RWJF awards grants to help reverse childhood obesity epidemic

January 17, 2013

Six national associations have received a total of $1.8 million in grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to help communities increase children's access to affordable healthy foods and opportunities for physical activity. The grants were awarded through Leadership...

UCLA project to promote healthy nutrition and physical activity

October 8, 2012

Researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have been awarded a $20 million federal grant to further their innovative efforts to curb obesity. ... The UCLA project, rather than requiring busy, stressed individuals in low-resource...

JHGCCO releases second round RFA for rapid response studies

July 5, 2012

The Johns Hopkins Global Center on Childhood Obesity (JHGCCO) released its second round Request for Applications (RFA) on July 1, awarding research grants for "rapid response" studies. JHGCCO seeks to jumpstart systems-oriented childhood obesity research in a rapidly-changing physical or policy environment...

NCCOR members receive awards for making strides to combat obesity

May 9, 2012

On May 8, at Weight of the Nation's Pioneering Innovation Awards ceremony, three members of the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) received awards in recognition of their work to combat obesity. (more…)

New funding opportunities at global childhood obesity center

March 8, 2012

The Johns Hopkins Global Center on Childhood Obesity (JHGCCO) has recently announced an RFA for new rapid response funding opportunities. (more…)