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.

Tennis, Everyone?

June 1, 2004 | Program Result Report

The Washington Tennis & Education Foundation expanded its programming to introduce at-risk inner city children to health-promoting behaviors such as good nutrition, physical conditioning and avoidance of drugs and alcohol.

Active for Life: Increasing Physical Activity Levels in Adults Age 50 and Older

National Program

To increase the number of American adults age 50 and older who engage in regular physical activity.

Beverages Sold in Public Schools

August 14, 2012 | Issue Brief

Some Encouraging Progress, Additional Improvements are Needed

School Policies and Practices to Improve Health and Prevent Obesity

August 13, 2012 | Report

National Secondary School Survey Results

Building Infrastructure to Document the U.S. Food Stream

February 1, 2013 | Journal Article

This commentary praises the detailed work of the article “Food Companies’ Calorie-Reduction Pledges to Improve U.S. Diet," which describes the independent evaluation of the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF) pledge to remove 1.5 trillion calories a year from the marketplace by the end of 2015.

Recruiting and Engaging Participants in California and Washington, DC

December 23, 2008 | Program Result Report

Lessons were learned from three recruitment experiences: Blue Shield of California; the Health Department of San Mateo County/Berkeley City Health Department and the Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington, D.C.

FirstHealth of the Carolinas Faces Inactivity and Obesity in its Communities

December 23, 2008 | Program Result Report

FirstHealth delivered Active Living Every Day to 936 people over the four years of RWJF funding. Although RWJF funding for Active Living Every Day ended in 2007, FirstHealth has continued and significantly expanded the program.

Transformational Effects on Implementing Organizations

December 23, 2008 | Program Result Report

According to Marcia Ory, Ph.D., M.P.H., the Active for Life national program director, "we saw an evolution of grantees. They learned to introduce research-based programs in their own settings, collect evaluation data, train staff in new ways of working and integrate new approaches into ongoing programs. They started out as students, but they became our peers and now our mentors.

Sustaining the Intervention

December 23, 2008 | Program Result Report

OASIS and its centers have a history of collaborating with other senior service organizations. An early experience with Active Living Every Day prompted them to expand and deepen these relationships.

Creative Adaptation of Research Models into Community Settings

December 23, 2008 | Program Result Report

Council, health district and Health Alliance staff wanted to offer an evidence-based program to sedentary but not homebound senior citizens, particularly those who visited senior centers. They were especially interested in introducing a program that focused on lifestyle changes rather than on exercise regimens.