Childhood Overweight: What the Research Tells Us Fact Sheet George Washington University (Updated September 2007).
Promoting Physical Activity and Healthy Nutrition in Afterschool Settings: Strategies for Program Leaders and Policymakers Afterschool Investments (August 2006)
After-School Sports and Fitness The After-School Corporation (Feb 2002)
Making the Most of Child Nutrition Funding: A Guide for After School Education and Safety Grantees Guide to help After School Education and Safety (ASES) program grantees obtain the maximum amount of federal nutrition funds. Prepared by the Food Action Resource Center with support from the Finance Project.
Action for Healthy Kids With a Partner Steering Committee of more than 50 national organizations and government agencies, this organization has resources and state-by-state action content.
Alliance for a Healthier Generation "Partnership between the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation. ...to fight one of our nation’s leading health threats – childhood obesity."
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance "..mission is to promote and support leadership, research, education, and best practices in the professions that support creative, healthy, and active lifestyles."
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (George Washington University Medical Center) "...to achieve better health outcomes for children and adolescents through school-connected health programs and services."
Go Girls (Eating Disorders Awareness & Prevention, Inc.) Designed to encourage teens to voice their opinions to advertisers, letting them know that beauty and success have little to do with the size of their jeans.
National Adolescent Health Information Center (University of California, San Francisco) Goals are to serve as a national resource for adolescent health information and research; and to assure the integration, synthesis, coordination and dissemination of adolescent health-related information.
National Association for Sport and Physical Activity "... seeks to enhance knowledge and professional practice in sport and physical activity through scientific study and dissemination of research-based and experiential knowledge to members and the public."
NEW Summary of Adolescent and School Health Tools - From the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and health Promotion
Healthy Choices Afterschool - Report of sample programs and NAA Standards. National Institute on Out of School Time. April 2006 (Funded by AfterSchool Project of the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation.)
Healthy Youth - National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotions. School Health Index, Strategies to Prevent Obesity and more. (Center for Disease Control).
Information
on federal funding for afterschool child nutrition programs - From the Food Research and Action Center, the leading national nonprofit organization working to improve public policies and public-private partnerships to eradicate hunger and undernutrition in the United States.
No Cost
For youth -
BAM - Body and Mind and is an interactive, online resource directed to youth. The lead-in is "Got a question about: Fitness? Disease? Peer Pressure? Then you've come to the right place." Created by The Center for Disease Control.
For leaders -
NEW Road of Life - Curricula on healthy lifestyles. Free, downloadable. Focuses on youth in grades 3 - 5. Includes summer curricula.
Fit Source: A Web Directory for Providers - National Child Care Information Center, a service of the Child Care Bureau, Office of Family Assistance, US Dept of Health and Human Services. "...site links child care and afterschool providers to a wide variety of physical activity and nutrition resources". Search terms help find topics as specific as funding strategies.
Age-specific downloadable nutrition programs - National Dairy Council.
Guidelines for age-appropriate field activities - National Association for Sport and Physical Education.
What Moves U - American Heart Association and National Football League. Sites for youth and educators.
American Council on Exercise. All at no cost: Operation FitKid Curriculum; Free health and fitness posters; Fitness Facts.
Sport Specific - Check these out for ideas, low/no cost curricula, local support, and more
Baseball and Softball - Batters Up USA
Bowling - The Bowling Foundation
Swimming - USA Swimming
Marketplace
AfterSchoolPRO's
Searchable Products and Services Directory - Select Fitness/Health from the pull-down subject menu.
CANfit - California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness. Interesting state-wide approach. Programs and ideas available for download.
Shaping America's Youth - Iowa-based with nationally-applicable information and ideas.
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