By Sacrificing for Their Children, Some Low-Income Mothers Jeopardize Their Health
July 19, 2012 | Story
Study finds intersection of caregiving, gender roles and poverty can cause weight gains for low-income mothers.
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Feeding Her Children, But Risking Her Health
June 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This study examines the negative correlation between weight related to food insecurity for mothers and non-mothers. Food insecure mothers are more likely to be overweight and obese than their childfree female counterparts. Single mothers are more likely to experience food insecurity compared to married or cohabitating mothers.
Research Roundup
February 27, 2012 | Story
Leaders' Link Newsletter: January/February 2012.
Nurses Reach Out to Help Those Who Are Hungry
January 29, 2012 | Story
As the economic downturn made hunger and food insecurity more common last year, nurses stepped up to help meet the need.
Dana Harvey Revitalizes Low-Income Community with Urban Health Food Store
August 23, 2010 | Story
2010 Community Health Leader winner expands access to healthy food and provides job training and small-business ownership opportunities in low-income urban neighborhood.
Measuring Food Environments
July 1, 2010 | Journal Article
To help researchers, practitioners and community organizations measure food environments, this article reviews available instruments.
Proximity of Fast-Food Restaurants to Schools and Adolescent Obesity
March 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the relationship between the proximity of fast-food restaurants to schools and children's eating patterns and weight.
Associations of the Local Food Environment with Diet Quality
April 15, 2008 | Journal Article
To better understand the food environment, researchers investigated the relationship between two global diet measures and three local food environment measures: supermarket density, participant-reported assessments and aggregated survey responses of independent informants.
Human Capital News Roundup: Healthy food "prescriptions," student debt, the tax system, and more.
August 23, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, fellows and grantees. Some recent examples: Women who had attention-deficit hyperactivity ...
Human Capital News Roundup: Food deserts, physician misconduct online, health benefits of strong social ties, and more.
March 29, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, the news media is covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation scholars, fellows and grantees. Here are some examples. Nurse.com and Becker’s Hospital Review report on the launch of the Robert Wood Johnson F ...