Transcript Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent

Healthy Eating Research:
Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity
RWJF Food Marketing Research Roundtable
Mary Story, Ph.D., R.D., Program Director
April 5, 2011
Healthy Eating Research
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Program launched in 2005
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Target populations include
• Children and adolescents ages 3 to 18 and their families
• Lower-income and racial and ethnic populations at highest risk for obesity
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Goals
• Establish a research base for policy and environmental factors that influence
healthy eating and body weight in children, as well as effective policy and
environmental strategies for reversing the childhood obesity epidemic;
• Build a vibrant, multidisciplinary field of research and a diverse network of
researchers; and
• Ensure that findings are effectively communicated to inform policies and
guide the development of effective solutions.
Healthy Eating Research
• 10 calls for proposals (CFPs) released to date
• 90 HER grants funded to date, totaling over $15 million
• Information about all funded grants can be found on the
program website, at www.healthyeatingresearch.org
Food Marketing
• HER food marketing grants
• 37 funded to date
• See Appendix 5 of RWJF Programs and Projects Addressing Food
Marketing
• HER products
• Publications, research briefs and syntheses, analyses
• See Appendix 6 of RWJF Programs and Projects Addressing Food
Marketing
• YouTube videos with food marketing grantees to come in year
ahead
2008 Research Brief
Food and Beverage Marketing to
Children and Adolescents:
What Changes are Needed to
Promote Healthy Eating Habits?
(October 2008)
Available at www.healthyeatingresearch.org,
under Publications
New Research Synthesis
Food and Beverage Marketing to
Children and Adolescents:
An Environment at Odds with
Good Health
(April 2011)
Available at www.healthyeatingresearch.org,
under Publications
Food Marketing Bibliography
• HER conducted literature review on food marketing through
March 2011
• Bibliography will be posted to program website
(www.healthyeatingresearch.org) and kept updated
• See bibliography handout
Food Marketing Webinars
• HER will have funding in the year ahead to host 2 webinars on
food marketing
• Contact HER with topic and speaker ideas
RWJF Publications Database (www.rwjf.org/pr/)
http://www.rwjf.org/pr/
Current Status
RWJF searchable database available now to find RWJF-funded publications and products.
Next Steps
Collaborate with RWJF to ensure that all grantee and NPO publications are listed and
tagged as applicable. Possibly work with RWJF to enhance search capabilities.
For More Information
• Healthy Eating Research, www.healthyeatingresearch.org
• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: 1-800-578-8636