• SNAP/Food Stamp Challenges
• Ending Childhood Hunger by 2015
  • Seven Essential Strategies
  • Campaign to End Childhood Hunger
• Food and Agriculture Policy Collaborative
• Building Economic Security
  • SNAP/Food Stamps Provide Real Stimulus
• Fighting Obesity and Hunger
  • Overweight and Obesity Definitions
  • Overweight and Obesity in the U.S.
  • Overweight and Obesity State and Local Data
  • Consequences of Adult Overweight and Obesity
  • Consequences of Childhood Overweight and Obesity
  • Factors Contributing to Overweight and Obesity
  • Relationship Between Poverty and Overweight or Obesity
  • Relationship Between Hunger and Overweight or Obesity
  • Why Low-Income and Food Insecure People are Vulnerable to Overweight and Obesity
  • Role of the Federal Nutrition Programs in Combating Overweight and Obesity
  • Additional Resources
  • References - Fighting Obesity and Hunger
• Addressing Senior Hunger
  • Seniors and SNAP/Food Stamps
  • Improving Participation among Seniors

Additional Resources

The organizations and agencies listed below offer valuable information about obesity on their web-sites, including additional resources, links, fact sheets, and reports.

African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN)

Alliance for a Healthier Generation

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
• Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System (PedNSS)
• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)

ChangeLab Solutions

Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health

Institute of Medicine (IOM)

• Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Policies
• Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood Obesity
• Workshop on Understanding the Relationship between Food Insecurity and Obesity

National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR)

National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality (NICHQ)

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

• County Health Rankings
• Healthy Eating Research
• Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities
• Leadership for Healthy Communities
• Salud America! (National Latino Childhood Obesity Prevention Research Network)

Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity