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Active Living Research: "Do Short Physical Activity Breaks in Classrooms Work?"
New policy brief looks at how programs that provide classroom physical activity breaks can increase physical activity, and improve on-task behavior as well as some measures of health.
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| Do Short Physical Activity Breaks in Classrooms Work? In February 2013, Active Living Research released "Do Short Physical Activity Breaks in Classrooms Work?" This policy brief looks at how programs... |
| 2013 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps: Where We Live, Learn, Work and Play Matters to Our Health The 2013 release of the County Health Rankings continue to show us where we live matters to our health by examining 25 factors that influence... |
| Local Government Commission's Paul Zykofsky Interviewed by RWJF NewPublicHealth Blog Local Government Commission's Paul Zykofsky was recently interviewed for NewPublicHealth, a blog for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).... |
| Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project Releases Video on Why Competitive Foods Matter Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project, a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts, released a new... |
| FTC Releases Follow-Up Report on Food Marketing to Children The Federal Trade Commission recently released a follow-up report on food marketing to children and adolescents. While it praised some industry... |
| Webinar Presentations: Financing HEAL Initiatives On Monday, December 17, 2012, at 3:00 p.m. EST, Leadership for Healthy Communities, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,... |
| New Study Shows That Healthy Foods Are Still Hard to Find in Some Schools The majority of our nation’s secondary schools do not sell fruits and vegetables in school stores, snack bars, or vending machines, according to a... |
| F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2012 Today, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Trust for America's Health released the 9th edition of the annual report F as in Fat: How Obesity... |
| Bridging the Gap Releases Report on Beverages Sold in Public Schools "Leading health authorities recommend that all foods and beverages offered to students at school contribute to a healthy diet. As directed by the... |
| Webinar Presentations: Exploring Health Impact Assessments On Tuesday, July 31, 2012, Leadership for Healthy Communities hosted a webinar to provide an overview of how Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) are... |
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2011 Childhood Obesity Summit
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Announcements
- Six National Policy-Maker Associations Receive Grants to Help Reverse the Childhood Obesity Epidemic
- Leadership for Healthy Communities Applaud U.S. Supreme Court Decision on ACA
- Leaders from Across the Country Gather to Address Childhood Obesity
- Seven National Policymaker Organizations Awarded Grants for Initiatives to Reverse Childhood Obesity
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