Five Years of Accelerating Progress Through Childhood Obesity Research

February 12, 2014

The National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) launched Connect & Explore—a webinar series to engage, inform, and communicate with researchers and other external audiences. The Connect & Explore Webinar Series will be conducted three times per year. This first...

NCCOR Measures Registry

May 19, 2011

The National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) hosted a webinar featuring its Measures Registry, a searchable online registry of diet and physical activity measures relevant to childhood obesity research. The Registry includes almost 750 measures in four domains: individual...

NCCOR Catalogue of Surveillance Systems

May 5, 2011

The National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) Catalogue of Surveillance Systems allows users to review, sort and compare more than 75 surveillance systems relevant to childhood obesity research. The Catalogue provides a unique window on obesity-related environmental factors and...

Measurement of Active and Sedentary Behaviors: Closing the Gaps in Self-Report Methods

July 12, 2010

No single measure can capture physical activity perfectly. Development of self-report methods has been a persistent and evolving pursuit. Measures vary in how they quantify a broad range of health-related and behavioral constructs, from physiologic response to exercise, to participation...

Four-Part Webinar Series on Policy Evaluation

October 12, 2009

Overview This web-based seminar series aims to increase skills of researchers and practitioners in policy evaluation effectiveness. Increasingly, policies are being implemented at state and local levels that are intended to reduce obesity prevalence by improving diet and/or increasing physical...