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.

Bringing Health Care to Rural Kentucky

June 18, 2012 | Story

RWJF Investigator and journalist Michael Millenson's landmark book on quality, and his subsequent crusade, helped radicalize a new generation.

Getting Primary Care Physicians to Address Childhood Obesity

September 16, 2010 | Program Result Report

Researchers at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry carried out research to find the best ways to encourage primary care physicians to screen and treat childhood obesity in their practices and their communities.

Facilitating the Routine Use of Body Mass Index (BMI) in Primary Care Child Health Practices

October 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

The University of Rochester Center for Child Health Research collected, synthesized and disseminated information about barriers and facilitators to the use of Body Mass Index assessment in primary care child health practices.

AMA Primer Helps Primary Care Physicians Address Obesity with Their Patients

March 1, 2005 | Program Result Report

In 2003, the American Medical Association (AMA) produced a 10-booklet primer that offers practical recommendations to physicians for addressing adult obesity in the primary care setting.

Survey Finds Few Practices in RWJF Research Network Provide Services to Their Patients on Adopting Healthy Lifestyles

June 1, 2005 | Program Result Report

Researchers from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School developed and conducted a preliminary survey of participants in the RWJF national program Prescription for Health: Promoting Healthy Behaviors in Primary Care Research Networks.

Advice for General Practitioners in Using Behavior Change Interventions

January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

The Center for the Advancement of Health conducted a study in 2000 on the current state of practice among physicians in intervening with patients using proven health behavior change strategies.

Testing a Computer-Assisted Intervention in Primary Care for Patients Who Smoke and Have a Sedentary Lifestyle

April 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

The Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine at Miriam Hospital conducted a study to test the feasibility of using a point-of-care computer system to assess patient risk of smoking or physical inactivity and assist physicians with appropriate counseling.