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.

Summary Progress Report Active Living by Design Grant Program

September 1, 2009 | Report

In 2003, there were 25 community partnerships (CPs) from across the country who were selected to receive funding for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF) Active Living by Design (ALbD) initiative. Results from the funded communities are presented in the context of the "5P" Community Action Model.

Evaluation of Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities: Supporting Community Action to Prevent Childhood Obesity

February 21, 2010 | Evaluation

Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities works to implement healthy eating and active living policy- and environmental-change initiatives that can support healthier communities for children and families across the United States.

Cost Effectiveness of Community-Based Physical Activity Interventions

December 1, 2008 | Journal Article

Seven interventions that promote physical activity are cost-effective and have a significant impact on quality of life and health.

Evaluation of Communities Creating Healthy Environments

September 18, 2009 | Evaluation

A participatory evaluation of Communities Creating Healthy Environments (C-CHE) is being conducted to evaluate grassroots activities that has been demonstrated to be optimally useful for grassroots advocacy in particular.

Columbia, Mo.: Parents and Students Show Support for Healthy Changes

January 27, 2009 | Program Result

Guided by the director of Columbia Access Television, a registered dietitian and their teacher at West Boulevard Elementary School, the fifth-grade students' experience culminated in the production of healthy eating video messages.

Transforming Health and Health Care in Vulnerable Communities

July 6, 2012 | Feature

Each year, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leaders Award honors America’s best―10 unsung heroes who have forged their own solutions to the shortcomings and challenges facing our nation’s health care system.

Washington, D.C., Schools Provide Nutritious Meals After School

November 22, 2011 | Story

Children also have had access to federally funded snacks in afterschool programs.

Rocky Boy Indian Reservation in Montana Gives Lessons in Reading Labels, Cooking Healthier

November 22, 2011 | Story

Winning Strategies in the Fight Against Childhood Obesity.

Developing Healthy Communities

November 3, 2011 | Story

A partnership between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Federal Reserve System explores how the community development and health sectors can work together to improve health and well-being.

A Faith-Led Effort to Combat Childhood Obesity in Oregon

September 9, 2011 | Program Result

Staff at Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon built and engaged two coalitions of faith communities - in Portland and Corvallis - government agencies, advocacy groups and others to improve the health of congregations and their communities.