Covering Kids & Families
National Program
To increase the number of eligible children and adults who benefit from federal and state health care coverage programs.
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Food Companies' Calorie-Reduction Pledges to Improve U.S. Diet
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Sixteen major food-manufacturing companies, members of the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, have pledged to collectively remove 1.5 trillion calories a year from the marketplace by the end of 2015.
Covering Kids & Families
May 6, 2013 | Program Result
The Covering Kids & Families program was designed to find, enroll and retain eligible children and adults in federal and state health care coverage programs. Statewide and local coalitions in all 50 states and the District of Columbia participated.
Reshaping the Food System for Ecological Public Health
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Food policies created in the mid 20th century to deal with undersupply are ill suited to address today's challenges of over, under and mal-consumption and the gross inequalities that exist within and between nations. The ecological public health approach proposed in this article could help provide vision for 21st century policy on food systems.
Economies of Size in Production Agriculture
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Economies of size exist in production agriculture but these economies are dissipated much sooner than is realized. The emphasis on economies of size has also produced many undesirable consequences, which threaten both health and food security.
Places to Intervene to Make Complex Food Systems More Healthy, Green, Fair, and Affordable
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines papers presented at a conference in April 2009 that focused on food systems and public health. By analyzing statements in these papers by theme and intervention level, the authors provide a profile of the level and type of problems being discussed.
Research and Action Priorities for Linking Public Health, Food Systems, and Sustainable Agriculture
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article provides an overview of the Airlie Conference on the linkages between the food system and public health. The conference focused on how to create communities by making the food system more healthy, fair, affordable and environmentally sustainable.
RWJF Statement Regarding Industry Pledge to Remove 1.5 Trillion Calories from U.S. Marketplace
May 17, 2010 | Story
The following is a statement by Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Statement Regarding Evaluation of School Beverage Guidelines
March 7, 2010 | Story
The following is a statement by Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., RWJF president and CEO.
Reaching the Healthy People Goals for Reducing Childhood Obesity
April 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This paper argues that a metric for linking obesity prevalence targets to energy-balancing interventions at the population level is missing. The authors provide a framework for estimating the sizes of daily per capita energy gap reductions needed to reach prevalence targets by 2020.