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National
Collaborative on
Childhood Obesity
Research
- To
advance and
accelerate progress
in addressing
childhood obesity in
America, the
National Institutes
of Health (NIH), the
Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, the
Centers for Disease
Control and
Prevention (CDC),
and the United
States Department of
Agriculture (USDA)
formed the National
Collaborative on
Childhood Obesity
Research (NCCOR).
NCCOR's mission is
to improve the
efficiency,
effectiveness, and
application of
childhood obesity
research through
enhanced
coordination and
collaboration.
NCCOR is
developing tools for
obesity researchers.
Released in February
2011, the Catalogue
of Surveillance
Systems
provides an online
directory of over 75
surveillance systems
containing data
relevant to obesity
research.
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