The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a brief reporting new national and state-by-state obesity rates among 10- to 17-year-olds from the 2016 and 2017 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH). Key findings include the persistence of racial and ethnic disparities with Black and Hispanic youth having the highest rates of obesity (22.5% and 20.6%, respectively.) More

Home visiting interventions have been extensively studied and demonstrated to be effective in improving many maternal and child health outcomes. Early childhood nutrition education and obesity prevention has largely not been implemented within the context of home visiting, but holds potential for impacting children’s health, development, and learning. This article provides new insights into specific More