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.

Addressing Obesity in the Workplace

March 20, 2009 | Journal Article

This article is part of a special issue on obesity in the March 2009 edition of The Milbank Quarterly, available free of charge throughout 2009 at Wiley-Blackwell.

"Finding Your Way Fit 2" Helps People Lose Weight and Body Fat and Lower Blood Pressure

July 1, 2004 | Program Result

Project staff at Saint Peter's University Hospital recruited 101 volunteers from eight workplaces in New Brunswick, N.J., to participate in a community health fitness program called Finding Your Way Fit 2.

Bringing Health Education to Latino Immigrants Where They Work

November 1, 2003 | Program Result

The Worksite Wellness Project developed and implemented a model for improving the health of uninsured, low-wage workers in Los Angeles by increasing their awareness of basic health care and linking them to existing providers.