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Access to Good Food as Preventive Medicine
Of the 10,000 adults who reported that they had a chronic disease such as diabetes, asthma, arthritis, high blood pressure, stroke, a mental health problem, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, nearly one in five said they said they had problems...
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 7, 2014 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: Erin N. Marcus Source Type: news

Group Launches Initiative to Address Childhood Obesity
Two groups, Eat Well Play More Vermont and Live Healthy Vermont, are joining forces to lead the policy work in Vermont’s fight against childhood obesity, which is connected to increased risk for at least 20 chronic diseases, like heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer, said Tina Zuk, the government relations director for the American Heart Association.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - October 15, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: news

With Obesity Epidemic, What’s the Best Way to Get People to Eat Healthfully?
This article describes a study modeling the health and financial impacts of a penny-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, which was supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - May 6, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: news

Just One Daily Soda Can Raise Diabetes Risk, Study Finds
In the study, people who drank a 12-ounce sugar-sweetened soda daily were 18 percent more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes over a 16-year period compared with those who did not consume soda. And people who drank two sodas daily were 18 percent more likely to have a stroke than those who drank one; those who drank three sodas daily saw the same risk increase compared with those who drank two, and so on.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - April 25, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: news

Partnerships Can Fight Childhood Obesity in Tennessee (Opinion)
America has a weight problem — and I’m not simply referring to the few extra pounds many of us pick up over the holidays. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 70 percent of Americans are either overweight or obese, and our wide waistlines put us at greater risk for life-threatening health conditions such as heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and several types of cancer. Unfortunately, Tennesseans fare worse than most.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - January 25, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: news