The Nation’s Leading Health Indicators: Measuring Progress, Taking Action

This resource portfolio provides profiles on each of the nation’s leading health indicators, as well as an overview highlighting GIH resources on this topic.

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Weighing in on Obesity

The country is facing double threats: a dramatic increase in rates of overweight and obesity among children and adults, and an accompanying increase in diabetes and other conditions that threaten the lives and health of the nation’s population. This Issue Focus explores ways that grantmakers can play a role in identifying and promoting effective prevention and intervention strategies, including tackling the root causes of the problem.

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Weighing in on Obesity: America’s Growing Health Epidemic

The country is facing double threats: a dramatic increase in rates of overweight and obesity among children and adults, and an accompanying increase in diabetes and other conditions that threaten the lives and health of the nation’s population. This Issue Brief helps health grantmakers understand the nature of today’s epidemic and explore ways they can play a role in identifying and promoting effective prevention and intervention strategies, including tackling the root causes of the problem.

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