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April 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines challenges of measurement in the field of food environment research. This relatively young field has not yet fully addressed psychometric measurement issues, the interaction of social, individual, and environmental factors, and the large scale of data produced from food environment studies.
January 11, 2010 | Story
A gallery of scenes shows conditions that contribute to obesity in many communities.
October 1, 2009 | Program Result Report
A group of leaders in public health, healthcare, research, government, and community advocacy and programming launched the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children.
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.
August 31, 2009 | Presentation Material
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey addressed leaders of the food, beverage and consumer products industry and urged them to work toward reversing the childhood obesity epidemic.
July 10, 2009 | Story
The Central California Regional Obesity Prevention Program (CCROPP) is working to reduce and prevent childhood obesity in California's Central Valley.
June 25, 2009 | Story
Childhood Obesity Research
February 22, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Are you signed up to receive Sharing Nursing’s Knowledge? The monthly Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) e-newsletter will keep you up to date on the latest nursing news, research and trends. Here’s a review of what’s in the January issue: Nurse ...
November 17, 2008 | Program Result Report
Staff at UCLA conducted a health impact assessment to investigate how public markets affect the health of communities. As its study site, staff selected the 60-year-old Trenton Farmers' Market in Trenton, N.J.
October 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
In 1998, Freedom from Hunger, a California-based organization that addresses issues of hunger and poor nutrition, began the replication and institutionalization of a program to train lay health advisors in several Southern states.