The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Food and Nutrition Board convened a workshop exploring policies and programs at the federal, state, tribal, and local levels to limit sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in children ages 0 to 5. Topics included prevalence and trends in beverage intake among young children; beverage intake guidelines applicable to the age More

Nemours has released a new set of case studies developed as part of the CDC-funded National Early Care & Education Learning Collaborative project. For the last five years, Nemours and the CDC worked with states and communities to integrate support for childhood obesity prevention into their early childhood systems. Using the CDC’s Spectrum of Opportunities, More

A new study by the University of Connecticut Rudd Center evaluated whether top fast-food restaurant chains in the U.S. have implemented healthier kids’ meal default policies. Since 2013, McDonald’s, Burger King, Subway, Wendy’s, KFC, and Dairy Queen have pledged to remove sugar-sweetened fountain drinks from menu boards and/or offer healthier drinks and side dished with More

The Healthy Eating Research program is seeking a full time Research Coordinator to work at the program office at Duke University. Primary responsibilities include: managing contract set-up, invoicing, and payment; managing application and review processes for annual call for proposals; coordinating and planning local and national conferences and meetings; and providing technical assistance and budgetary More

Yesterday, Richard Besser, MD, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), issued a statement reaffirming support for school meals standards. “Every child deserves a healthy school that provides nutritious food to eat and opportunities to be physically active,” he writes. “The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation urges the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) More

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute have released the eighth annual County Health Rankings. The Rankings provide information on factors such as jobs, education, housing, and community safety. Learn more.

New Connections: Increasing the Diversity of RWJF Programming, is a program for early career investigators that supports research grants and career development opportunities for researchers from diverse, underrepresented and historically disadvantaged backgrounds. Grants of up to $50,000 are available through the program, whose deadline for applications is May 16, 2017. Learn more and apply here.

Allies for Reaching Community Health Equity (ARCHE), a collaborative partnership between the Center for Global Policy Solutions and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, aims to advance equity-centered strategies that strengthen families and communities and build a culture of health. Visit their new website for more information, stories, and resources.

The Food Trust and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have launched a new national collaborative effort – the Center for Healthy Food Access – that will work to ensure that every child in the United States has access to nutritious, affordable food. Learn more about the collaborative and its focus areas.

Applications are now open for the 2017 cohort in four national leadership development programs from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) designed to create the next generation of leaders committed to equity and better health: Culture of Health Leaders Clinical Scholars Health Policy Research Scholars Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Use RWJF’s Program Finder tool to find More