Healthy Eating Research supports research on environmental and policy strategies with strong potential to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity. We place special emphasis on reaching the children at greatest risk for obesity: Black, Latino, American Indian, Asian-American/Pacific Islander children, and children who live in lower-income communities. Target populations include children and adolescents ages 3 to 18 and their families.

We make grants in a variety of research topic areas, some of which are detailed in our current call for proposals. Previously funded topic areas and settings include schools/after-school, child care, preschool, food outlets, pricing and economics, agricultural policy, marketing and promotion, menu labeling and food access.

A main goal of Healthy Eating Research is to build a vibrant, multidisciplinary field of research and a diverse network of researchers. We encourage interdisciplinary research teams and seek proposals from researchers representing a variety of disciplines, such as nutrition, agriculture, food science, behavioral science, economics, law, medicine, public policy, marketing and urban planning.

Preference is given to those applicants that are either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Applicant organizations must be based in the United States or its territories. The focus of this program is the United States; studies in other countries will be considered only to the extent that they may directly inform U.S. policy.

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