Childhood Obesity
Active for Life: Increasing Physical Activity Levels in Adults Age 50 and Older
Program to increase the number of American adults age 50 and older who engage in regular physical activity.
Texas A&M University System Health Science Center Research Foundation
College Station, TX
Technical assistance and direction for Active for Life.
$483,564
(1 year)
ID 50339
Developing a sustainable learning network for best practices in building healthy communities for active aging.
$370,000
(18 months)
ID 53981
Active Living by Design
Initiative designed to establish and evaluate innovative approaches that support active living.
Program Sites
Community Health Partnership
Portland, OR
Increasing physical activity in three Oregon communities through effective communications.
$47,590
(2 years)
ID 59270
Other Program Activities
The Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University
New York, NY
Evaluation of Active Living by Design.
$180,916
(3 years)
ID 57573
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health
Chapel Hill, NC
Technical assistance and direction for Active Living by Design.
$1,308,692
(1 year)
ID 50185
Transtria L.L.C.
St. Louis, MO
Evaluation of Active Living by Design.
$724,348
(4 years)
ID 57649
Active Living Research
To stimulate and support research that will identify environmental factors and policies with the potential to increase physical activity among children and reverse the childhood obesity epidemic.
Program Sites
University of California, Davis, College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences
Davis, CA
Assessing the impact of federal funding for pedestrian and bicycle regional, state and local policies.
$125,000
(2 years)
ID 57780
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health
Los Angeles, CA
Influencing the sociocultural environment to augment the effects of innovative stair design and elevator access on physical activity.
$49,966
(2 years)
ID 56319
Cambridge Public Health Commission d/b/a Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Evaluation of the Somerville, Massachusetts Active Living Partnership.
$205,474
(2 years)
ID 59453
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, NH
Supplement to the obesity and built environment study on overweight adolescents.
$51,074
(3 years)
ID 58124
Studying the effects of motivation, barriers and perceptions of the built environment on physical activity levels among rural mothers.
$10,189
(1 year)
ID 58543
University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning
Gainesville, FL
Exploring the impact of coordinated school placement to allow children to bicycle or walk to school in Florida.
$193,913
(2 years)
ID 57937
Harvard University School of Public Health
Boston, MA
Examining the impact of federal transportation legislation on local investments in bikeways, pedestrian facilities and active living improvements.
$76,879
(1 year)
ID 58025
The Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University
New York, NY
Developing and validating a series of urban design measures to analyze their effect on physical activity and obesity.
$51,167
(1 year)
ID 58089
University of Maryland College of Health and Human Performance
College Park, MD
Studying dietary patterns, body mass index, and the availability of healthy food among urban adolescents.
$80,000
(2 years)
ID 55698
University of Maryland at Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
Role of perceptions in the relationship between the built environment and walking behavior.
$13,395
(6 months)
ID 59448
University of Memphis College of Education
Memphis, TN
Analyzing the development and enactment of high school physical education policy in Tennessee and Mississippi.
$204,994
(2 years)
ID 57758
University of Mississippi
University, MS
Defining activity-friendly environments in the rural south.
$60,615
(1 year)
ID 59456
University of Missouri–Columbia
Columbia, MO
Evaluation of a community effort to promote physical activity in Columbia, Missouri.
$205,504
(2 years)
ID 59452
North Carolina State University College of Natural Resources
Raleigh, NC
Studying diverse communities and the effects of environmental factors on leisure-time physical activities in public parks.
$124,045
(3 years)
ID 55862
North Carolina State University at Raleigh College of Design
Raleigh, NC
Studying the factors within neighborhoods and parks that impact on children's physical activity.
$205,112
(2 years)
ID 59449
Research Foundation of State University of New York
Albany, NY
Study on park characteristics and the relationship to duration and intensity of children's physical activity.
$205,153
(2 years)
ID 59450
University of South Carolina Research Foundation
Columbia, SC
Measuring the features and amenities of physical activity resources and the variety and pricing of food around public housing.
$51,361
(14 months)
ID 58102
University of Southern California College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Los Angeles, CA
Examining disparities in access to parks and recreation resources in southern California.
$199,777
(2 years)
ID 57279
University of Southern Maine
Gorham, ME
Studying the interaction between children and the elements in their environment that impact physical activity in rural communities.
$61,652
(1 year)
ID 59455
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Transforming land use regulations to create livable communities that support physical activity in everyday life.
$200,000
(2 years)
ID 60045
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health
Houston, TX
Studying the impact of Texas Senate Bill 42 on middle school children's level of physical activity.
$49,985
(18 months)
ID 56318
Texas A&M Research Foundation
College Station, TX
Integrating walking for transportation and physical activity for sedentary female office workers in Texas.
$25,632
(14 months)
ID 59444
Tufts University
Boston, MA
Understanding physical activity behaviors in a diverse population of low-income children living in rural America.
$61,616
(1 year)
ID 59458
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
New Orleans, LA
Exploring the physical environmental influences of neighborhood crime and destination density on walking behaviors.
$23,898
(18 months)
ID 59445
Other Program Activities
Group Health Cooperative
Seattle, WA
Evaluating the future role of the Active Living Research and Healthy Eating Research programs.
$226,000
(1 year)
ID 58019
Marjorie A. Gutman, Ph.D.
Cranbury, NJ
Evaluation of Active Living Research.
$259,958
(10 months)
ID 53158
San Diego State University Foundation dba San Diego State University Research Foundation
San Diego, CA
Technical assistance and direction for Active Living Research.
$625,339
(6 months)
ID 51836
Active Living Resource Center
Program to improve health by encouraging collaboration among planning, health and nontraditional entities for the purpose of designing activity-friendly communities.
Program Sites
Bicycle Federation
Bethesda, MD
$493,797
(1 year)
ID 56165
American Heart Association Inc.
Dallas, TX
Alliance for a Healthier Generation: Healthy Schools Program.
$8,000,000
(4 years)
ID 55563
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
Little Rock, AR
Defining and classifying diseases and risks linked to childhood obesity.
$2,312,184
(3 years)
ID 57821
Strategic and logistic planning for the Arkansas body mass index database.
$135,825
(7 months)
ID 57823
Associated Black Charities, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
Developing a blueprint to reduce childhood obesity in Baltimore focusing on economically disadvantaged and minority children.
$101,192
(1 year)
ID 59700
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Analysis of the impact of state nutrition policy change on student lunch selection and sales.
$50,119
(1 year)
ID 56756
Bikes Belong Foundation
Boulder, CO
Leveraging resources to maximize the investment in the Safe Routes to School Program.
$612,163
(3 years)
ID 58126
Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth Behavior
Program to improve the understanding of the role of policy and environmental factors in youth alcohol, illicit drug, and tobacco use, as well as diet and physical activity, to evaluate their effectiveness in reducing substance use and obesity among youth.
Elsevier, Inc.
St. Louis, MO
American Journal of Preventive Medicine supplement on policy and environmental determinants of childhood obesity.
$60,000
(1 year)
ID 53161
University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Health Policy Research
Los Angeles, CA
Examining environmental influences on child dietary and physical
activity behaviors.
$394,182
(2 years)
ID 58107
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Washington, DC
Meeting of health and child advocates to build support for addressing junk-food marketing to children.
$61,201
(7 months)
ID 56978
Communications Support for the Childhood Obesity
Program Area
To manage strategic communications for the Foundation's Childhood Obesity program area to produce high-quality, consistent, timely products and messages that help increase impact.
American Heart Association Inc.
Dallas, TX
Communications materials to launch the Healthy Schools Program.
$39,060
(1 month)
ID 58473
Burness Communications, Inc.
Bethesda, MD
Coordination and policy communications for the Foundation's Childhood Obesity program area.
$155,225
(5 months)
ID 57206
Communications Projects
Multiple Contractors
Consulting and other activities to strengthen programming in the Foundation's Childhood Obesity program area.
$50,000
(11 months)
ID 56658
Consulting and meeting costs for the Foundation's Childhood Obesity program area.
$50,000
(7 months)
ID 57462
Strategic communications for the Foundation's Childhood Obesity program area.
$100,000
(5 months)
ID 58490
Strategic communications for the Foundation's Childhood Obesity program area.
$4,195,560
(23 months)
ID 59094
GMMB Inc.
Washington, DC
Strategic communications planning for the Foundation's Childhood Obesity program area.
$63,757
(5 months)
ID 57225
Health Matrix, Inc.
McLean, VA
Communications support for Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity.
$58,000
(1 year)
ID 57227
Pyramid Communications, Inc.
Seattle, WA
Active Living Research Web site redesign.
$23,000
(5 months)
ID 57379
Community-Based Childhood Obesity Prevention Within the Injury Free Coalition for Kids Initiative Sites
Building on the Injury Free Coalition for Kids initiative, selected sites will add healthy eating environments and programs into their ongoing focus on physical activity and developing safe play areas.
The Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University
New York, NY
Building capacity for community-based childhood obesity prevention within the Injury Free Coalition for Kids initiative sites.
$53,817
(1 year)
ID 57654
OMG Center for Collaborative Learning
Philadelphia, PA
Brief assessment of the Injury Free Coalition for Kids obesity
prevention sites.
$250,000
(9 months)
ID 57213
Engaging Leaders for Healthy Eating and Active Living
To educate and assist national organizations representing state and local elected and appointed officials to educate their members about successful policy approaches and support them in making changes in their states, counties and cities.
Program Sites
American Association of School Administrators
Arlington, VA
$177,680
(1 year)
ID 56322
International City/County Management Association
Washington, DC
$183,992
(1 year)
ID 56356
Local Government Commission
Sacramento, CA
$147,000
(1 year)
ID 56355
National Association of Counties Research Foundation
Washington, DC
$193,536
(9 months)
ID 56323
National Association of Latino Elected Officials - NALEO Education Fund
Los Angeles, CA
$50,000
(6 months)
ID 56018
$164,390
(1 year)
ID 57014
National Conference of State Legislatures
Denver, CO
$296,826
(1 year)
ID 56357
National Governors Association Center
for Best Practices
Washington, DC
$167,764
(1 year)
ID 56358
National League of Cities Institute Inc.
Washington, DC
$224,924
(1 year)
ID 56529
United States Conference of Mayors
Washington, DC
$172,000
(1 year)
ID 56359
Communications Projects
Multiple Contractors
Technical assistance for Engaging Leaders for Healthy Eating
and Active Living.
$97,442
(1 year)
ID 56644
National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators
Washington, DC
Developing a survey instrument to ascertain Hispanic state legislators' perspectives, attitudes and insights about childhood obesity.
$50,960
(6 months)
ID 56017
FireWorks for Kids Foundation, Inc.
Bridgeview, IL
Implementing the Active Kids Initiative to create active living by impacting children's environments.
$50,000
(1 year)
ID 58568
Food Research & Action Center Inc.
Washington, DC
After-school, summer nutrition and physical activity programs to improve children's health.
$320,000
(2 years)
ID 57229
The Food Trust
Philadelphia, PA
National replication of an advocacy campaign to develop more supermarkets in underserved communities.
$410,952
(3 years)
ID 56735
Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc.
Atlanta, GA
Supporting childhood obesity prevention activities in Georgia.
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 59074
Grantmakers in Health
Washington, DC
Issue dialogue and brief report on policy options to accelerate progress in reducing childhood obesity.
$26,667
(6 months)
ID 57779
Harvard University School of Public Health
Boston, MA
Using mathematical models to project the U.S. childhood obesity epidemic and the interventions needed to reverse it.
$298,002
(2 years)
ID 57891
Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Program to support investigator-initiated research to identify and assess environmental and policy influences with the greatest potential to improve healthy eating and weight patterns among the nation's children.
Program Sites
Atlanta Board of Education
Atlanta, GA
Evaluating school food policy implementation within the
Atlanta school system.
$189,000
(2 years)
ID 58088
University of California, Berkeley,
College of Natural Resources
Berkeley, CA
Capturing the impact of new food and beverage standards in California high schools.
$399,965
(3 years)
ID 57926
California Food Policy Advocates Inc.
San Francisco, CA
Examining the role of California's Child Nutrition Commodity Food Program in creating healthy school meals.
$75,000
(18 months)
ID 57925
University of Chicago, Irving B. Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Chicago, IL
Studying the effect of school accountability policies on childhood obesity.
$74,995
(18 months)
ID 57922
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO
Studying environmental and policy factors impacting healthy eating behaviors for low-income elementary school students in Colorado.
$399,034
(2 years)
ID 57929
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Washington, DC
National study of public school food environments and policies and their relationships to diet and obesity among students.
$399,852
(2 years)
ID 57930
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Chapel Hill, NC
Studying the economic impact and the role of key stakeholders in school nutrition standard policy implementation.
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 58086
Pennsylvania State University College of Health and Human Development
University Park, PA
Factors associated with successful development and implementation of school wellness policies.
$397,150
(3 years)
ID 57927
Public Health Advocacy Institute Inc.
Boston, MA
Improving the school food environment: legal obstacles and opportunities.
$74,481
(14 months)
ID 57921
Public Health Institute
Oakland, CA
Legal tools to address the availability and marketing of foods in K–12 schools.
$75,000
(1 year)
ID 57936
Rand Corporation
Santa Monica, CA
Study on food policies and environments in and around elementary schools and their relationship to food consumption and body mass index.
$287,613
(30 months)
ID 57931
University of Southern Maine College of Nursing and Health Professionals
Gorham, ME
Impact of Maine's statewide rule on high school nutrition environments and students' dietary behaviors.
$99,999
(1 year)
ID 57920
University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Seattle, WA
Policy legislation and nutrition study: What works to improve
student health?
$399,208
(3 years)
ID 57932
Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
New Haven, CT
Studying the impact of school wellness policies on the school nutrition environment and student academic functioning and health.
$74,954
(1 year)
ID 57923
Other Program Activities
University of Minnesota School of
Public Health
Minneapolis, MN
Technical assistance and direction for Healthy Eating Research.
$840,703
(1 year)
ID 57440
White Mountain Research Associates, L.L.C.
Danbury, NH
Evaluation of Healthy Eating Research.
$308,011
(5 years)
ID 56631
Hunger Action Network of New York
New York, NY
Increasing the amount of healthy food available to low-income children and families in several New York neighborhoods.
$330,000
(4 years)
ID 57123
University of Illinois at Chicago Institute of Government and Public Affairs
Chicago, IL
Research on girls' sports participation and lifetime physical
activity and weight.
$152,666
(18 months)
ID 58148
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
Chicago, IL
Training and technical assistance on the Rapid Assessment Procedures (RAP) manual used to evaluate children's eating and fitness environments.
$293,572
(2 years)
ID 57596
Intergenerational Programming within the Active for Life Program Sites to Reduce Childhood Obesity
Program to support efforts of senior service organizations to increase access to healthy, lower-calorie foods and opportunities for safe, daily physical activity through policy and environmental change among children living in low-income, culturally diverse neighborhoods and communities.
Program Sites
City of Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Intergenerational project to engage the community in healthy eating and active living at an urban recreation center.
$45,000
(18 months)
ID 56584
First Health of the Carolinas Inc.
Pinehurst, NC
Intergenerational project to establish an organic community garden with an after-school program.
$45,000
(18 months)
ID 56582
Hamilton County General Health District
Cincinnati, OH
Intergenerational project to promote healthy eating and active living in an elementary school of a low-income neighborhood.
$45,000
(18 months)
ID 56583
Oasis Institute
St. Louis, MO
Intergenerational project to promote healthy eating and active living in an after-school program for a low-income student body.
$45,000
(18 months)
ID 56581
International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
Washington, DC
Support for the 2006 annual conference of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.
$8,000
(1 year)
ID 55653
Keystone Center
Keystone, CO
Assessing a dialogue on the role of marketing and advertising in addressing the problem of obesity.
$518,356
(14 months)
ID 51293
Shiriki Kumanyika, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Philadelphia, PA
Support for a senior fellow in residence at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
$3,600
(1 month)
ID 56933
Lawrence Frank and Company, Inc.
Point Roberts, WA
Integrated assessment of how food and activity environments are related to body mass index in adolescents and adults.
$87,963
(1 year)
ID 53915
LM Strategies Consultants
Olympia Fields, IL
Providing strategic advice to support policy and environmental approaches that reduce childhood obesity in high-risk communities.
$25,000
(4 months)
ID 58761
M+R Strategic Services
Washington, DC
Identifying trends and opportunities to advance the healthy eating and active living movement.
$69,500
(4 months)
ID 57097
Identifying trends and opportunities to advance the healthy eating and active living movement.
$11,500
(1 month)
ID 59684
Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield Medical Research and Education Foundation
Marshfield, WI
Evaluating the impact of a healthy lifestyles toolkit on food- and physical activity-related policies in child-care centers.
$74,108
(22 months)
ID 56745
University of Michigan Institute for
Social Research
Ann Arbor, MI
Expanded surveillance of middle and high school food policies and environments.
$616,525
(3 years)
ID 57661
State of Mississippi Office of the Governor
Jackson, MS
Summit to address obesity and other health care issues in Mississippi.
$20,000
(1 year)
ID 58101
National Academy of Sciences–Institute of Medicine
Washington, DC
Follow-up activities to a report on preventing childhood obesity.
$250,000
(10 months)
ID 56982
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Inc.
Atlanta, GA
Early assessment of programs and policies on childhood obesity.
$3,463,502
(2 years)
ID 56623
National Governors Association Center
for Best Practices
Washington, DC
Developing and implementing governors' initiatives to prevent childhood obesity.
$1,322,166
(18 months)
ID 57652
National Research Center for
Women & Families
Washington, DC
Planning an advocacy fellowship using nationally respected women's and girls' organizations to address obesity among low-income children.
$94,630
(7 months)
ID 56111
Obesity Prevention in Children: Synergy with Diabetes Initiative
Program to support efforts of schools and communities to increase access to healthy, lower-calorie foods and opportunities for safe, daily physical activity through policy and environmental change in order to prevent obesity among children living in low-income, culturally diverse neighborhoods and communities.
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Winston-Salem, NC
Brief assessments of the obesity synergy projects with the Diabetes Initiative and Active for Life.
$143,174
(1 year)
ID 57748
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Support for a statistician to work on childhood obesity studies.
$250,075
(5 years)
ID 53242
Planning the African-American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN): Phase 2.
$300,000
(15 months)
ID 58746
Prevention Institute
Oakland, CA
Developing a national database of organizations/coalitions advocating for reducing childhood obesity through healthy eating and environmental design.
$300,469
(1 year)
ID 57865
Public Health Institute
Oakland, CA
Planning for the development of a legal resource network for childhood obesity prevention.
$241,299
(4 months)
ID 58014
Pyramid Communications, Inc.
Seattle, WA
Communications activities to maintain the Active Living Network.
$221,631
(1 year)
ID 57280
Raben Group, LLC
Washington, DC
Meeting on the relationship between agricultural practices and policies and childhood obesity prevention.
$48,000
(3 months)
ID 59612
St. Louis University School of Public Health
St. Louis, MO
Pilot study comparing the physical activity levels, eating behavior and body mass index of people living in walkable versus non-walkable neighborhoods.
$349,034
(1 year)
ID 57152
Samuels & Associates, Inc.
Oakland, CA
Training on school nutrition policy implementation and monitoring.
$76,824
(18 months)
ID 56800
Society of Behavioral Medicine, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
Activities at the Society's 2007 annual meeting on childhood obesity and disparities.
$60,000
(5 months)
ID 59156
Sustainable Food Center
Austin, TX
Promoting the use of local produce and healthy eating behavior in Austin city schools.
$265,944
(3 years)
ID 57334
Urban Institute
Washington, DC
Analysis of geographic patterns of childhood obesity.
$175,327
(1 year)
ID 59831
Vanderbilt University Institute for Public Policy Studies
Washington, DC
Evaluating action demonstrations in childhood obesity prevention.
$99,995
(7 months)
ID 55898
David O. Washington, Ph.D.
Venice, CA
Providing consulting services to develop a request for concepts and to design an online community support system for childhood obesity prevention.
$22,925
(4 months)
ID 59207
University of Washington, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs
Seattle, WA
Studying the impact of the child-care setting on childhood obesity.
$190,364
(18 months)
ID 56478