Priority Populations
Rates of childhood obesity have increased disproportionately among African-American, Latino, Native American and low-income children over the past several decades. Certain areas of the country, such as the Southeast, have also been disproportionately affected by high rates of childhood overweight and obesity. Thus, socio-economic status, race, ethnicity and geography must be prioritized if we’re going to affect healthy eating and active living in underserved communities.
Fact Sheets
- Overweight and Obesity Among African American Youths Developed by Leadership for Healthy Communities, this fact sheet highlights the ...
- Council of State Governments' Childhood Obesity Fact Sheet The Council of State Governments, which is supported in part by Leadership ...
Policy Briefs
- Restaurant Realities: Inequalities in Access to Healthy Restaurant Choices T...
- Bringing Healthy Foods Home: Examining Inequalities in Access to Food Stores The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Healthy Eating Research program developed t...
Case Studies
- Healthy Counties Database The National Association of Counties' Healthy Counties Database is a tool y...
- Active Living and Social Equity: Creating Healthy Communities for All Residents This guide describes how local governments can design healthy communities for al...
Reports
- Special Issue of Health Affairs Features Key Studies on Childhood Obesity In its March 2010 issue, Health Affairs focuses on the state of the childho...
- Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Developed by 11 policy-maker associations participating in the Leadership f...
- USDA Releases Report on Food Deserts The U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service has released a repo...
- Reshaping our Communities, Reclaiming Our Health African Americans Define Strategies for Healthy Kids and Healthy Neighborhoo...
- Prevalence of Obesity Among Children in Six Chicago Communities: Findings from a Health Survey Researchers found that compared with 16.8% for the U.S., the prevalence of obesi...
- Balance: RWJF's Report on State Action to Promote Nutrition, Increase Physical Activity and Obesity The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's BALANCE report reviews legislative and...
- Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities, and Youth Obesity This publication describes the insights gained from three county-school dia...
- Active Living and Social Equity: Creating Healthy Communities for All Residents This guide describes how local governments can design healthy communities for al...
Articles & Interviews
- The Time is Now for School Leaders to Address Childhood Obesity Emily Kujawa of the National School Board Association wrote about childhood obes...
- Prevalence of Obesity Among Children in Six Chicago Communities: Findings from a Health Survey Researchers found that compared with 16.8% for the U.S., the prevalence of obesi...
- Pennsylvania's Fresh Food Financing Initiative: Providing Healthy Food Choices to Communities Many low-income communities lack grocery stores and access to fresh, healthy foo...
- Childhood Obesity Crisis: What Can Counties Do? While obesity among children and adolescents has more than doubled in the last 3...
Newsletters
- The Time is Now for School Leaders to Address Childhood Obesity Emily Kujawa of the National School Board Association wrote about childhood obes...
Toolkits
- Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Developed by 11 policy-maker associations participating in the Leadership f...
- Healthy Counties Database The National Association of Counties' Healthy Counties Database is a tool y...
- U.S. Conference of Mayors' Healthy Cities Web site This U.S. Conference of Mayors works with mayors around the country to provide c...
Multimedia
- Healthy Youth for a Healthy Future: Webcast with US Acting Surgeon General Steven K. Galson US Acting Surgeon General Steven K. Galson presented on the upcoming Surgeo...
Links
- Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Developed by 11 policy-maker associations participating in the Leadership f...
Fact Sheets
- Overweight and Obesity Among Latino Youths Developed by Leadership for Healthy Communities, this fact sheet highlights the ...
- Council of State Governments' Childhood Obesity Fact Sheet The Council of State Governments, which is supported in part by Leadership ...
Policy Briefs
- Restaurant Realities: Inequalities in Access to Healthy Restaurant Choices T...
- Bringing Healthy Foods Home: Examining Inequalities in Access to Food Stores The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Healthy Eating Research program developed t...
Case Studies
- Healthy Counties Database The National Association of Counties' Healthy Counties Database is a tool y...
- Active Living and Social Equity: Creating Healthy Communities for All Residents This guide describes how local governments can design healthy communities for al...
Reports
- Special Issue of Health Affairs Features Key Studies on Childhood Obesity In its March 2010 issue, Health Affairs focuses on the state of the childho...
- Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Developed by 11 policy-maker associations participating in the Leadership f...
- USDA Releases Report on Food Deserts The U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service has released a repo...
- Prevalence of Obesity Among Children in Six Chicago Communities: Findings from a Health Survey Researchers found that compared with 16.8% for the U.S., the prevalence of obesi...
- Balance: RWJF's Report on State Action to Promote Nutrition, Increase Physical Activity and Obesity The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's BALANCE report reviews legislative and...
- Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities, and Youth Obesity This publication describes the insights gained from three county-school dia...
- Active Living and Social Equity: Creating Healthy Communities for All Residents This guide describes how local governments can design healthy communities for al...
Articles & Interviews
- The Time is Now for School Leaders to Address Childhood Obesity Emily Kujawa of the National School Board Association wrote about childhood obes...
- Prevalence of Obesity Among Children in Six Chicago Communities: Findings from a Health Survey Researchers found that compared with 16.8% for the U.S., the prevalence of obesi...
- Pennsylvania's Fresh Food Financing Initiative: Providing Healthy Food Choices to Communities Many low-income communities lack grocery stores and access to fresh, healthy foo...
- Childhood Obesity Crisis: What Can Counties Do? While obesity among children and adolescents has more than doubled in the last 3...
Newsletters
- The Time is Now for School Leaders to Address Childhood Obesity Emily Kujawa of the National School Board Association wrote about childhood obes...
Toolkits
- Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Developed by 11 policy-maker associations participating in the Leadership f...
- Healthy Counties Database The National Association of Counties' Healthy Counties Database is a tool y...
- U.S. Conference of Mayors' Healthy Cities Web site This U.S. Conference of Mayors works with mayors around the country to provide c...
Multimedia
- Healthy Youth for a Healthy Future: Webcast with US Acting Surgeon General Steven K. Galson US Acting Surgeon General Steven K. Galson presented on the upcoming Surgeo...
Links
- Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Developed by 11 policy-maker associations participating in the Leadership f...
Fact Sheets
- Overweight and Obesity Among American Indian and Alaska Native Youths Developed by Leadership for Healthy Communities, this fact sheet highlights rese...
- Council of State Governments' Childhood Obesity Fact Sheet The Council of State Governments, which is supported in part by Leadership ...
- Special Diabetes Program for Indians: Type 2 Diabetes and Youth: Acting Now for Future Generations The Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Services Division of ...
- Diabetes in American Indians and Alaska Natives: Facts at a Glance The Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Services Divisio...
Policy Briefs
- Special Diabetes Program for Indians: Type 2 Diabetes and Youth: Acting Now for Future Generations The Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Services Division of ...
- Restaurant Realities: Inequalities in Access to Healthy Restaurant Choices T...
- Bringing Healthy Foods Home: Examining Inequalities in Access to Food Stores The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Healthy Eating Research program developed t...
Case Studies
- Healthy Counties Database The National Association of Counties' Healthy Counties Database is a tool y...
Reports
- Special Issue of Health Affairs Features Key Studies on Childhood Obesity In its March 2010 issue, Health Affairs focuses on the state of the childho...
- Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Developed by 11 policy-maker associations participating in the Leadership f...
- Balance: RWJF's Report on State Action to Promote Nutrition, Increase Physical Activity and Obesity The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's BALANCE report reviews legislative and...
Profiles
- Special Diabetes Program for Indians: Type 2 Diabetes and Youth: Acting Now for Future Generations The Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Services Division of ...
Articles & Interviews
- Pennsylvania's Fresh Food Financing Initiative: Providing Healthy Food Choices to Communities Many low-income communities lack grocery stores and access to fresh, healthy foo...
Toolkits
- Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Developed by 11 policy-maker associations participating in the Leadership f...
- Healthy Counties Database The National Association of Counties' Healthy Counties Database is a tool y...
- U.S. Conference of Mayors' Healthy Cities Web site This U.S. Conference of Mayors works with mayors around the country to provide c...
Links
- Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Developed by 11 policy-maker associations participating in the Leadership f...
Policy Briefs
- Restaurant Realities: Inequalities in Access to Healthy Restaurant Choices T...
- Bringing Healthy Foods Home: Examining Inequalities in Access to Food Stores The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Healthy Eating Research program developed t...
Case Studies
- Healthy Counties Database The National Association of Counties' Healthy Counties Database is a tool y...
Reports
- Special Issue of Health Affairs Features Key Studies on Childhood Obesity In its March 2010 issue, Health Affairs focuses on the state of the childho...
- Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Developed by 11 policy-maker associations participating in the Leadership f...
- Balance: RWJF's Report on State Action to Promote Nutrition, Increase Physical Activity and Obesity The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's BALANCE report reviews legislative and...
Articles & Interviews
- Pennsylvania's Fresh Food Financing Initiative: Providing Healthy Food Choices to Communities Many low-income communities lack grocery stores and access to fresh, healthy foo...
Toolkits
- Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Developed by 11 policy-maker associations participating in the Leadership f...
- Healthy Counties Database The National Association of Counties' Healthy Counties Database is a tool y...
- U.S. Conference of Mayors' Healthy Cities Web site This U.S. Conference of Mayors works with mayors around the country to provide c...
Multimedia
- Healthy Youth for a Healthy Future: Webcast with US Acting Surgeon General Steven K. Galson US Acting Surgeon General Steven K. Galson presented on the upcoming Surgeo...
Links
- Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Developed by 11 policy-maker associations participating in the Leadership f...
Policy Briefs
- Restaurant Realities: Inequalities in Access to Healthy Restaurant Choices T...
- Bringing Healthy Foods Home: Examining Inequalities in Access to Food Stores The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Healthy Eating Research program developed t...
Case Studies
- Case Study: How San Francisco is Attracting Grocery Stores and Converting Corner Stores The City of San Francisco and community-based organizations work toget...
- Healthy Counties Database The National Association of Counties' Healthy Counties Database is a tool y...
- Active Living and Social Equity: Creating Healthy Communities for All Residents This guide describes how local governments can design healthy communities for al...
Reports
- Special Issue of Health Affairs Features Key Studies on Childhood Obesity In its March 2010 issue, Health Affairs focuses on the state of the childho...
- Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Developed by 11 policy-maker associations participating in the Leadership f...
- USDA Releases Report on Food Deserts The U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service has released a repo...
- Can Low-Income Americans Afford a Healthy Diet? This article, published by the United States Department of Agriculture Economic ...
- City of Chicago's Eat Local Live Healthy Program The city of Chicago is increasing access to healthy, fresh and affodable food ar...
- Prevalence of Obesity Among Children in Six Chicago Communities: Findings from a Health Survey Researchers found that compared with 16.8% for the U.S., the prevalence of obesi...
- Balance: RWJF's Report on State Action to Promote Nutrition, Increase Physical Activity and Obesity The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's BALANCE report reviews legislative and...
- Active Living and Social Equity: Creating Healthy Communities for All Residents This guide describes how local governments can design healthy communities for al...
Articles & Interviews
- Council of State Governments' StateNews In the Council of State Governments' April 2009 edition of StateNews, two articl...
- Can Low-Income Americans Afford a Healthy Diet? This article, published by the United States Department of Agriculture Economic ...
- Prevalence of Obesity Among Children in Six Chicago Communities: Findings from a Health Survey Researchers found that compared with 16.8% for the U.S., the prevalence of obesi...
- Replenishing Our Food Deserts This article in State Legislatures magazine discusses state legislation whi...
- Pennsylvania's Fresh Food Financing Initiative: Providing Healthy Food Choices to Communities Many low-income communities lack grocery stores and access to fresh, healthy foo...
- Overfed but Undernourished: Not Will Power, but Purchasing Power... The abundance of cheap fast-food options, coupled with the dearth of affordable,...
- Childhood Obesity Crisis: What Can Counties Do? While obesity among children and adolescents has more than doubled in the last 3...
Presentations
- Case Study: How San Francisco is Attracting Grocery Stores and Converting Corner Stores The City of San Francisco and community-based organizations work toget...
Toolkits
- Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Developed by 11 policy-maker associations participating in the Leadership f...
- Healthy Counties Database The National Association of Counties' Healthy Counties Database is a tool y...
- U.S. Conference of Mayors' Healthy Cities Web site This U.S. Conference of Mayors works with mayors around the country to provide c...
Multimedia
- Healthy Youth for a Healthy Future: Webcast with US Acting Surgeon General Steven K. Galson US Acting Surgeon General Steven K. Galson presented on the upcoming Surgeo...
Links
- Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Developed by 11 policy-maker associations participating in the Leadership f...
Policy Briefs
- Supporting Healthy Communities Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 With nearly one in three children and adolescents overweight or obese, at a...
Case Studies
- Healthy Counties Database The National Association of Counties' Healthy Counties Database is a tool y...
Reports
- Special Issue of Health Affairs Features Key Studies on Childhood Obesity In its March 2010 issue, Health Affairs focuses on the state of the childho...
- Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Developed by 11 policy-maker associations participating in the Leadership f...
- USDA Releases Report on Food Deserts The U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service has released a repo...
- Rural Obesity: Strategies to Support Rural Counties in Building Capacity This publication describes the Rural Obesity Initiative and the lessons learned ...
- Balance: RWJF's Report on State Action to Promote Nutrition, Increase Physical Activity and Obesity The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's BALANCE report reviews legislative and...
- Childhood Obesity: Legislative Policy Approaches and the Evidence Base to Date This report summarizes state legislation considered and enacted in 2005 in ...
Articles & Interviews
- Council of State Governments' StateNews In the Council of State Governments' April 2009 edition of StateNews, two articl...
- Local Government Commission: San Joaquin Valley Update The Local Government Commission developed this newsletter for San Joaquin L...
- CSG Initiative Aims to Reduce Childhood Obesity The Council of State Governments held a Southern Collaborative on Obes...
Newsletters
- Local Government Commission: San Joaquin Valley Update The Local Government Commission developed this newsletter for San Joaquin L...
Presentations
- Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi Presentation on Childhood Obesity Prevention The Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi presented on childhood obesity...
- Health is Academic, Mississippi Office of Healthy Schools Presentation Shane McNeill, director of the office of Healthy Schools in Mississippi, present...
- Defining Activity Friendly Rural Environments, Presentation by Jeffrey Hallam of U of Mississippi Jeffery Hallam of the Center for Health Behavior Research, University of Mississ...
- Community Best Practices for Fit, Healthy Children This PowerPoint presentation was prepared for participants of the Healthy C...
- Chronic Disease in Kentucky: why it should matter to you! Dr. Rice Leach, Commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Public Health, prese...
- Obesity in Kentucky: Active Living Conference Presentation Fit Louisville founder, David T. Allen presented information about his ...
- Adkisson Greenbelt Park: Linking the community Sue Fowler, Greenbelt Park Director in Owensboro, KY, presented on "Adkisso...
- Active Living Promotes Healthy Communities Dr. Thomas James III, Chief Medical Officer of Humana-Kentucky, presented on &qu...
- Active Living: Kentucky Perspectives Rita Moya, Executive Director of the Foundatio for a Healthy Kentucky, presented...
Toolkits
- Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Developed by 11 policy-maker associations participating in the Leadership f...
- Supporting Healthy Communities Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 With nearly one in three children and adolescents overweight or obese, at a...
- Healthy Counties Database The National Association of Counties' Healthy Counties Database is a tool y...
- U.S. Conference of Mayors' Healthy Cities Web site This U.S. Conference of Mayors works with mayors around the country to provide c...
Links
- Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Developed by 11 policy-maker associations participating in the Leadership f...
Policy Briefs
- Restaurant Realities: Inequalities in Access to Healthy Restaurant Choices T...
- Bringing Healthy Foods Home: Examining Inequalities in Access to Food Stores The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Healthy Eating Research program developed t...
- Complete Streets Policy Brief This brief describes the benefits of complete street policies for states tr...
Case Studies
- Case Study: How San Francisco is Attracting Grocery Stores and Converting Corner Stores The City of San Francisco and community-based organizations work toget...
Reports
- Special Issue of Health Affairs Features Key Studies on Childhood Obesity In its March 2010 issue, Health Affairs focuses on the state of the childho...
- Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Developed by 11 policy-maker associations participating in the Leadership f...
- City of Chicago's Eat Local Live Healthy Program The city of Chicago is increasing access to healthy, fresh and affodable food ar...
- Prevalence of Obesity Among Children in Six Chicago Communities: Findings from a Health Survey Researchers found that compared with 16.8% for the U.S., the prevalence of obesi...
- Balance: RWJF's Report on State Action to Promote Nutrition, Increase Physical Activity and Obesity The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's BALANCE report reviews legislative and...
- Childhood Obesity: Legislative Policy Approaches and the Evidence Base to Date This report summarizes state legislation considered and enacted in 2005 in ...
- Turning Brownfields into Mixed-Use Developments Reclaiming vacant lots to develop new areas for housing allows communities ...
Articles & Interviews
- Prevalence of Obesity Among Children in Six Chicago Communities: Findings from a Health Survey Researchers found that compared with 16.8% for the U.S., the prevalence of obesi...
Presentations
- Case Study: How San Francisco is Attracting Grocery Stores and Converting Corner Stores The City of San Francisco and community-based organizations work toget...
- Community Best Practices for Fit, Healthy Children This PowerPoint presentation was prepared for participants of the Healthy C...
Toolkits
- Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Developed by 11 policy-maker associations participating in the Leadership f...
- U.S. Conference of Mayors' Healthy Cities Web site This U.S. Conference of Mayors works with mayors around the country to provide c...
Multimedia
- Healthy Youth for a Healthy Future: Webcast with US Acting Surgeon General Steven K. Galson US Acting Surgeon General Steven K. Galson presented on the upcoming Surgeo...
Links
- Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit Developed by 11 policy-maker associations participating in the Leadership f...

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