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NEW: CDC’s Report to Congress on the Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (CORD) Project

December 5, 2019

Childhood obesity affects 13.7 million children in the United States, and rates tend to be higher in children and adolescents from families with lower incomes. To combat this, CDC developed the Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (CORD) project to implement effective...
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NCCOR Resources for Students

November 15, 2019

With the school year in full swing, NCCOR is excited to launch a brand new resource for students—the NCCOR Student Hub. The NCCOR Student Hub will highlight all the tools and resources that public health and other graduate students studying...
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NCCOR Is Going To APHA 2019!

November 1, 2019

NCCOR is headed to Philadelphia, PA for the American Public Health Association (APHA) 2019 Annual Meeting and Expo! More than 12,000 public health professionals will gather from Nov. 2-6 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. This year’s theme is “Creating the...
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NEW: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Releases First-Ever “State of Childhood Obesity” Report

October 24, 2019

This month, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released the first-ever edition of State of Childhood Obesity: Helping All Children Grow Up Healthy, a new report that will be produced annually. The report includes the best available data on national and...
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Healthy Eating Research Releases Beverage Recommendations for Children Aged 0–5

October 9, 2019

Leading medical and nutrition organizations recommend breast milk, infant formula, water, and plain milk as part of a new set of comprehensive beverage recommendations for children aged 0–5. The groups caution against beverages with lots of added sugar such as...
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Now Live: NCCOR’s Measures Registry Learning Modules

September 26, 2019

Washington, DC –This month, the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) unveiled an exciting new resource to help researchers, practitioners, students, and faculty understand key measurement concepts for research and evaluation projects related to nutrition and physical activity. The...
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NCCOR Releases New Measures Registry Learning Modules

September 10, 2019

Washington, DC –Today, the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) is unveiling an exciting new resource that will help researchers, practitioners, students, and faculty understand key measurement concepts for research and evaluation projects related to nutrition and physical activity....
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NCCOR Celebrates 10 Years During National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

August 29, 2019

The National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) launched a decade ago with a clear vision: to bring together the nation’s leading health research funders to address the problem of childhood obesity in America. This year, during National Childhood Obesity...
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NCCOR’s Global Reach

July 23, 2019

The National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research has been providing resources, tools, and information to the field for the last 10 years across the United States but did you know that NCCOR's tools are also used in other countries? With...
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Childhood obesity rates decline among WIC-enrolled children

June 26, 2019

Today, obesity rates in the United States are high, affecting 93.3 million American adults and 13.7 million American children. However, new data recently shared in the Journal of the American Medical Association, shares additional signs of progress in declining prevalence...
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