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May 16th, 2013 | Awards
The Johns Hopkins Global Center on Childhood Obesity has awarded funding to two intervention projects aimed at preventing childhood obesity. The research is part of the third round of funding focused ...
May 31st, 2023
In 2022, NCCOR hosted a public workshop titled, “Implementation Science & Childhood Obesity: Sparking Conversations and Actions to Advance Equity.” The workshop offered an introduction to imp...
February 21st, 2017 | NCCOR, | News
The National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) has launched four Measures Registry User Guides to help childhood obesity researchers and practitioners choose appropriate measures for...
September 10th, 2012 | Research
Sept. 5, 2012, Journal of Obesity Dietary indexes, because of the inclusion of multiple dietary components in a single measure, let us describe the characteristics of the overall diet. Results of die...
October 19th, 2021
On October 19, 2021, NCCOR hosted a webinar to introduce a new tool titled, NCCOR hosted a webinar to introduce A Toolkit for Evaluating Childhood Healthy Weight Programs. Program evaluation is a ...
March 18th, 2023
NCCOR gratefully recognizes The JPB Foundation for funding the development of the Measures Registry User Guides. NCCOR also extends its sincere thanks to the NCCOR Steering Committee, NCCOR Mem...
September 30th, 2015 | Research
The Healthy Communities Study (HCS), funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and supported by the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR), aims to answer important resea...
May 9th, 2013 | News
By Mila Koumpilova Carolyn Will once got stomachaches as she braced for the annual Presidential Physical Fitness Test, the decades-old staple of gym class. But her son, a fourth-grader at St. Thoma...
April 9th, 2013 | Research
By Charlene Laino Avoiding excess weight gain in childhood and young adulthood could prevent many cases of chronic kidney disease later in life, researchers reported. "A study of over 5,000 childre...
October 1st, 2012 | Research
Sept. 24, 2012, HealthDay Adolescents who play active video games increase their heart rate, use more oxygen, and expend more energy, according to a small new study. Low levels of physical activity ...
