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Childhood Obesity Project for Residency Programs
Through a partnership with MetLife Foundation, Americans In Motion—Healthy Interventions (AIM-HI) has awarded grants of $10,000-$30,000 to family medicine residency programs to develop family-centered, community projects designed to reduce childhood obesity and promote fitness. The AAFP defines fitness as physical activity, healthy eating and emotional well-being for the entire family.
Grant Recipient Announcement
The following Family Medicine Residency programs were granted funding:
- Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University Hospital Family Medicine Residency, Philadelphia, PA
- Indiana University Health – Ball Memorial Hospital; Muncie, IN
- Loma Linda University Family and Preventive Medicine Residency, Loma Linda, CA
- Lynchburg Family Medicine Residency, Lynchburg, VA
- Northridge Family Medicine Residency, Northridge, CA
- Underwood Memorial Hospital Family Medicine Residency, Woodbury, NJ
- University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
- Waco Family Medicine Residency, Waco, TX
- York Hospital Family Medicine Residency, York, PA
Childhood Obesity Grant - Residency Project Descriptions -- Learn more about the family medicine residency projects which were awarded funding through the AIM-HI Childhood Obesity Grant.
Key Dates
The following are key dates for project deliverables:
- Grant funding period: (November 15, 2011 through November 15, 2012)
- Quarterly reports submitted to the AAFP: February 15, May 15, August 15, and November 15, 2012
- Final evaluation report submitted to the AAFP: December 31, 2012
AAFP News Now: AIM-HI Grants to Fund Childhood Obesity Projects -- Childhood obesity programs based on the fundamentals of the AAFP's Americans In Motion-Healthy Interventions, or AIM-HI, initiative are on track to be implemented in as many as 18 family medicine residency programs next year.
This project is supported by MetLife Foundation.
Childhood Obesity Project for Residency Programs
