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.

2008: The Year in Research

January 7, 2009 | Commentary/Story

Every year we choose 10 articles from our top research and evaluation projects that had real impact in the policy arena, helped shape our thinking and work, or stood out in other ways. This year we asked you to participate in the selection process with us. Please read further to see the results.

Exploring Potential Research Contributions to Policy

March 1, 2013 | Journal Article

Research use a conceptual framework to analyze Salud America! projects.

Identifying Factors Behind Race- and Gender-Based Inequalities in Obesity and Cancer

May 1, 2013 | Story

As a Health & Society Scholar, Whitney Robinson, PhD, MSPH, used methodologic innovations to study the incidence and causes of obesity in the United States.

Looking for Connections to Combat Childhood Obesity

September 4, 2012 | Program Result Report

Researchers at LeCroy & Milligan Associates analyzed the networks of organizations working on childhood obesity prevention to describe their relationships, determine RWJF's position in the network, and identify potential future connections.

2010: The Year in Research

January 23, 2011 | Commentary/Story

Congratulations to this year's winners of RWJF's most influential research articles of 2010.

Informing Physical Activity Policies in Rural Mississippi

July 6, 2011 | Story

Gamble concluded that the problem of childhood obesity in the Mississippi Delta was considerable.

Federal Food Assistance Programs Help Young Children Maintain Healthy Weight, Study Finds

March 8, 2011 | Story

Article on Childhood Obesity Ranked Second Most Influential Study Funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 2010.

Follow RWJF at the TED 2011 Conference

February 6, 2011 | Story

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will be a sponsor at this year's TED 2011 conference in Long Beach, Calif.

Using an Idea Prize to Spur an Invention to Increase Physical Activity

November 27, 2012 | Program Result Report

HopeLab Foundation, Redwood City, Calif., hosted an idea prize competition and then built an interactive, digital product to spur physical activity in middle school students, particularly those youth who are most likely to become obese.

Research Agenda on Measuring Food and Physical Activity Environments is Set at Workshop

December 7, 2009 | Program Result Report

Healthy Eating Research at the University of Minnesota assisted the National Cancer Institute in organizing a workshop - "Measurement of the Food and Built Environments: Enhancing Research Relevant to Policy on Diet, Physical Activity and Weight."