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.

Make Every Day a Healthy Day!: Sesame Workshop Distributes Nutrition and Physical Activity Kit to Child-Care Providers Serving Preschoool Children

August 11, 2010 | Program Result

The Sesame Workshop distributed 14,000 copies of the Healthy Habits for Life Child Care Resource Kit in English and Spanish to home-based child care providers to help them integrate nutrition and physical activity into their daily routines.

Tooling up for Healthy Eating and Physical Activity in Child-Care Centers

May 11, 2009 | Program Result

Researchers with the Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation in Wisconsin evaluated use of a toolkit designed to help child-care centers prevent overweight among young children by encouraging healthy eating and physical activity.

When New York Low-Income Seniors Exercise, Weight Falls and Confidence Rises

June 1, 2005 | Program Result

Researchers with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene tested a 12-week physical activity program that combined aerobics, resistance exercise and motivational activities in a group of 340 low-income, mostly African-American seniors.

Grant Funds Hiking and Biking Trail at Richmond, Va., Home for Chronically Mentally Ill

May 1, 2002 | Program Result

Gateway Homes of Greater Richmond (Va.) constructed a three-mile hiking and biking trail on its 30-acre campus and purchased eight mountain bicycles, bicycle helmets, water bottles and first-aid kits.

Experts at Roundtable Ponder how to Promote Healthy Living for Substance-Abusing Teens

April 1, 2007 | Program Result

Phoenix House convened a day-long roundtable meeting to discuss ways in which alcohol and drug treatment programs can promote healthy, active living among adolescent clients.