Data, Reports & Research

The truth is in the numbers! 
Read and download reports and current research focused on obesity-related policy from leading public health research centers and initiatives. For more comprehensive data resources, please visit the Data page.

• Centers for Disease Control Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Policy Resources
  Provides policy and legislation resources for professionals working in the physical activity, nutrition and obesity arenas. 

• Council of State Governments Healthy States Initiative
  Provides information, reports and publications on health issues for state policymakers. 

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  As one of the leading sources of public health funding in the United States, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and its grantees produce research and data about the complex health and health care issues facing the United States on a continual basis.
  
  
• Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity (Yale University)
  The Rudd Center serves as a leading research institution and clearinghouse for resources related to obesity.  

• Trust for America’s Health
  This non-profit, non-partisan organization is dedicated to making disease prevention a national priority.  Since 2004, Trust for America's Health has issued an annual report, F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America, to track obesity trends and policies.