Pediatrics – Nutrition & Fitness for Life

For Medical Professionals

Grants and Awards

Boston Medical Center’s NFL Program has been recognized for its excellence with numerous grants and awards:

• 2010 Social Innovations Forum Finalist
  FANtastic Kids
  
  
• The 9th Physician Nutrition Specialist Award
  Education Award
  American Society for Nutrition
  
  
• New Balance Award
  Foundation Award
  Lifestyle Intervention (Fantastic Kids) & Medical Education Intervention
  
  
• Glaser Pediatric Research Network
  Foundation Award
  Multi-center, Randomized, Placebo Controlled, Double Blind Trial in Overweight Adolescents
  
  
• Boston Obesity Nutrition Research Center
  Pilot & Feasibility Study
  Multi-center, Randomized, Placebo Controlled, Double Blind Trial in Overweight Adolescents: Characterization of Amino Acids
  
  
• The Joel and Barbara Alpert Endowment For The Children of The City
  Pilot Feasibility Study
  Vitamin D Status and Bone Health in Obese Adolescents
  
  
• United Way of Massachusetts Bay
  Healthy Me After-school Curriculum
  
  
• Claneil Foundation & Project Bread
  Foundation Award
  Cost of a Healthy Diet; Food Resource Assessment of Boston Neighborhoods:  Mapping Food Accessibility in Four Communities
  
  
• Boston STEPS, Boston Public Health Commission
  Food Resource Assessment of Boston Neighborhoods
  Corner Store Initiative
  
  
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts & Rutland Corner Foundation
  FANtastic Kids