Are Soft Drink Taxes an Effective Mechanism for Reducing Obesity?
June 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Taxes alone won't have much impact on reducing obesity.
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Rebecca Project for Human Rights Expands Advocacy
May 3, 2011 | Program Result Report
From 2005 to 2010, the Washington-based Rebecca Project for Human Rights expanded its efforts to advocate on behalf of low-income families suffering from the impact of a parent's substance abuse.
Consumer Awareness of Fast-Food Calorie Information in New York City After Implementation of a Menu Labeling Regulation
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A study of consumer awareness of calorie information in New York City fast-food chains found that prominently posting calorie information in restaurants increases the number of people who report seeing the information and using it in their food choices.
Fast Food Outlets Near NYC Schools: More Likely in Black Neighborhoods
April 12, 2011 | Story
What factors are associated with the clustering of fast food restaurants close to schools? Are they more likely to cluster around schools serving minority or poor children? Naa Oyo A. Kwate, Ph.D., set out to find some answers.
A Cross-Sectional Prevalence Study of Ethnically Targeted and General Audience Outdoor Obesity-Related Advertising
March 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article is part of a special issue on obesity in the March 2009 edition of The Milbank Quarterly, available free of charge throughout 2009 at Wiley-Blackwell.
F as in Fat
July 1, 2011 | Report
Adult obesity rates increased in 16 states in the past year have doubled or nearly doubled in 17 states since 1995.
F as in Fat
June 1, 2010 | Report
Adult rates increase in 28 states significant disparities persist among racial and ethnic groups.
Children's Futures: Improving Health and Development Outcomes for Children in Trenton, N.J.
National Program
To employ a comprehensive set of interventions to improve the health of children in Trenton, New Jersey.
Changing the Future of Obesity
August 27, 2011 | Journal Article
Recommended The Future Challenge of Obesity Reversing the Tide of Obesity Where Next for Obesity? Obesity has been increasing worldwide over the past 30 years in all segments of society and in countries rich and poor. Changes in the global food syst ...
Reversing the Tide of Obesity
August 27, 2011 | Journal Article
Building the library of practice-based evidence to reverse the reverse the obesity trend.