Shaping a Healthier Generation
September 1, 2009 | Report
This report looks at actions states are taking to prevent obesity and encourage children to eat healthier and be more active in child care, school, community and health care settings.
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Overview of State and Local Funds to Support Healthy Communities in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
April 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
An overview of the specific ways state and local policy-makers can use the economic recovery act to create healthier environments for children and their families.
California Making Headway in Battle Against Childhood Obesity But Study Shows Successes are Uneven
November 9, 2011 | News Release
Study shows statewide rates for overweight and obesity among school-age children may be leveling off, but progress is uneven across counties.
Promoting Healthy Communities and Reducing Childhood Obesity
March 1, 2009 | Report
This report summarizes state legislation proposed and passed in two broad policy categories—Healthy Eating and Physical Activity and Healthy Community Design and Access to Healthy Food.
Surveillance, Screening, and Reporting Children's BMI in a School-Based Setting
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Federal and state government officials who seek to determine the scope of the childhood and adolescent obesity problem are using a spectrum of tools that include reporting, screening and surveillance initiatives.
Arkansas Act 1220 of 2003 to Reduce Childhood Obesity
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This assessment of an early comprehensive piece of legislation to fight childhood obesity shows the weight status of Arkansas children may be stabilized and positive policy changes should support ongoing improvement. But implementing the act's intent faces ongoing challenges, according to this study from the 2008 Active Living Research Conference.
20 States Require BMI or Other Weight-Related Assessments for Children and Adolescents
July 29, 2009 | Story
The importance of maintaining a healthy weight, and evaluating the effectiveness of obesity prevention and control policies.
South Carolina Seeks to Privatize its Child Welfare Services
June 1, 2000 | Program Result
Starting in April 1996, the State of South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, sought to pilot a project in which a private contractor would develop and manage organized systems of care for child protection through in-home intervention, foster care and adoption under a comprehensive blended rate payment system.
Preventing Childhood Obesity through State Policy
March 25, 2009 | Book
Based on their experience with childhood obesity legislation, state legislators and staffers identify key positive and negative factors in the political process to passing state laws on this topic, in this interview-based study included in a supplement to the Journal of Public Health Policy about the 2008 Active Living Research Conference.
The Impact of State Laws and District Policies on Physical Education and Recess Practices in a Nationally Representative Sample of US Public Elementary Schools
December 5, 2011 | Journal Article
Both physical education and recess time need to be increased for young students to achieve national standards for physical activity.