About
The Healthy Food Retail (HFR) Work Group is a team of researchers and leaders working on healthy food retail related issues and who are committed to improving the health of children and their families through improved research, evaluation, and dissemination of healthy food retail strategies. The work group is a collaborative effort of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Healthy Eating Research (HER) program and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network (NOPREN).
Membership in the work group is open to all NOPREN and HER members with an interest in obesity and nutrition in the food retail setting, including research supporting healthy options that align with the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) and increase demand for these options. The primary population of interest is children, ages 0 to 18, and their families, especially in populations at highest risk for obesity. Settings of focus include a variety of retail outlets, e.g., supercenters/big box stores, supermarkets, grocery stores, corner stores, bodegas/tiendas, convenience stores, farmers’ markets, dollar stores, drug stores, and online food shopping. The work group is also interested in the role of retail food sources in relationship to other aspects and levels of the food system (e.g., wholesalers, manufacturers).
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Webinars
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