Gaining Knowledge on Losing Weight
“In funding novel pilot studies that otherwise may not receive
support, the Foundation fosters the kind of innovative thinking
and willingness to challenge convention that Dr. Atkins
personified.”
—Veronica Atkins
Top left: With Atkins Foundation
support, Trust for America’s Health
created the first, nationally distributed
“F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are
Failing in America” report, finding
that stronger government strategies
are needed to address the nation’s
obesity epidemic, and offering
solutions for change.Top right: Christina Economos, Ph.D., New Balance Chair in Childhood Nutrition at Tufts University, visits children involved in the HEAT (Healthy Eating Active Time) Club. Part of Tufts’ Children in Balance Initiative, the HEAT Club provides a comprehensive approach to preventing obesity in school-age children using after-school programs and state-of-the-art technology to inform children, caregivers and parents about healthy lifestyles and activities. The Atkins Foundation is funding one of the project’s current key components evaluating live versus online training. If found effective, the online training will provide a cost-efficient, broad-based model for disseminating the HEAT Club program and training caregivers in successful implementation of the curriculum.