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.

Thanks for 'An Extraordinarily Precious and Rare Investment'

June 28, 2012 | Story

For Nadya K. Shmavonian, president of Public/Private Ventures, support from RWJF helped ease the pain of a program's final days.

National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research Wins HHS Innovation Award

August 12, 2010 | Story

NCCOR, a public-private research collaborative that includes RWJF, selected as a Secretary's Pick.

Partnership for a Healthier America Announces Leaders

April 1, 2010 | Story

Former Senate Majority Leader and Newark mayor are named honorary vice chairs.

New Organization Will Accelerate National Movement to Reverse Childhood Obesity

February 8, 2010 | Story

Independent, nonpartisan organization will bring together public, private and nonprofit leaders and track their commitments.

Food Companies' Calorie-Reduction Pledges to Improve U.S. Diet

February 1, 2013 | Journal Article

Sixteen major food-manufacturing companies, members of the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, have pledged to collectively remove 1.5 trillion calories a year from the marketplace by the end of 2015.

Leveraging Neighborhood-Scale Change for Policy and Program Reform in Buffalo, New York

December 1, 2009 | Journal Article

This article discusses the work of the Healthy Communities Initiative in Buffalo, New York. The Healthy Communities Initiative is a community partnership to promote active living in the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and the two neighboring communities, Fruit Belt and Allentown.

Achieving Built-Environment and Active Living Goals Through Music City Moves

December 1, 2009 | Journal Article

A community partnership in Nashville, TN, has succeeded in making physical activity part of daily life in large part because the group is led by the metro area's planning department and has enjoyed sustained political support through two mayoral administrations.

Activate Omaha

December 1, 2009 | Journal Article

Implementing the Active Living by Design (ALbD) community action model, a community partnership in Omaha has successfully moved in five years from establishing community awareness of active living to implementing large-scale policy and infrastructure change, according to an article by a team from state and local health and education agencies.

From Partnership to Policy

December 1, 2009 | Journal Article

Portland, Oregon's Active Living by Design (ALbD) partnership succeeded in influencing policy and leveraging the assets of community and government partners by taking a collaborative, goal-oriented approach, according to a local assessment.

Active Living - Past, Present, and Future

December 1, 2009 | Commentary

This commentary argues that a multidisciplinary approach is an essential ingredient for achieving community change and vitality. Because active living is not a central issue of any one discipline, public health must influence other disciplines to integrate active living within the context of their respective missions.