The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity is a national organization dedicated to reversing the childhood obesity epidemic by changing public policies and creating healthier environments in schools and communities. The center helps to shape and coordinate the efforts of policy-makers, advocates and community organizations by identifying and promoting the most promising obesity-prevention strategies and supporting the nationwide movement to improve food and physical activity environments.
The Yale Rudd Center is a multidisciplinary research and policy group that focuses on many topics related to childhood obesity prevention policy, including food marketing, menu labeling, and soda taxes.