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.

Team Director Dwayne Proctor Talks About the Childhood Obesity Strategy

February 8, 2009 | Issue Brief/Video

Learn more in this informational video.

Interactive Map: The Evolution of an Epidemic

January 27, 2009 | Chart/Story/Interactive

Map and charts depict the rise of the obesity epidemic in America.

Reducing Childhood Obesity Requires Everyone Working Together

March 17, 2009 | Commentary/Story

RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A. recently sat down with McKinsey & Company to discuss the Foundation's work on childhood obesity.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Statement on Announcement of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's Prevention and Wellness Fund

September 17, 2009 | News Release/Story

A statement by Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, RWJF president and CEO, regarding the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services announcement of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's.

Leading Health Foundations Say Prevention is Vital to Health Systems Reform

August 17, 2009 | News Release

Letter signed by leaders of six major foundations says prevention measures must be "scaled up."

F as in Fat 2009

July 1, 2009 | News Release/Video

Obesity rates increase in 23 states; report urges stronger response through health reform, national strategy.

Recommendations for Improving the Nation's Health

April 2, 2009 | Video

Video report summarizes findings of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Commission to Build a Healthier America.

Conversation: Recommendations of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Commission to Build a Healthier America

April 2, 2009 | Video

Commissioner and former ABC News anchor Carole Simpson hosts a video dialogue exploring the commission's findings.

Speaking with One Voice, Taking on Childhood Obesity

March 31, 2009 | Video

Seven men and women who have served as the nation's surgeon general come together to call for action.

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.