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Faith-Based Advocacy: Galvanizing Communities to End Childhood Obesity

August 4, 2011 | Program Result Report

Faith-based Advocacy: Galvanizing Communities to End Childhood Obesity asked faith-based coalitions for proposals to advance community policies or environmental changes that improve access to healthy foods and/or opportunities for physical activity

Faith & Food

August 4, 2011 | Program Result Report

The Center for Closing the Health Gap in Greater Cincinnati, in partnership with three Avondale neighborhood churches, mobilized a faith-based coalition to advance policies to improve the availability of healthy, affordable foods.

A Faith-Led Effort to Combat Childhood Obesity in Oregon

September 9, 2011 | Program Result Report

Staff at Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon built and engaged two coalitions of faith communities - in Portland and Corvallis - government agencies, advocacy groups and others to improve the health of congregations and their communities.

Guam Sustantia Project

August 4, 2010 | Program Result Report

The Guam SDA (Seventh-day Adventist) Ypao Church of the Guam Micronesia Missions developed and implemented the Sustantia Project, a campaign to end childhood obesity in Guam.

Re/Storing Nashville

August 25, 2011 | Program Result Report

Re/Storing Nashville sought to address lack of access to healthy foods and childhood obesity in three Nashville neighborhoods by increasing residents' access to full-service grocery stores.

Re/Storing Nashville: Connecting Community Groups and Policy-Makers to Reduce Food Deserts

August 23, 2011 | Video

RWJF will reverse the rise in childhood obesity by the Year 2015.

GET A LIFE! Combats Childhood Obesity in the Mississippi Delta

August 25, 2011 | Program Result Report

Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi created and implemented Get a Life!, an initiative to combat childhood obesity by improving access to nutritious food and increasing opportunities for safe physical activities for children in the region.

A New Light Rail Line with Stops in Low-Income Neighborhoods

August 4, 2010 | Program Result Report

ISAIAH, a faith-based community organization of 90 congregations, mobilized community activists to promote the links between transportation and access to healthy foods and to bring light-rail stops to low-income neighborhoods in the Twin Cities.

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