Childhood Obesity
Active for Life: Increasing Physical Activity Levels in Adults Age 50 and Older
To increase the number of American adults age 50 and older who engage in regular physical activity.
Other Program Activities
University of South Carolina School of Public Health
Columbia, SC
Evaluation of Active for Life
$303,241
(1 year)
ID 57814
Texas A&M University System Health Science Center Research Foundation
College Station, TX
Technical assistance and direction for Active for Life
$439,014
(1 year)
ID 50340
Active Living by Design
To increase physical activity through community design, public policies and communications strategies.
Other Program Activities
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Public Health Foundation Incorporated
Chapel Hill, NC
Active Living by Design national program office
$215,718
(26 months)
ID 58751
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health
Chapel Hill, NC
Technical assistance and direction for Active Living by Design
$1,448,798
(1 year)
ID 50186
Active Living Research
To stimulate and support research to identify environmental factors and policies that influence physical activity, especially among children and families in low-income communities.
Program Sites
Atlanta Public Schools
Atlanta, GA
Investigating social, economic, organizational and demographic factors associated with the physical activity strategies of individual Atlanta schools
$37,000
(1 year)
ID 61128
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO
Studying variation and success of rural and urban school environmental and physical activity policies for low-income Colorado students
$40,000
(1 year)
ID 61129
Evaluating environments for activity in a Northern Plains tribe
$99,937
(18 months)
ID 63884
University of Maryland College Park, School of Public Health
College Park, MD
Multilevel perspective of environmental influences on physical activity and obesity in African-American adolescents
$25,000
(1 year)
ID 63530
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Washington, DC
Examining how school physical activity policies and food policy environments affect student outcomes of body mass index (BMI) and obesity
$39,996
(1 year)
ID 61127
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Office of Sponsored Research
Chapel Hill, NC
Exploring the USDA Child Nutrition Act of 2004 through a healthy, active children policy in North Carolina
$39,957
(2 years)
ID 61908
North Carolina State University College of Natural Resources
Raleigh, NC
Middle school policy intervention for intramural sports and physical activity
$199,861
(2 years)
ID 63529
Rand Corporation
Santa Monica, CA
Analyzing body mass index (BMI) change based on school food and physical activity policies in a national sample of students between kindergarten and fifth grade
$39,971
(2 years)
ID 61126
Rush University College of Nursing
Chicago, IL
Determining the neighborhood environments that influence physical activity among African-American women
$22,246
(6 months)
ID 63306
University of South Carolina Research Foundation
Columbia, SC
Validating a Web-based tool to help people use nonmotorized transportation in their current built environments
$25,687
(1 year)
ID 59447
Texas A&M Research Foundation
College Station, TX
Exploring the impact of physical features on indoor corridor walking behaviors in assisted living facilities
$24,956
(16 months)
ID 63425
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Perceptions of school, recreation and transportation environments among African-American families in public housing
$149,853
(2 years)
ID 63661
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Policy legislation and nutrition plus physical activity (PLAN PLUS): What works to improve student health?
$39,993
(2 years)
ID 61125
Other Program Activities
San Diego State University Research Foundation
San Diego, CA
Technical assistance and direction for Active Living Research
$627,599
(5 months)
ID 60139
Technical assistance and direction for Active Living Research
$1,335,434
(1 year)
ID 63132
Active Living Resource Center
To provide technical assistance to create active communities.
Program Sites
Bicycle Federation
Bethesda, MD
$509,200
(1 year)
ID 56792
$500,774
(1 year)
ID 56793
American Heart Association Inc.
Dallas, TX
Expanding the Healthy Schools Program in states with the highest prevalence of obesity
$19,975,607
(4 years)
ID 61099
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Public Health
Little Rock, AR
Evaluating school policies to prevent childhood obesity in Arkansas
$57,574
(1 month)
ID 60284
Evaluating school policies to prevent childhood obesity in Arkansas
$3,993,343
(5 years)
ID 61551
California Center for Public Health Advocacy
Davis, CA
Resident advocacy promoting healthy eating and active living policies in communities and schools in Baldwin Park, Los Angeles County, Calif.
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 62552
California School Boards Foundation
West Sacramento, CA
National marketing for California's 2007 School Wellness Conference on preventing childhood obesity
$41,438
(1 year)
ID 61948
University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Health Policy Research
Los Angeles, CA
Expansion of the 2007 California Health Interview Survey to include trends in childhood obesity affected by social and environmental factors
$1,237,623
(2 years)
ID 59045
Children's Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
Developing and disseminating community approaches to healthy lifestyle promotion for children and families
$384,730
(18 months)
ID 59631
Communications Support for the Childhood Obesity Program Area
To manage strategic communications for the Foundation's Childhood Obesity program area to produce high-quality, consistent, timely products and messages that increase impact.
Advertising Council Inc.
New York, NY
Establishing a public/private coalition for healthy children
$144,940
(4 months)
ID 59365
Communications Projects
Multiple Contractors
Core strategy consultants for RWJF's Childhood Obesity program area
$700,000
(9 months)
ID 61205
Supporting the first annual RWJF Childhood Obesity meeting
$500,000
(6 months)
ID 62378
Consulting and meeting costs for RWJF's Childhood Obesity program area
$50,000
(1 year)
ID 63628
Public Health Institute
Oakland, CA
Framing environmental nutrition policy and the debate over soda sales in schools
$154,875
(1 year)
ID 59669
Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi
Hernando, MS
Expanding the GET A LIFE! program to prevent childhood obesity in the Mississippi Delta region
$482,201
(3 years)
ID 62001
Convergence Partnership for Healthy Eating and Active Living
To unite funding partners in a collaborative effort to accelerate and support policy and environmental changes that focus on improving the health of people and places.
Other Program Activities
Tides Foundation
San Francisco, CA
Implementing and managing the Convergence Partnership for Healthy Eating and Active Living
$300,000
(2 years)
ID 61200
Implementing and managing the Convergence Partnership for Healthy Eating and Active Living
$1,700,000
(2 years)
ID 63086
East Bay Asian Youth Center
Oakland, CA
General support for the East Bay Asian Youth Center to carry out childhood obesity work in the San Antonio district in Oakland, Calif.
$95,200
(1 year)
ID 63108
Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health
Atlanta, GA
Expansion of nutrition environment measurement training tools for public health advocates and researchers
$200,000
(2 years)
ID 59992
Harvard University School of Public Health
Boston, MA
Network to strengthen statistical modeling to project future population outcomes of interventions and policies for preventing childhood obesity
$50,000
(2 years)
ID 61468
Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity
To support investigator-initiated research to identify and assess environmental and policy influences with the greatest potential to improve healthy eating and weight patterns among the nation's children.
Program Sites
California Food Policy Advocates Inc.
San Francisco, CA
Assessing the quality of food and beverages served in licensed child-care facilities in California
$74,980
(18 months)
ID 63053
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
Examining the role of street vendors in the after-school eating environment among elementary and middle school children in low-income neighborhoods
$100,000
(18 months)
ID 63049
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Studying spatial associations between the density of schools and the density of fast food outlets
$99,963
(2 years)
ID 63155
Cornell University College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Ithaca, NY
Determining how small changes in the way snacks and meals are presented influence their intake among 3–5-year-olds
$98,796
(18 months)
ID 63148
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, NH
Assessing the impact of school vending machine policies on rural adolescent beverage consumption
$98,966
(2 years)
ID 63147
HBSA Inc.
Calverton, MD
Developing a computer model of school food policies that will simulate their effects on youth overweight and obesity rates
$75,000
(1 year)
ID 63048
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, MD
Reducing the risk of obesity for African-American youth by developing a program to improve the food environment in Baltimore
$249,952
(3 years)
ID 63149
Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
East Lansing, MI
Evaluating the impact of two school nutrition policy and environmental interventions on low-income middle school students in Michigan
$397,254
(2 years)
ID 63044
New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
New York, NY
Evaluating whether New York City group day cares meet new city-mandated physical activity and nutrition policies and assessing perceived implementation issues
$100,000
(16 months)
ID 63043
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health
Chapel Hill, NC
Creating a self-report instrument measuring the child-care nutrition environment and providing evidence of the instrument's reliability and validity
$198,301
(2 years)
ID 63050
Public Health Advocacy Institute Inc.
Boston, MA
Analyzing legal factors influencing the food environment in extracurricular and other school-related settings outside of school administration control
$74,887
(1 year)
ID 63047
Temple University School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Survey of eating environments and policies in Head Start
$399,227
(2 years)
ID 63042
Evaluating the efficacy of a healthy corner store initiative in reducing childhood obesity
$336,010
(31 months)
ID 63052
University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Seattle, WA
Measuring, analyzing and examining food spending and nutritional quality in family day care participants in the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program
$398,087
(3 years)
ID 63046
Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
New Haven, CT
Documenting the range and quality of existing preschool food policies in Connecticut
$224,476
(2 years)
ID 63150
Other Program Activities
University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Minneapolis, MN
Technical assistance and direction for Healthy Eating Research
$907,095
(1 year)
ID 61110
University of Illinois at Chicago Health Research and Policy Centers
Chicago, IL
National study of school district policies and elementary school practices addressing childhood obesity
$855,541
(15 months)
ID 59266
Impact Strategies, LLC
Washington, DC
Consulting to explore opportunities for working with Major League Baseball and its players to prevent childhood obesity
$124,770
(2 months)
ID 61562
Institute for the Advancement of Multicultural and Minority Medicine
Washington, DC
Mobilizing the IAMMM Collaborative Partners Council for advocacy on childhood obesity prevention
$75,000
(3 months)
ID 62003
Leadership for Healthy Communities: Advancing Policies to Support Healthy Eating and Active Living
To work with elected and appointed officials to create and promote healthier communities.
Program Sites
American Association of School Administrators
Arlington, VA
Creating awareness and action among school administrators to address youth obesity through improved school policies and practices
$58,950
(4 months)
ID 61325
Creating awareness and action among school administrators to address youth obesity through improved school policies and practices
$501,162
(2 years)
ID 63663
International City/County Management Association
Washington, DC
Developing local government leaders for active living
$53,431
(3 months)
ID 61327
Increasing collaboration between local governments, schools and other stakeholders to provide more opportunities for healthy eating and active living
$319,963
(2 years)
ID 63569
Local Government Commission
Sacramento, CA
Developing local leaders for healthy eating and active living
$85,752
(7 months)
ID 61321
Developing local leaders for healthy eating and active living
$496,548
(2 years)
ID 63657
National Association of Counties Research Foundation
Washington, DC
Mobilizing county officials to prevent youth obesity
$286,033
(2 years)
ID 63568
National Association of Latino Elected Officials - NALEO Education Fund
Los Angeles, CA
Engaging Latino leaders in childhood obesity issues
$28,035
(2 months)
ID 61800
Engaging Latino leaders in childhood obesity issues
$494,844
(2 years)
ID 63656
National Association of State Boards of Education
Alexandria, VA
Engaging and supporting policy leaders to promote policies and programs for more access to safe physical activity and healthy food and social settings
$269,000
(2 years)
ID 63567
National Conference of State Legislatures
Denver, CO
Educating state legislators about healthy eating and active living issues
$133,306
(5 months)
ID 61323
Educating state legislators about healthy eating and active living issues
$492,740
(2 years)
ID 63653
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
Washington, DC
Educating state leaders about healthy eating and active living issues
$95,899
(7 months)
ID 61322
National League of Cities Institute Inc.
Washington, DC
Engaging municipal officials to combat childhood obesity in their communities
$74,975
(4 months)
ID 61326
Engaging municipal officials to combat childhood obesity in their communities
$500,000
(2 years)
ID 63654
National School Boards Association Inc.
Alexandria, VA
School board leadership for healthy communities
$287,822
(2 years)
ID 63660
United States Conference of Mayors
Washington, DC
Developing a healthy cities campaign to reduce childhood and adult obesity
$81,050
(5 months)
ID 61324
Developing a healthy cities campaign to reduce childhood and adult obesity
$299,893
(2 years)
ID 63655
Other Program Activities
Global Policy Solutions, L.L.C.
Washington, DC
Coordination center for Leadership for Healthy Communities
$651,622
(1 year)
ID 60111
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Princeton, NJ
Disseminating the results of the third national School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study
$214,694
(13 months)
ID 60542
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec
McGill Health Challenge Think Tank 2007, a conference on moving toward 'health-friendly' local and global food chains
$25,000
(1 month)
ID 63360
Michigan Physical Fitness, Health and Sports Foundation dba Michigan Fitness Foundation
Lansing, MI
Sponsoring the first Safe Routes to School National Conference
$25,000
(6 months)
ID 62220
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Workshop on measures of the food and built environments
$24,960
(8 months)
ID 63090
National Academy of Sciences–Institute of Medicine
Washington, DC
Establishing a standing committee on childhood obesity prevention at the Institute of Medicine
$5,716,027
(4 years)
ID 61747
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
New York, NY
Conference on economic aspects of obesity
$148,416
(2 years)
ID 62026
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Inc.
Atlanta, GA
Developing a set of measures to evaluate community-based childhood obesity prevention programs
$705,679
(2 years)
ID 58943
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
Washington, DC
Supplemental funding for developing and implementing governors' initiatives to prevent childhood obesity
$711,144
(16 months)
ID 62546
National Policy and Legal Analysis Network for Childhood Obesity Prevention
To support policy innovation and implementation aimed at preventing childhood obesity by empowering advocates, decision-makers and communities with technical assistance and resources.
Program Sites
Public Health Institute
Oakland, CA
$3,323,075
(1 year)
ID 61206
9th Sign Communications, Inc.
Flagstaff, AZ
Project management support for town hall meetings on eliminating childhood obesity
$21,750
(3 months)
ID 61839
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Generating community-partnered research into the obesity epidemic in the African-American community
$3,496,501
(5 years)
ID 61202
Practicable Legacy Strategies, LLC
Philadelphia, PA
Environmental scan on childhood obesity activities
$20,152
(4 months)
ID 60044
The Praxis Project, Inc.
Washington, DC
Planning for a community-based advocacy initiative to prevent childhood obesity in high-risk communities
$389,724
(6 months)
ID 61316
Prevention Institute
Oakland, CA
Strategy for advancing an environmental and policy change agenda for healthy eating and active living
$353,294
(1 year)
ID 60015
Princeton Education Foundation
Princeton, NJ
Fitness Center Campaign to purchase and update equipment to increase physical activity among Princeton High School students and community residents
$24,920
(1 year)
ID 62672
Raben Group, LLC
Washington, DC
Consulting services for a meeting on issues and implications of screening, surveillance and reporting of children's body mass index (BMI)
$126,750
(5 months)
ID 63025
Salud America! The RWJF Research Network to Prevent Obesity Among Latino Children
To stimulate and support investigator-initiated research and build a field of researchers focused on preventing obesity among Latino children.
Other Program Activities
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Technical assistance and direction for Salud America!
$478,518
(1 year)
ID 61259
Judith Schector, B.A., M.S.O.D.
Portland, OR
Planning RWJF childhood obesity grantee meeting
$34,000
(7 months)
ID 61868
Society for Nutrition Education Foundation
Indianapolis, IN
Supporting a plenary session on U.S. nutrition policy development and implementation at the Society for Nutrition Education's 40th annual conference
$15,000
(3 months)
ID 61951
Statewide Evaluations of Childhood Obesity Prevention Policies
To build the evidence base to prevent childhood obesity by evaluating state-level policies that might affect children's access to healthy foods and opportunities for physical activity.
Program Sites
Nemours Health and Prevention Services
Newark, DE
Evaluation of school and day care obesity-prevention policies in Delaware
$1,995,243
(5 years)
ID 62078
West Virginia University Foundation Inc.
Morgantown, WV
Planning for the evaluation of the childhood obesity components of West Virginia's House Bill 2816
$49,089
(2 months)
ID 61799
West Virginia University Research Corporation
Morgantown, WV
Evaluating West Virginia's House Bill 2816
$1,499,997
(2 years)
ID 62079
Transtria L.L.C.
St. Louis, MO
Review of environmental and policy interventions for childhood obesity prevention
$262,392
(1 year)
ID 63675
David O. Washington, Ph.D.
Venice, CA
Providing consulting services to develop a request for concepts and to design an online community support system for childhood obesity prevention
$34,200
(6 months)
ID 63031
Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation Inc.
Grenada, West Indies
Convening a panel and writing a white paper on epidemiological, ethical and anthropological issues related to childhood obesity
$48,410
(1 year)
ID 61496