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Policy Briefing: Threats to Food and Nutrition Programs in Budget Reconciliation

April 29, 2025
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Post-Chevron: Impacts on the Food, Agriculture, and Public Health Regulatory Landscape

September 12, 2024
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2023 Fall Forum

November 01, 2023 - November 03, 2023
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It’s Time to Move: Physical Activity as Medicine

September 20, 2023
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Latest Resources

Selling Healthy Lifestyles: Using Social Marketing to Promote Change and Prevent Disease

June 7, 2004

Social marketing is increasingly being applied to the promotion of healthier behaviors and the prevention of chronic diseases. This 2 page Issue Focus describes how grantmakers can use social marketing techniques to help people quit smoking or never start, eat a healthier diet, and get more exercise.

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Healthy Behaviors: Addressing Chronic Disease at Its Roots

September 22, 2003

The development and progression of many chronic diseases are linked to unhealthy behaviors, particularly cigarette smoking and use of other tobacco products, poor diet, and lack of regular exercise. This Issue Focus highlights the many ways that health grantmakers across the country are mobilizing communities, employers, schools, families, and individuals to move toward healthier behaviors.

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Skimming the Fat: The CATCH Initiative

August 11, 2003

With reports from the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services regarding the prevalence of
and danger associated with obesity in America, a
“call to action” was issued to all communities nationwide to
help address this health problem. In a world where fast food
and soft drinks are a common meal and Internet surfing or
computer games replace exercise, children today face serious
health consequences.

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The Nation’s Leading Health Indicators: Measuring Progress, Taking Action

April 15, 2003

This resource portfolio provides profiles on each of the nation’s leading health indicators, as well as an overview highlighting GIH resources on this topic.

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Weighing in on Obesity

September 3, 2002

The country is facing double threats: a dramatic increase in rates of overweight and obesity among children and adults, and an accompanying increase in diabetes and other conditions that threaten the lives and health of the nation’s population. This Issue Focus explores ways that grantmakers can play a role in identifying and promoting effective prevention and intervention strategies, including tackling the root causes of the problem.

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Weighing in on Obesity: America’s Growing Health Epidemic

February 22, 2002

The country is facing double threats: a dramatic increase in rates of overweight and obesity among children and adults, and an accompanying increase in diabetes and other conditions that threaten the lives and health of the nation’s population. This Issue Brief helps health grantmakers understand the nature of today’s epidemic and explore ways they can play a role in identifying and promoting effective prevention and intervention strategies, including tackling the root causes of the problem.

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