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Salud America! Gets $1.3M to Fuel Changes that Reduce Childhood Obesity

February 2, 2015

Who is stepping up for child and family health? Salud America! The RWJF Research Network to Prevent Obesity Among Children this week received a one-year, $1.3 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to develop new educational content that empowers people to drive healthy changes for children. The new funding allows Salud America! to expand its membership, which has recruited more than 10,000 parents, leaders, academics, and more. The network also will conduct research reviews and recommendations to guide anti-obesity efforts. It also will enhance its award-winning Salud America! Growing Healthy Change website with: new campaigns to engage people in reducing obesity; new multimedia Salud Heroes stories and videos of successful healthy changes; expanded ...

Now En Español: 6 Videos on Latino Childhood Obesity Solutions

November 12, 2013

Salud America! today released six Spanish-language animated videos that shed light on the causes of solutions to childhood obesity. The videos, which are also available in English, explore the latest research into how six critical topics—marketing, school snacks, sugary drinks, neighborhood food environments, active play and access to active spaces—impact child health. The videos also feature evidence-based recommendations on how to address the problem. The child-narrated videos are part of a six new packages of research materials produced by Salud America!, a national research network on childhood obesity that is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Each topic’s package contains: a research review, an assessment of all available scientific evidence on ...