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July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
A new coding system provides a practical tool for researchers, school administrators, and community members wishing to evaluate school wellness policies.
May 1, 2009 | Toolkit
A guide for local and state leaders working to create healthy communities and prevent childhood obesity.
February 11, 2011 | Toolkit
Leadership for Healthy Communities, a national program of the RWJF, was created to support local and state leaders nationwide in their efforts to promote healthy, active communities and access to affordable healthy foods. The strategies in this toolkit include promising, evidence-based practices that advance these goals and build upon the work in which policy-makers are already engaged.
September 20, 2009 | Program Result Report
Generations projects aimed at increasing physical activity and healthy eating among children and improving public policy and physical environments to make them more amendable to healthy living.
November 29, 2011 | Presentation Material/Commentary
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey delivers remarks at Partnership for a Healthier America Summit.
December 1, 2009 | Commentary
This commentary argues that a multidisciplinary approach is an essential ingredient for achieving community change and vitality. Because active living is not a central issue of any one discipline, public health must influence other disciplines to integrate active living within the context of their respective missions.
September 18, 2012 | News Release
The number of obese adults, along with related disease rates and health care costs, are on course to increase dramatically in every state in the country over the next 20 years, according to F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2012.
August 13, 2012 | Story
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Trust for America's Health examine trends in state-by-state obesity rates and rankings.
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the relationship between obesity and the affordability of food. While some argue that the availability of certain types of foods has a causal effect on obesity, there is little definitive data supporting this claim.
November 1, 2011 | Report
California making headway in battle against childhood obesity but study shows successes are uneven.