Healthy Eating Research Announces 2012 Call for Proposals
Healthy Eating Research has released its 2012 Call for Proposals (CFP). This CFP is for two types of awards aimed at providing key decision- and policy-makers with evidence to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic. The award types are Round 7 grants and RWJF New Connections grants awarded through the Healthy Eating Research program. Readmore.
In order to reduce obesity rates by 2020, children in the U.S. would need to eliminate an average of 64 excess calories per day, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.