Food Insecurity Among Children and Families
April 1, 2010 | Report
Synthesis from Healthy Eating Research finds little evidence of a direct link.
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Principles for Framing a Healthy Food System
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
A healthy food system is one in which everyone has daily access to a diet that allows for a full life, that does not deplete natural resources and allows for a sustainable livelihood by those involved with all aspects of food production. The author suggests seven principles that could be used in moving the United States toward a markedly improved food system.
The Availability of Fast-Food and Full-Service Restaurants in the United States
October 1, 2007 | Journal Article
The prevalence of overweight among children and adolescents has reached epidemic proportions: 11.5 percent among children age 2-5 years, 17.7 percent among children age 6-11 years and 17.3 percent among children age 12-19 years. Moreover, research h ...
Creating Gardens in 15 North Carolina Counties
September 20, 2009 | Program Result
FirstHealth is a nonprofit health system covering 15 counties with a network of hospitals, health and fitness centers, primary and dental care centers, and a hospice and home care program.
Brief Assessments of Community-Based Childhood Obesity Prevention Within the Injury Free Coalition for Kids Initiative Sites
March 29, 2007 | Evaluation
The final report describes an evaluability assessment of each of the eight Injury Free Coalition for Kids' programs to assess their early implementation phase and the programs’ capacity to support a formal evaluation.
Changing WIC Changes What Children Eat
January 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Changes in the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and the Healthy Lifestyle Initiative saw improved health for young children participating in the New York State (NYS) WIC program: breastfeeding mothers and mothers waiting to feed infants solid foods increased; screen time and overall overweight and obesity decreased among children in NYS under four years of age.
Fruit and Vegetable Availability and Selection
October 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Expansion of WIC foods was associated with small positive externalities on the food environment.
Monitoring Foods and Nutrients Sold and Consumed in the United States
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
As food production and consumption change, researchers look to datasets to provide information on food in America.
Building Infrastructure to Document the U.S. Food Stream
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
This commentary praises the detailed work of the article “Food Companies’ Calorie-Reduction Pledges to Improve U.S. Diet," which describes the independent evaluation of the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF) pledge to remove 1.5 trillion calories a year from the marketplace by the end of 2015.
Relationship of Fruit and Vegetable Intake with Adiposity
July 14, 2010 | Journal Article
Studies are inconclusive whether increased fruit and vegetable consumption alone can reduce obesity.