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.

Getting Primary Care Physicians to Address Childhood Obesity

September 16, 2010 | Program Result Report

Researchers at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry carried out research to find the best ways to encourage primary care physicians to screen and treat childhood obesity in their practices and their communities.

Management of Child and Adolescent Obesity

July 1, 2002 | Journal Article

Psychological, Emotional, and Behavioral Assessment

Health Consequences of Obesity in Youth

March 1, 1998 | Journal Article

Childhood Predictors of Adult Disease

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.

AMA Primer Helps Primary Care Physicians Address Obesity with Their Patients

March 1, 2005 | Program Result Report

In 2003, the American Medical Association (AMA) produced a 10-booklet primer that offers practical recommendations to physicians for addressing adult obesity in the primary care setting.

Advice for General Practitioners in Using Behavior Change Interventions

January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

The Center for the Advancement of Health conducted a study in 2000 on the current state of practice among physicians in intervening with patients using proven health behavior change strategies.

Launching the Childhood Obesity Action Network for Clinicians

August 26, 2008 | Program Result Report

The National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality worked to create a learning network aimed at accelerating clinical improvements in the prevention and treatment of obesity in children.

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.

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.