For its five-year anniversary, NCCOR debuts interactive annual report

February 12, 2014

Five years ago the nation’s leading research funders — the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and U.S. Department of Agriculture — came together in a common mission to improve the efficiency,...

NCCOR releases new FPED fact sheet and webpage

January 30, 2014

The National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) has recently released an updated webpage and new fact sheet for the Food Patterns Equivalents Database (FPED). FPED is an essential resource for any researcher or nutritionists interested in examining food intakes...

NCCOR members contribute to new research that shows major food companies have cutback on calories

January 13, 2014

Sixteen of the nation’s leading food and beverage companies have cut 78 calories out of an American’s daily diet according to a new study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). This is the result of a five-year (2007-2012)...

New NCCOR project translates research into applications for the Healthy Eating Index

April 25, 2013

In April, NCCOR launched a series of new communication tools and technologies that translate and disseminate research applications of the Healthy Eating Index (HEI) for researchers, practitioners, and decision makers and ultimately highlight changes needed to enable healthier food choices...

Tell us what you think of NCCOR’s communications and products!

February 5, 2013

We want to hear from you! February 2013 marks the fourth year anniversary of the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research's (NCCOR) website, www.nccor.org. NCCOR is devoted to moving childhood obesity research forward and is dedicated to reducing and preventing childhood...

NCCOR highlighted by Georgetown University’s MCH library

January 9, 2013

Librarians at the Maternal and Child Health Library (MCH Library) at Georgetown University have selected the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) to be part of their new edition of the knowledge path, Overweight and Obesity in Children and...

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…)

Sharing NCCOR’s successes at 2012 Weight of the Nation™ Conference

May 4, 2012

The National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) will be hosting a number of events at this year’s Weight of the Nation™ conference to share and promote the Collaborative’s successful efforts to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of childhood obesity...

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…)