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The Three Most-Read GrantWatch Blog Posts during February 2011

Below, we list the three most-read posts of the month. Take a look in case you missed one of these when the original tweet or e-alert was sent out. 1. “Update on What Foundations Have Been Doing in...

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UCLA Professor Urges Foundation Staffers to Push Physical Activity

This is the second in a series of short posts on my trip to Los Angeles to cover the Grantmakers In Health (GIH) Annual Meeting earlier this month. Humans need physical activity as much as they need...

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The Three Most-Read GrantWatch Blog Posts during March 2011

We list below the three most-read posts during the month. Take a look in case you missed one of these when the original tweet or e-alert went out. 1. “Foundation Blogs Round-up: Health Reform,...

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Can It Be True? Do Food and Beverage Companies That Sell Healthier Products...

An e-alert describing a new report caught my eye. Who would have anticipated these results? The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), which announced back in 2007 that it would commit at least $500...

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Private Industry and Public Health: How Foundations Can Collaborate with...

Derek Yach, senior vice president for global health and agriculture policy at PepsiCo, was one of the plenary speakers at the recent Grantmakers In Health (GIH) Annual Meeting, held in Baltimore. A...

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Foundation Funding to Eliminate Food Deserts and to Improve Oral Health

The May GrantWatch column in Health Affairs focuses on efforts of foundations around the United States to address the problems of ‘food deserts’—low-income communities where there are limited locations...

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Debate Sparks Food for Thought on the Role of the Government in Curbing Obesity

The Colorado Health Foundation hosted a debate on July 25 as part of its annual Colorado Health Symposium. The conference sold out, as it has many other years. GrantWatch Blog asked Chuck Reyman, vice...

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Is Foundation Funding of Environmental Health the Answer to a Challenge to...

As a former state legislator and foundation CEO, I worry about how the majority opinion of Chief Justice John Roberts on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (National Federation of...

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Weight Watchers, Mayors Support Healthy Lifestyles in Low-Income Communities

The author, the CEO of Weight Watchers International, describes a new initiative that the company launched with the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Cities can apply now (please see below). Cities today face...

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Interview with the New Leader of Grantmakers In Health: What She Sees Ahead...

This blog post, with the original title of “Checking In with Grantmakers In Health’s New President and CEO,” first appeared on Health and Environmental Funders Network blog, which is called Giving...

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People Post: News of Staff and Board Changes at Foundations

It is time for a “people post” to bring you news of comings and goings in health philanthropy. Sylvia Mathews Burwell, president of the Walmart Foundation, has been nominated by President Barack Obama...

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Health Affairs June GrantWatch Column Focuses on Foundation Funding to...

My GrantWatch column (free access) in the journal’s June issue focuses on foundations’ funding in obesity prevention. Little did I know that the topic would be so timely: The American Medical...

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Fighting the Obesity Epidemic City by City

Michael Nutter is mayor of Philadelphia and the immediate past president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. David Kirchhoff is CEO of Weight Watchers International, Inc. This post follows up on a...

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Four Foundation Leaders Make 100 Most Influential in Healthcare List in...

Modern Healthcare magazine recently published its 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare 2013 list. Read about the four leaders of foundations who are on this year’s list. Drew Altman, president and...

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How Do You Keep School-Age Children Healthy? Report from a Health Policy Forum

On September 16, the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky held its eleventh annual Bost Health Policy Forum, in Erlanger, Kentucky, a small town in the northern region of the state. This year’s event,...

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Fast Food Facts 2013: Healthy Kids’ Meal Options Increase, Yet Most Are Still...

New report also looks at fast food advertising. A new report, “Fast Food Facts 2013,” issued by the Yale Rudd Center For Food Policy and Obesity, examines the nutritional quality of fast food and how...

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New IOM Discussion Paper on Population Health: From Research to Action

From participants in the activities of the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM’s) Roundtable on Population Health Improvement comes a discussion paper about how population health research can impact an...

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GrantWatch Blog Most-Read List for 2013: Post on the Role of Government in...

Happy New Year! We compiled a list of the ten most-read posts during 2013, in case you missed any of them. Interestingly, the most-read post during 2013 was an “oldie-but-goodie” from August 2012 about...

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Physically Fit Students Do Better on Academic Test Scores, Says Study Funded...

On January 30, two Kansas state agencies released study results indicating that “on average, students who are physically fit score above standard on Kansas state assessments in reading and math,”...

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Nominee for HHS Secretary Has Had High-Level Jobs at Two Foundations

On Friday, following President Obama’s announcement of health and human services (HHS) secretary Kathleen Sebelius’s resignation, he nominated Sylvia Mathews Burwell as her replacement. Now director of...

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