Linking Healthy Weight Interventions to School Readiness Initiatives
This webinar explored promising efforts that incorporate healthy eating and active living into school readiness initiatives.
“A Healthy America” Funders’ Meeting
“A Healthy America” Funders’ Meeting was held September 16, 2013 in Washington, D.C.
Coordinated School Health: Opportunities to Support Healthy, Active Schools
This webinar discussed innovative approaches to promoting and implementing the coordinated school health approach, as well as opportunities for funders to support coordinated school health programs, especially those focused on promoting HEAL.
Healthy Food Choices in SNAP: Financial and Other Incentives to Change Purchasing Patterns
Healthy Food Choices in SNAP: Financial and Other Incentives to Change Purchasing Patterns was held on May 14, 2013
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs): An Issue at the Heart of the Food/Ag/Health Nexus
This call shared a farmers’ perspective on GMOs, highlighted where the science stands and described why GMOs are a concern for many working in public health.
2013 GIH Annual Meeting on Health Philanthropy
2013 GIH Annual Meeting on Health Philanthropy was held from March 13-15, 2013 in San Francisco, California.
Start Smart: Healthy Weight in Early Childhood
In October 2012 GIH convened a group of grantmakers, researchers, and practitioners for the Issue Dialogue Start Smart: Healthy Weight in Early Childhood. This Issue Brief synthesizes key points from the day’s discussion with a background paper previously prepared for Issue Dialogue participants.
The Food Safety Modernization Act
On this webinar, funders learned how the FSMA and pending FDA regulations will affect local and regional food systems that are vital to the public’s health now and in the future.
Supporting Healthy Weight Interventions in Child Care Settings
Supporting Healthy Weight Interventions in Child Care Settings was held on December 5, 2012 in Washington, D.C.
Using Media to Fight Obesity
Efforts to market foods of minimal nutritional value are believed to have significantly exacerbated the obesity epidemic. This Issue Focus describes research regarding anti-obesity media messaging and provides examples of campaigns that are providing reliable, healthful information to counteract such marketing.
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