NCCOR Highlights Research Efforts to Advance Childhood Obesity Research

March 27, 2023

This week, NCCOR published a commentary titled “National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research Efforts to Advance Childhood Obesity Research: Progress and Next Steps” in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The paper celebrates a decade of NCCOR’s landmark tools—the Catalogue of Surveillance Systems and the Measures Registry—and  advancements in...

NCCOR Releases 2022 Annual Report Highlighting Community Focused Resources

March 20, 2023

The 2022 Annual Report, Connecting Research to Communities, highlights NCCOR’s unique role in building a community among federal agencies, practitioners, students, and scientists working in children’s health. In the past year, NCCOR expanded its reach to new audiences by launching user-friendly...

New Connect & Explore Webinar Explores Updated Recommendations for Childhood Obesity Treatment

March 1, 2023

Join NCCOR on Tuesday, March 28th from 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET for the next Connect & Explore webinar, Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Obesity. Authors of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ new clinical practice guideline for children with overweight...

Does Breastfeeding Initiation Vary by WIC Participation and Race/Ethnicity? An Examination of Long-Term Trends from 2009-2017

January 2, 2023

On January 11, 2023, NCCOR will host a Connect & Explore webinar that explored “Breastfeeding Initiation Trends by WIC Participation and Race/Ethnicity Among Medicaid Births,” a research study soon to appear in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. The webinar provided...

NCCOR Plans an Exciting Line-Up of Events at APHA 2022!

November 2, 2022

Join NCCOR  from November 6-9th at the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) Annual Meeting in Boston. This year’s theme, 150 Years of Creating the Healthiest Nation: Leading the Path Toward Equity, celebrates APHA’s legacy of public health leadership and a shared commitment...

Connect & Explore Webinar Links Economic Benefits and Physical Activity

October 28, 2022

How does focusing on economic benefits help to promote physical activity? Find out on Thursday, November 17, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. ET during the latest Connect & Explore webinar, Create Thriving, Activity-Friendly Communities with NCCOR. An expert panel will demonstrate...

NCCOR Supports Active, Healthy Communities with New Resource and Webinar

October 7, 2022

NCCOR has added a new planning tool and an upcoming training webinar to its growing list of resources supporting active communities. Launched in May 2022, Create Thriving, Activity-Friendly Communities demonstrates how to make the business case for investing in equitable, environmental improvements to promote physical activity. Now, NCCOR has expanded this resource with the launch of its highly...

NCCOR to Host a Webinar on Reframing Childhood Obesity: Cultural Insights on Nutrition, Weight, and Food Systems

August 5, 2022

The National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) is partnering with the Vanderbilt Cultural Context of Health & Wellbeing Initiative and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to host a Connect & Explore webinar on the recently released report, Reframing Childhood Obesity: Cultural Insights on Nutrition, Weight,...

New NCCOR White Paper Addressing Youth Active Travel to School Surveillance

December 2, 2021

This fall, NCCOR published a literature review in the Journal of Healthy Eating and Active Living and released a white paper summarizing a workshop that engaged experts to explore key challenges related to surveillance and measurement of youth active travel...

New NCCOR Resources Examine the Impact of COVID-19 among Child Care Programs

November 29, 2021

This month, NCCOR published a new project page based on our latest report, titled Key Informant Interviews to Inform Nutrition and Physical Activity Efforts in Child Care Settings During the COVID-19 Pandemic. This report highlights research needs and the impact of...