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Despite a one-year reduction in states with adult obesity rates at or above 35%, obesity levels remain alarmingly high. Federal actions to claw back funding for public health programs puts the limited progress at risk by limiting efforts to prevent chronic disease and improve access to healthy foods. Learn what’s at stake and how policy action can drive healthier communities.

Despite growing attention to healthy eating, obesity rates remain alarmingly high nationwide. Cuts to public health and nutrition support programs threaten to undo seeds of progress toward reducing obesity. Read our new report on obesity trends and what policymakers can do to address the nation’s obesity crisis.

If we hope to create stronger systems that serve older adults, it is going to take cross-sector collaboration among public health, healthcare, philanthropy, and community organizations. But what will it take to get there? Trust for America’s Health’s president & CEO, Dr. J. Nadine Gracia and The John A. Hartford Foundation’s president Rani Snyder discuss that and more in this episode of the Age-Friendly Public Health: The Podcast:

What does the future of aging look like in America? J. Nadine Gracia, president and CEO of Trust for America’s Health, and Rani Snyder, president of The John A. Hartford Foundation, discuss where age-friendly systems stand today, how they should be progressing, and what it will take to get where they need to be. 🎧 Take a listen:

Public health agencies need predictable funding, sufficient staffing, and the infrastructure to protect communities. As I explain in this short video, Trust for America's Health's new report, Underfunded and Under Strain: The State of America’s Public Health System, looks at how chronic underinvestment and recent disruptions have weakened the nation’s public health system—and what’s needed to rebuild capacity. Read the report: https://lnkd.in/eNZesyje and watch the video below.

For the first time since 1999, deaths from alcohol, drugs, and suicide each declined significantly in the same year. In 2024, the combined rate dropped: -4% in alcohol-induced mortality -26% in drug overdose mortality -3% in suicide mortality But this progress is fragile. Cuts to the CDC Injury Center, SAMHSA, VA health care staff, and the 988 Lifeline's LGBTQ+ youth services threaten to reverse these historic gains before they can take hold. Solutions exist. What's needed now is sustained investment and policy action — not retreat. Read TFAH's Pain in the Nation 2026: The Epidemics of Alcohol, Drug, and Suicide Deaths.