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February 20, 2013 | Program Result
The Bipartisan Policy Center hosted five public forums and produced a report, Lots to Lose: How America's Health and Obesity Crisis Threatens our Economic Future.
August 1, 2011 | Journal Article
An assessment of local wellness policies in six school districts' found that they were only partially implemented—food quality had improved, but not opportunities for physical activity.
November 15, 2010 | Story
This op-ed by Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, was published November 16, 2010, by The Hill.
April 12, 2010 | Story
A message from Risa Lavizzo-Mourey marks the third anniversary of the Foundation's $500 million commitment to reversing childhood obesity.
March 20, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines whether increasing the price of unhealthy foods can change patterns of food consumption and individual weight outcomes. Food taxes or subsidies have been raised as potential means of addressing the obesity epidemic in the United States.
March 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the history of the tobacco industry and compares it to the food industry. It provides an overview of the steps that the tobacco industry took to protect its market at the expense of public health and discusses the ways in which the food industry has, and has not, followed a similar trajectory.
December 7, 2009 | Program Result
Healthy Eating Research at the University of Minnesota assisted the National Cancer Institute in organizing a workshop - "Measurement of the Food and Built Environments: Enhancing Research Relevant to Policy on Diet, Physical Activity and Weight."
March 25, 2009 | Book
The implementation of federally mandated Local Wellness Policies had a minimal impact, according to a study of 45 rural Colorado school districts. After implementation, there was no change in the time spent in physical education and recess, nor in the policies supporting student participation in those activities.
July 15, 2008 | Program Result
In 2007, the opening plenary of the 40th Annual Conference of the Society for Nutrition Education featured two high-profile speakers who presented a historical perspective of policies that have improved nutrition in the United States.
February 28, 2013 | Report
A report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Bridging the Gap program finds that progress to improve school district wellness policies has stalled.