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.

Energy Drinks: An Emerging Public Health Hazard for Youth

May 4, 2013 | Journal Article

Better labeling and more stringent regulation are warranted for energy drinks.

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.

Live Well Greenville

January 1, 2011 | Toolkit

These resources from San Souci Community Garden, were designed to serve as guides for gardeners in growing fresh, healthy food in their community gardens.

Food Systems and Public Health Disparities

July 1, 2009 | Journal Article

The authors use a new conceptual model to illustrate the complex dynamic and multifaceted relationships between food systems and health disparities. Additionally, the authors identify specific areas for further research on how food system interventions can address and reduce health disparities.

Agriculture Policy is Health Policy

July 1, 2009 | Journal Article

Arguing that a healthy food system should ensure the well-being of both consumers and farmers (in addition to the producers, processors and distributors upon whom they depend), the authors make several recommendations for personal, institutional and regulatory actions that health professionals can take to influence future food policy.

Recipe for a Better Tomorrow

July 1, 2009 | Journal Article

Food and agricultural businesses must take responsibility for improving the benefits they bring to the environment, as well as the health and well-being of the people and communities they touch, according to this commentary by a food industry executive appearing in a special issue of the Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition.