Re/Storing Nashville: Connecting Community Groups and Policy-Makers to Reduce Food Deserts
August 23, 2011 | Video
RWJF will reverse the rise in childhood obesity by the Year 2015.
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RWJF Statement Regarding Grocery Store Initiative
July 20, 2011 | Story
A statement by Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., president and CEO of the RWJF, regarding the commitment by several leading food retailers to build or expand supermarkets and grocery stores in underserved communities.
Measuring Food Environments
July 1, 2010 | Journal Article
To help researchers, practitioners and community organizations measure food environments, this article reviews available instruments.
Food Stamp Program and Consumption Choices
April 1, 2011 | Book
This study supports findings from earlier studies showing that the Food Stamp Program does not have any statistically significant effect on food consumption. This study examined consumption patterns in families headed by single mothers with a high school education or less.
Food Prices and the Dynamics of Body Weight
April 1, 2011 | Book
A popular policy option for addressing the growth in weight has been the imposition of a “fat tax” on selected foods that are deemed to promote obesity. This study tested the short- and long-run body weight consequences of changing food prices.
Special Supplement of the Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition
December 14, 2009 | Journal Article
This special issue of the Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition identified research opportunities to develop successful interventions within agriculture, food, and health systems, as well as policies and actions for moving toward and achieving community environments that allow healthier diets and reduced obesity.
Physical Activity and Food Environments
March 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article provides an update on the body of research on physical activity and food environments. The authors present results from recent studies and reviews and discuss current promising innovations and policies.
Associations of the Local Food Environment with Diet Quality
April 15, 2008 | Journal Article
To better understand the food environment, researchers investigated the relationship between two global diet measures and three local food environment measures: supermarket density, participant-reported assessments and aggregated survey responses of independent informants.
Restaurant Executives Say Healthier Menu Items Make Sense Only When They Make for a Healthier Bottom Line
November 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
The Produce for Better Health Foundation conducted a study of how senior menu development and marketing executives at 28 leading U.S. restaurant chains decide whether to offer healthier foods on their menus.
A Research Network to Prevent Obesity Among Latino Children
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
RWJF's Salud America! has developed a network of experts and community advocates working to reverse Latino childhood obesity.