental questions about the functions of society and how policies are defined and implemented to benefit different entities.
Reversing the Tide of Obesity
August 27, 2011 | Journal Article
Building the library of practice-based evidence to reverse the reverse the obesity trend.
Changing the Future of Obesity
August 27, 2011 | Journal Article
Recommended The Future Challenge of Obesity Reversing the Tide of Obesity Where Next for Obesity? Obesity has been increasing worldwide over the past 30 years in all segments of society and in countries rich and poor. Changes in the global food syst ...