Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
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Grassroots Public Health: Q&A with Jill Birnbaum, American Heart Association
April 17, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Grassroots Change: Connecting for Better Health, conducted a Q&A with Jill Birnbaum of the American Heart Association. Birnbaum shares her perspective on grassroots movements and the threat of preemption in obesity prevention.
Patterns and Predictors of Enactment of State Childhood Obesity Legislation in the United State
October 18, 2012 | Journal Article
This research and practice report identifies characteristics of state-level childhood obesity legislation that influences bill passage rates. Bills introduced by a bipartisan group of legislators were most likely to pass.
How Can the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act Make School Foods Healthier?
July 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act will help schools offer healthier meals, snacks and drinks.
State Legislation to Address Childhood Obesity
December 14, 2012 | Program Result Report
Researchers analyzed state legislation on childhood obesity for factors that predict enactment and to understand the relationship between enacted policies and obesity rates. They developed tools to help others analyze legislation.
Making the Economic Case for Addressing Obesity in the United States
December 3, 2012 | Program Result Report
The Campaign to End Obesity conducted a study to demonstrate that effective anti-obesity initiatives can significantly lower the epidemic's burden on the nation's health care system over the long term.
YMCA's Pioneering Healthier Communities
November 5, 2012 | Program Result Report
A Progress Report: Combating childhood obesity through local and state policy change.
The Lancet Presents New Models for Obesity Research
November 13, 2011 | Story
RWJF's Senior Scientist Instrumental in Development of the Childhood Obesity Modeling Network.
GET A LIFE! Combats Childhood Obesity in the Mississippi Delta
August 25, 2011 | Program Result Report
Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi created and implemented Get a Life!, an initiative to combat childhood obesity by improving access to nutritious food and increasing opportunities for safe physical activities for children in the region.
Overview and Rationale for the Systematic Screening and Assessment Method
April 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The Systematic Screening and Assessment (SSA) Method is a way to identify the most promising innovations in preparation for evaluation. This is a new method in that it sequences two existing evaluation methods: 1) evaluability assessment, 2) and connoisseurship or expert judgment.
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.