A Poll About Children and Weight
February 25, 2013 | Survey/Poll
This poll provides new insights into the epidemic of childhood obesity and the challenges families face between school and sleep.
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Locating Family Mental Health Services in Shopping Malls and Schools
March 25, 2013 | Program Result
The UCLA Family Commons is a new model of preventive mental health care that provides nonstigmatized, cost-effective education and coaching to help families with children from infancy to adolescence address common childhood issues.
Improving Data Accuracy of Commercial Food Outlet Databases
November 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This article examines the accuracy and usability of commercial databases as sources of information about food stores and restaurants. Since commercial databases are usually designed for non-health uses such as business and marketing, they require adaptation for use as public health tools.
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.
Mothers Learn to "Cook" Without a Kitchen, Shop Smart and Feed Kids Right
November 1, 1996 | Program Result
This unsolicited project was designed to bridge the significant gap in services that combat homelessness and those that fight against malnutrition in women and children.
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.
Poll Finds Big Gap Between Parents and Experts: Parents Less Likely to Recognize Children as Overweight or Obese
February 25, 2013 | News Release
A new poll released today shows a large a gap between parents’ perceptions of their children’s weight and expert definitions.
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities
February 17, 2012 | Program Result
In Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities, partnerships in 49 communities nationwide are changing local policies and revamping the physical environment to foster healthy living and prevent childhood obesity.
Childhood Obesity in the United States
February 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Ambitious agenda planned for first year webinar series to begin this month.
New Jersey Childhood Obesity Study
August 1, 2010 | Chart
These reports share findings from the New Jersey Childhood Obesity Study's analysis of New Brunswick. Information for this study is provided by the household survey, school body mass index (BMI) data, and food and physical activity environment data.