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.

Adoption of Body Mass Index Guidelines for Screening and Counseling in Pediatric Practice

February 1, 2010 | Journal Article

This study used an existing survey to assess whether pediatricians were using BMI percentiles to manage (i.e., to screen for and treat) obesity. The study revealed underlying beliefs that pediatricians hold about their own capabilities for addressing childhood obesity.

Facilitating the Routine Use of Body Mass Index (BMI) in Primary Care Child Health Practices

October 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

The University of Rochester Center for Child Health Research collected, synthesized and disseminated information about barriers and facilitators to the use of Body Mass Index assessment in primary care child health practices.

Management of Child and Adolescent Obesity

July 1, 2002 | Journal Article

Psychological, Emotional, and Behavioral Assessment

Survey Finds Barriers to Treating Childhood Obesity; July 2002 Issue of Pediatrics Publishes Results

September 5, 2008 | Program Result Report

The International Life Sciences Institute Center for Health Promotion published six papers on data from a survey of health care practitioners regarding the assessment and treatment of childhood obesity in a July 2002 special supplement to Pediatrics.

Analysis Shows Existing Medicaid Benefit Codes Cover Childhood Obesity-Related Health Care Treatment

June 1, 2007 | Program Result Report

George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services analyzed whether health insurance-especially Medicaid-could cover preventive health services for children at risk for obesity.

Health Consequences of Obesity in Youth

March 1, 1998 | Journal Article

Childhood Predictors of Adult Disease

Clinicians Deliver Brief Messages to Prevent Childhood Obesity in Maine Pilot Program

September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

MEM Associates worked with subcontractors to design and pilot test a program - called the Maine Obesity Primary Prevention Project - aimed at preventing obesity among pregnant women and children under age 5.

1998 'Pediatrics' Series Gives Pediatricians Information to Help Them Address Childhood Obesity

July 1, 1999 | Program Result Report

The Research Foundation of The International Life Sciences Institute commissioned a series of original papers on obesity's causes and health consequences among children.