Obesity: Statistics/Policy/Funding
This guide contains free resources on obesity.
Data & Statistics
- America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being - Overwieght (Federal Interagency Forum on Child & Family Statistics)Statistics on children in the U.S. who are overweight from the national report, America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being.
- Catalogue of Surveillance Systems (National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research)Resource to help researchers and practitioners more easily investigate childhood obesity in America. The catalogue describes and provides access to surveillance systems (national, state, local) that collect data related to childhood obesity.
- CDC Vital Signs - Adult ObesityRecent data on adult obesity gathered from CDC's national monitoring systems.
- Child Trends: Databank Report Overweight Children & YouthThis report summarizes recent data on youth and overweight.
- FastStats: Obesity & Overweight (CDC)U.S. data on obesity and overweight.
- Global Database on Body Mass Index (World Health Organization)This database provides both national and sub-national adult underweight, overweight and obesity prevalence rates by country, year of survey and gender.
- Measures Registry (National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Reseach)The NCCOR Measures Registry is a searchable database of diet and physical activity measures relevant to childhood obesity research. The purpose of this registry is to promote the consistent use of common measures and research methods across childhood obesity prevention and research at the individual, community, and population levels.
Legislation & Policy
- Healthy States: Obesity (Council of State Governments)Publications and resources designed to provide state legislators with concise, up-to-date information on obesity.
- National Health Policy ForumThe National Health Policy Forum is a participant-driven, nonpartisan information exchange program that works to foster more informed government decision making.
- Nutrition, Physical Activity & Obesity State Legislative Database (CDC)Searchable database for state-level bills related to nutrition and physical activity topics.
- UCLA Center for Health Policy Reseach Publications on Obesity & OverweightPolicy briefs and research on obesity in California.
Grants & Funding
- Agriculture & Food Research Initiative - Childhood Obesity PreventionFunding support for projects that address the priority of childhood obesity prevention.
- Dr. Robert C. & Veronica Atkins FoundationThe Foundation funds independent scientific research examining the role of metabolism and nutrition in obesity, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's Disease and other serious health concerns confronting our society today.
- NIDDK Obesity Funding Opprotunites (National Institutes of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases)The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) conducts and supports basic and clinical research on many of the most serious diseases affecting public health.
- Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub): Rural Obesity and Weight ControlSummaries of national, state, and regional funding programs related to obesity.