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Mildred Dalton Manning, the last surviving member of a group of U.S. Army and Navy nurses taken prisoner in the Philippines at the start of ...
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Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity
To support and disseminate focused investigator-initiated research and policy analysis to identify effective policy and environmental strategies for reversing the rise in childhood obesity by 2015, especially in populations and communities at greatest risk.
National Program
University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Mayo Mail Code 197
420 Delaware Street, S.E.
Minneapolis, MN, 55455-0381
800-578-8636
Website
Mary T. Story
Program Director
612-626-8801
Email
Karen M. Kaphingst
Deputy Director
612-626-7950
Email
RWJF Staff
Recent Grants
- $97,190.00 awarded to White Mountain Research Associates, LLC - Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity - Tools and technical assistance for program design and assessment
- $152,913.00 awarded to University of Minnesota School of Public Health - Technical assistance and direction for RWJF's Healthy Eating Research program
- $189,000.00 awarded to Atlanta Board of Education - Evaluating school food policy implementation within the Atlanta school system
- $100,000.00 awarded to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention - Studying the economic impact and the role of key stakeholders in school nutrition standard policy implementation
- $74,954.00 awarded to Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences - Studying the impact of school wellness policies on the school nutrition environment and student academic functioning and health